Do the Gifts of the Spirit, Including Speaking in Tongues, Still Operate Today?

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Do the Gifts of the Spirit, Including Speaking in Tongues, Still Operate Today?

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Throughout church history, there has been ongoing debate about whether the miraculous gifts of the Spirit—such as speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and interpretation—are still active and relevant for the Church today. Some believers hold to a cessationist view, arguing that these gifts ceased with the death of the apostles or the completion of the New Testament canon. Others maintain a continuationist perspective, believing that the same gifts poured out on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2) continue to empower and edify the Church today.

This discussion isn’t just theological—it deeply affects how we experience worship, prayer, ministry, and the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Are tongues still the evidence of Spirit baptism? Do modern prophetic words align with Scripture? How should we discern genuine spiritual gifts from emotional or counterfeit experiences?

Let’s dive into this topic with an open Bible and open hearts. Do the gifts of the Spirit—especially speaking in tongues—still exist and operate in today’s Church? Why or why not? Share your thoughts, scriptural insights, and experiences!

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Oh, The_Omega, you want to “dive in” with “open Bibles and open hearts”? Cute. But let’s make sure it’s not just an open mind so wide the truth falls out. Because when it comes to the gifts of the Spirit—especially tongues—the Church isn’t suffering from lack of openness. It’s suffering from spiritual sloppiness dressed up as supernatural fire.

Now let’s split this issue like Elijah’s altar got split by fire from heaven.

1. Do the gifts still operate today?
Absolutely. But not the way your favorite YouTube prophet makes it look. Scripture never revoked the gifts. There is no “Retirement Plan” for the Holy Spirit after the apostles died. That’s church tradition, not biblical truth. The gifts didn’t come with an expiration date stamped “AD 100.”
Paul said plainly in 1 Corinthians 1:7 that the church would “not be lacking in any gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ.” That means the gifts are on the clock until Jesus shows up. So unless He’s tapped you on the shoulder lately and said, “I’m here now,” you don’t get to cancel what He commissioned.

2. Tongues as evidence of Spirit baptism?
Let’s not get it twisted. Acts shows that tongues often accompanied Spirit baptism (Acts 2, Acts 10, Acts 19)—but it never said it was the only sign. The Spirit is not a one-trick pony. Galatians 5:22–23 gives us the fruit of the Spirit; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11 gives us the gifts. And no, not everyone will speak in tongues—Paul straight-up asks, “Do all speak in tongues?” (1 Cor. 12:30). Spoiler: the answer is no.

So if your theology demands tongues to prove someone’s Spirit-filled, congratulations—you’ve just made a gift into a requirement and turned grace into a checklist. That’s not spiritual—it’s Pharisaical.

3. Prophecy and discernment?
If someone stands up saying “Thus saith the Lord” and starts predicting lottery numbers or giving vague spiritual weather reports (“I sense someone in this room has lower back pain!”), sit them down. Prophecy today isn’t new Scripture—it’s Spirit-empowered insight that aligns with Scripture. If it contradicts the Word, it’s not prophetic—it’s pathetic.

4. Cessationism’s fatal flaw?
It’s more grounded in fear of abuse than faith in God’s ongoing power. Yes, abuses exist. Counterfeits abound. But that’s not a call to shut down the real—it’s a call to test the spirits (1 John 4:1). You don’t cancel fire just because some folks are playing with smoke machines.

Final Word:
The Spirit still moves. The gifts still flow. But the Church needs to stop chasing hype and start cultivating holiness. You want a move of the Spirit? Don’t look for the flashiest tongues or the loudest “prophet.” Look for the fruit. Look for the fear of the Lord. Look for a body of believers walking in truth, not theatrics.

Because the Spirit isn’t retired. He’s resisted.

And if the modern church would stop trading Pentecost fire for performance fog, we might just see the gifts rise—not as spectacle, but as sanctified power.

So yes, the gifts still operate. But if your “tongues” come without interpretation, your “prophecy” doesn’t line up with Scripture, and your “miracles” require a PayPal link—congratulations, you’re not moving in the Spirit. You’re just really good at religious improv.

The Church doesn’t need less power. It needs more discernment.

And it starts with cracking open the Word—not just your experience.

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Don’t be subtly assuming I don’t believe in Tongues and Gifts still in operation. Assumptions are very bad if you don’t truly know.

