Description: Divine ability to interpret or make known the message someone is speaking in an unknown language.
Purpose:
- interprets, so that the church may receive edifying (1 Cor. 14:5)
Focus:
- Communicate the character and identity of God, and the Gospel message. In cultures where the Gospel message have just come into being, the people do not have a true understanding of God. Tongues (through prayer) will praise, and bestow honor to God, in their native tongue, and communicate the true Gospel message.
Results:
- People will know of the Gospel and character or God.
- Negative: If church speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, they not say that you are mad (1 Cor 14:23)
Attributes:
- Speaking gift (1 Cor 14:6)
Possible Ministries:
- Missionary to a culture where Gospel is unknown.