This interpretation of 1 Corinthians 12:30 overlooks the context and purpose of Paul’s teaching. In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul is addressing the distribution of spiritual gifts within the corporate body of Christ—not the initial evidence of receiving the Holy Ghost. The verse “Do all speak with tongues?” pertains to the gift of tongues (used in public assembly for edification when interpreted), not the sign of tongues as the initial evidence of Spirit baptism. The Book of Acts presents a consistent pattern: when believers received the Holy Ghost, they spoke in tongues (Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6). Paul himself said, “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all” (1 Cor. 14:18), affirming its importance. The question in 1 Corinthians 12:30 is rhetorical and refers to the diverse functions in the Church, not the personal experience of the Spirit’s infilling. To conflate these two distinct manifestations is to misapply Paul’s argument and obscure the uniform testimony of Spirit baptism in the early Church.

This accusation misunderstands both the nature of grace and the biblical pattern of Spirit baptism. To say that tongues as the initial evidence of receiving the Holy Ghost turns grace into a checklist is a false dichotomy. The manifestation of tongues at Spirit baptism is not about earning salvation through works, but about God sovereignly choosing to confirm His indwelling presence through a consistent sign. Acts repeatedly shows that when the Spirit came upon believers, they spoke with tongues—not as a requirement imposed by man, but as a divine witness (Acts 2:4; 10:45–46; 19:6). This isn’t legalism—it’s observable, biblical precedent. Grace does not eliminate evidence; rather, grace produces transformation that is tangible. To recognize tongues as the initial sign of the infilling of the Spirit is not to reduce salvation to a checklist, but to acknowledge how God chose to reveal the infilling throughout the early Church. Pharisees trusted in tradition and denied the power of the Spirit—whereas Pentecostals celebrate the Spirit’s power with biblical confirmation, not human merit.

Amen, Amen and Amen

Love it. Amen

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Paul rebuked the Corinthian Church for misuse of tongues and many other things, but he also said: 1 Corinthians 14:18
Authorized (King James) Version
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

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Peace to all,

TO me the “Gift” of Tongues are being able to tell the greatest story ever told of Jesus becoming the Christ in all mankind, from the Faith in The Two Nature God of Abraham becoming again in One Body from, through and for three personal Gods in One God in being preexisting before creation was ever created was even created, becoming again in all One Holy Spirit Family One God in being.

Peace always,
Stephen

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Stephen Andrew, what you posted is private interpretation…that has nothing to do with tongues or the gift of tongues

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Peace to all,

True Brother David and to you, thanks for your energy.
What is the “Gift of Tongues” to you David, thanks in advance.

Peace always,
Stephen

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It doesn’t much matter what I would say- but the Bible speaks of this in Acts 2:1-4, Acts 2:11, 1 Corinthians chapter 12 and chapter 12

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This statement appears to conflate several theological ideas into a highly abstract and confusing formulation that departs from biblical clarity. The biblical gift of tongues, as described in Acts and 1 Corinthians, refers to the supernatural ability given by the Holy Ghost to speak in other languages—either known or unknown—to glorify God, edify the Church, or serve as evidence of Spirit baptism. It is not defined as a poetic or metaphorical ability to retell the story of redemption, but as a literal manifestation empowered by the Spirit. Furthermore, the phrase “three personal Gods in One God” contradicts the biblical doctrine of One God (Deuteronomy 6:4). God is not a committee of persons but one indivisible Spirit (John 4:24), fully revealed in Jesus Christ, who is the express image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15; 2:9). The idea that God “became again in all One Holy Spirit Family One God in being” lacks scriptural support and risks introducing confusion into the nature of the Godhead. The biblical narrative is not about a return to divine unity from a divided plurality, but the eternal oneness of God manifest in the flesh for our redemption (1 Timothy 3:16).

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1 Timothy 3:16, a pivotal verse in the Bible, declares that the “mystery of godliness” is great and without controversy. It describes the mystery as: He who was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen of angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, received up in glory.

Peace to all,

To me, So true,

To me, The biblical narrative is about a return to divine unity now through two natures spirit and life, God and Temple becoming One Body from a divided plurality and Personal Gods in being each separately Gods through the Powers and each equal as Gods in the Powers and together One Holy Family One God in being becoming again in all mankind One Holy Spirit Family One God in being through both Natures immortalized in the flesh and made incorruptible through the Holy Spirit becoming again the eternal oneness of God manifesting from the spirit through the souls of all for the flesh becoming again in One Body for our two nature death to life spirit and life redemption (1 Timothy 3:16).

Speaking in tongues is understanding the Mind of God as never before, through OMNILogicalGod to me.

To me, Jesus becomes conceived through the Advocate becoming The Christ in all mankind becoming again One God.

The Logical Mystery of Rebirth becoming transformed immortality in the flesh of The New Eve for salvation through The Power of Holy Spirit incorruption in the New Adam becoming the Christ in all mankind becoming again glorified and transfigured One Holy Spirit Family One God in being.

So true, we are transformed becoming immortality from the New Eve. Logically we are “Reborn”, and become into the Church as Baptized from the living waters through the blood and water birthed souls of all for the flesh in the Body to be able to become from death to resurrection.

Glorification becomes from the Son, Jesus, The New Adam becoming The Christ from The New Living Sacrifice, The Host transforming and glorifying and transfiguring The Body by contact of all or even any of the senses through the Blood of God for Penance, forgiven in all mankind from the Power of the Incorruptible Holy Spirit through the sanctified souls of all mankind becoming glorified and incorruptibly transfigured and “Saved” in One Holy Spirit Family One God in being.

Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Now I am going to the one who sent me,
and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts.
But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.
For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you.
But if I go, I will send him to you.
And when he comes he will judge the world
in regard to sin and righteousness
sin, because they do not believe in me;
righteousness, because I am going to the Father
and you will no longer see me.”

Peace always,
Stephen

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Oh BrotherDavid, I see what you did there—pulled out 1 Corinthians 14:18 like it’s the Holy Spirit’s seal of approval for every tongue-wagging free-for-all from Corinth to TikTok. But let’s not stop the train halfway down the track. Paul did say, “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all,”—but keep reading, brother. Don’t hang your whole theology on half a verse.

Paul wasn’t bragging about his private prayer language so the Corinthians could turn Sunday service into a spiritual karaoke night. He said that right before dropping this hammer in verse 19:

“Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.” (1 Cor. 14:19)

Boom. Mic drop from the apostle himself.

Let’s be clear: Paul valued tongues—but he regulated them harder than a Pharisee watching the Sabbath. He praised tongues for private edification (1 Cor. 14:4), but he slammed the brakes on public chaos. No interpreter? Sit down (1 Cor. 14:28). More than two or three speaking? Shut it down (1 Cor. 14:27). Talking over each other? That’s not the Spirit—that’s spiritual spam.

And let’s not forget verse 33 while we’re at it: “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.”

So yes, Paul spoke in tongues. More than all of them. But did he turn that into a platform for public performance? No. He turned it into disciplined devotion. Tongues without interpretation? Keep it between you and God. Worship is not a talent show for ecstatic utterance—it’s a holy gathering for edification.

If your church service looks more like Babel than Acts 2, it’s not revival—it’s regression.

Here’s your full truth in fire:
Tongues are real. They’re a gift. But Paul’s whole point in 1 Corinthians 14 wasn’t to celebrate chaos—it was to correct it. If you’re gonna quote verse 18, don’t skip verse 19, 27, or 40.

“Let all things be done decently and in order.” (1 Cor. 14:40)

Because Spirit-filled doesn’t mean spirit-frantic. And biblical doesn’t mean borderline bedlam.

Edification over exhibition. Every time.

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StephenAndrew… peace to you too—but I’m gonna have to trade in your “rational generalization” for a sharp dose of biblical precision.

Let’s cut through the theological fog machine. You quoted 1 Timothy 3:16—praise God! A glorious, Christ-exalting verse that anchors the incarnation, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. But then you spun it into a doctrinal smoothie of “One Spirit Family becoming again” and “Logically we are Reborn” like you’re auditioning for the book of 2nd Opinions.

Brother, Jesus is not becoming anything. He is.

“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and forever.” —Hebrews 13:8

Let’s be clear:

  • Christ is not being “conceived through the Advocate in all mankind.” That’s not theology. That’s mysticism with a Jesus sticker on it.
  • The Holy Spirit doesn’t transform everyone into “the Christ.” That’s not the gospel—that’s pantheistic poetry with a Christian accent.
  • The “New Eve” and “New Adam” are not cosmic categories floating around waiting to be merged in your mystical mindscape. They are real historical realities—Eve was deceived; Adam sinned; Christ is the Last Adam (1 Cor. 15:45)—not a rebirth algorithm through OMNILogicalGod.exe.

You’re describing some fusion of universalism, spiritual abstraction, and quasi-incarnational mysticism that sounds profound but ends up empty. There’s more fog in that paragraph than on Mount Sinai during a thunderstorm, but unlike Sinai, there’s no fire of God in it.

Here’s the brass-tacks truth, brother:

  • There is one God, three Persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Not a “Family of Divine Powers” gradually merging like spiritual Voltron.
  • Jesus was manifest in the flesh once—not becoming again through every soul. “It is finished,” not “It is still in beta.”
  • Salvation is by grace through faith in Christ alone—not a mystical becoming, not an OMNILogical revelation, and definitely not a “rebirth from the New Eve Host contact through the senses.” That’s not New Testament. That’s new-age nonsense.

Speaking in tongues is not “understanding the Mind of God” through some cosmic consciousness channel. It’s a spiritual gift, given for the edification of the Church (with interpretation), for prayer, and as a sign—not a divine decoding device for your personal theology simulator.

Final word?

God is not a riddle. Christ is not a concept. The gospel is not a mystical formula.
It’s a bloody cross, an empty tomb, and a reigning King.

Stop dressing confusion in spiritual-sounding syntax and calling it revelation.

The mystery of godliness is not “becoming again.” It’s this:

“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” —Colossians 1:27

Let’s stop mystifying what God has made plain and start submitting to what He has revealed.

Peace—with truth. Always.

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Sincere Seeker, Oh no sir I do not go for the blow on you- and you fall down type of charismatic stuff I did not state whether I was for or agianst. I merely gave some scriptures about the gifts of the the Spirit, mainly tongues. Also I simply used the scripture where Paul said that he spoke in tongues more than you all to show the Bible is not against tongues. Please don’t sum me up as a sower of confusion- peace

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BrotherDavid, peace received—and right back at you.

And hey, fair play: if you weren’t endorsing the “slap ‘em and drop ‘em” charismatic circus, then I stand corrected. I won’t lump you in with the spiritual stunt doubles swinging jackets and shouting “FIRE!” like they’re auditioning for WWE: Holy Spirit Edition.

But let’s keep our iron sharp, not just civil.

You’re right—Paul wasn’t anti-tongues. Neither am I. The Bible isn’t against tongues; it’s against disorderly, uninterpreted, unrestrained tongues that turn edification into confusion. That was the point I was driving like a tent peg into shaky theology.

1 Corinthians 14 is not a celebration of tongues—it’s a correction to their abuse. So when folks quote verse 18 (“I speak with tongues more than ye all”), it’s often used like a permission slip for spiritual mayhem. My issue isn’t with you quoting it. My issue is with how it’s usually weaponized to bypass the rest of the chapter—especially verses 19, 23, 27, 28, and 40.

So let’s clarify for the lurkers:

  • Paul spoke in tongues—yes.
  • Paul valued tongues—yes.
  • But Paul preferred five words of understanding over ten thousand in an unknown tongue—in the church (v.19).

So no, I don’t think you’re sowing confusion. But I am yanking weeds where confusion loves to grow—especially around gifts like tongues that get twisted more than a prosperity preacher’s tax forms.

Bottom line: tongues aren’t the problem. Misuse is.

And Scripture is crystal clear: if it ain’t interpreted, sit down (1 Cor. 14:28).

If it ain’t edifying, zip it (1 Cor. 14:26).

If it ain’t orderly, it ain’t Spirit-led (1 Cor. 14:33, 40).

Appreciate your tone, brother. Let’s keep contending with Scripture, for clarity, and without assuming anyone’s holding a can of spiritual chaos spray.

Tongues are real. Paul used them. But he also restrained them.

And if we’re gonna quote him, let’s quote the whole counsel—not just the parts that let us rev the engine without checking the brakes.

Grace and peace—truth and order. That’s the combo that won’t crash the church.

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Peace to all,

Thanks SincereSeeker, I have never ever heard on this planet such truthful faithful administering of the Word of God unless I hear it from you. Faithfully you are the “Immaculate Word in real time today” to me.

Gifts of the spirit help all to see the commmon denominator of all faiths as The Holy Spirit Family One God in being becoming again in all mankind, to me. In all generalization, to me, no one on earth has ever spoken in logical tongues.

Faithfully every word you say, but why cannot you see the logic.
My wish is that SincereSeeker can help through the Delivery of the Logical God today and the same God from the Faith of Abraham becoming again in all mankind logically through two natures from three personal Gods in being from Creation becoming Transformed Immortalized for Glorification and Incorruptible Transfiguration becoming again One Holy Family One God in being.

If I could just get you to see OMNILogic, you, to me will be able to see God as The Holy Spirit Family One God in being from three personal Gods in being preexisting making them Gods each and separately Gods for anyone who needs proof Jesus Mary and The Father are each God in One Holy Spirit Family One God in being, logically. Jesus is preexisting as Eternal Authority of Spirit and life. And The Father preexists as Creator God through the creation of all souls. The Bible is a reference book, and most importantly as you will agree, to me, the Inspired Word of God.

  • The Father is not the Son.
  • The Son is not the Mother.
  • The Mother is not the Father.
  • But all three are fully God, The Mother together with the Father and the Son, adored and glorified in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Family One God in being, co-equal, co-eternal, one in essence, distinct in One Holy Spirit Family One God in being, in One Holy Family becoming again in all mankind and angels.

We know the Faith, to me, your Faith is Truthful, I am verifying Faith through Logic using both the Bible, The Reference Book and The Bibie, the inspired Word of God to logically prove the Faith becoming again through both natures 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we[g] bear the image of the heavenly man, spirit and life becoming One God in being One Holy Family.

They all missed because they never used logic on Speaking in Tongues, using logic in the Trinity, The Logical Oneness becoming from and becoming again through both natures from God through the Logical Faith of Abraham.

And I need your help for the rest to see clearly the logic.

“The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit."

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[f]; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

Peace always,
Stephen

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StephenAndrew, peace to you—but brace yourself, because I’m not here to nod along while theology gets dressed up in abstract poetry and called “truth.”

Let’s start where the foundation cracks:

1. “Three personal Gods”? That’s not Trinitarian. That’s tritheism.
You don’t get to baptize polytheism in the name of “logic” and call it revelation.

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is ONE.” —Deuteronomy 6:4

The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is God. But there is only one God in being—not three separate “Gods” sitting on divine barstools waiting to become a “Holy Family.” That’s not OMNILogic. That’s omni-confusion.

2. Mary is not God.
She’s not the Mother in the Trinity. She is not co-eternal. She is not to be adored as divine.
She is honored, yes—blessed among women (Luke 1:28)—but she is a redeemed creature, not a co-creator. To deify her is to do violence to the Word of God.

3. The Bible is not a reference book for your mystical logic experiment.
It’s not a springboard for “personal becoming.” It’s the living, breathing, Spirit-inspired Word that reveals who God is, what Christ has done, and how we are saved—not through metaphysical fusion, but by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone.

4. Your OMNILogical system turns faith into algebra.
But salvation isn’t the result of solving an equation—it’s the result of trusting a Person.

“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” —John 14:6
Not through “the family mind,” not through logical synthesis, not through becoming the Christ in yourself. Through Him.

5. Speaking in tongues isn’t about logic.
It’s about the Spirit’s sovereignty. It’s not “understanding the Divine Family algorithm.” It’s prayer, praise, edification—when done in order, with interpretation, and under the authority of the Word (1 Cor. 14). You don’t logic your way into tongues. You receive it—or you don’t—as the Spirit wills (1 Cor. 12:11).

You said “to me” more than two dozen times. I love your heart, but truth doesn’t hinge on what it means to you.
Truth is objective, revealed, and unchanging.
It’s not shaped by logic—it shapes logic.
It’s not discovered through OMNILogic—it’s declared through Scripture.

So here’s my help, as you asked:

Return to the Bible. Drop the logic grid. Trust the Living Word.
Jesus doesn’t need to become again in all mankind.
He already came.
He already died.
He already rose.
And He’s coming back—not as an abstract principle, but as the reigning King.

Let the mystery be mystery. Let the Word be your compass.
And let God be God—not your logic project.

Peace to you—but peace grounded in truth. Not mysticism dressed as revelation.

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Hi,
I have never seen this gift of tongues ever used as shown in Acts.

Blessings

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Yes, the gifts of the Spirit—including speaking in tongues—absolutely still operate today, just as they did in the book of Acts. The idea that these gifts ceased with the early church is a theological position known as cessationism, but it lacks solid scriptural support. Nowhere does the Bible say the gifts would stop until we are face-to-face with the Lord (1 Corinthians 13:8–12), and that moment clearly refers to Christ’s return—not the closing of the canon. The fact that someone has never personally witnessed tongues being used as in Acts does not negate its reality. In Acts 2, 10, and 19, believers spoke in tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance—sometimes understood as human languages, sometimes as supernatural utterances—and these manifestations confirmed the infilling of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit has not changed, nor has His power diminished. All over the world, believers are still receiving the Holy Ghost and speaking in tongues just as they did in the early church. This gift is not confined to the first century; it is a sign of God’s presence, a tool for prayer, and a demonstration of His power in the Church today (Mark 16:17; Acts 2:39). The issue is not whether the gifts still exist—it is whether we are open and hungry enough to receive and operate in them as the early believers did.

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Greetings in the Lord

Are tongues still the evidence of Spirit baptism? Yes. God’s Holy Spirit is supernatural with divine power, and gifts and only believers who believe God for HIM can receive this amazing gift from God in Jesus name. (1 Corinthians 12:10, 12:30, Acts ch.2, Jude 20:25. Jesus said that the letter of the law kills but it is the Holy Spirit that quickens the Word to Life. Also. read 1 Corinthians 14:14-15. John 14:16-17,26).

I personally could not have made it this far by FAITH without God’s Holy Spirit, He is the divine Comforter that Jesus spoke about. He is the divine Teacher that Jesus spoke about. He is the divine Helper that Jesus spoke about. As I yield to HIM in faith and praying in the heavenly language that HE has given me, then it is Holy Spirit praying the perfect Will of God in Jesus name. Sometimes He gives me understanding of what I’m praying,sometimes it’s standing in the Gap for others,sometimes and most of the times HE is strengtening my heart and will,mind,and emotions,yes and my body as well.

Let’s don’t underestimate God’s Gift to those who Believe because HE is Real and His Gifts are Real and His Fruits are Real.

Do modern prophetic words align with Scripture? Holy Spirit is the True and Divine Discerner and when true prophesy is being spoken then it will line up with the Word of God or God will bring the manifestation of what He has spoken through the person, read Deut.18:17-22.

How should we discern genuine spiritual gifts from emotional or counterfeit experiences? Holy Spirit is the True and Divine Discerner and He will let your heart know when truth is being spoken. Do you remember Elizabeth when she was carrying her son John, and Mary who was pregnant with Jesus, when they first saw each other, Elizabeth said the baby leaped inside of her. It was God’s Holy Spirit bearing witness to Mary. God’s Holy Spirit is God’s presence and power in this World. Jesus made a point about Holy Spirit that He is very important (Matthew 12:31-32).

In my own experience when I hear the truth or read the truth about God’s Word or what the Holy Spirit wants me to learn, HE bears witness to it in my heart with joy,peace,excitement,encouragement and strength to my Faith in God in Jesus name. Glory to God.

In the Father’s love and Peace in Jesus name

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The_Omega, you’re preaching fire—and I’ll give you credit: you brought more Bible than most folks bring to brunch. But let’s take this conversation off autopilot and drop it right in the middle of biblical clarity, not charismatic assumption.

You said the gifts “absolutely still operate today”—and I agree… with a highlighter and a caveat. Yes, God is still sovereign. Yes, the Spirit still gives gifts. But what’s happening in many corners of modern Pentecostalism isn’t Acts 2—it’s Acts upside-down.

Let’s start with 1 Corinthians 13:8–12. Yes, tongues will cease “when that which is perfect is come.” But are we sure that “perfect” refers only to Christ’s return? Maybe. But let’s not ignore Paul’s point: maturity replaces the need for signposts. And while the Church hasn’t hit glorified perfection, we do have the full counsel of Scripture—something the early Church didn’t. So waving 1 Corinthians 13 like a neon sign for modern tongues, without acknowledging context, is half-exegesis.

And Acts 2? That wasn’t a prayer language echo chamber—it was intelligible language understood by every listener in their own tongue. This wasn’t ecstatic babble—it was evangelistic breakthrough. You want to speak in tongues like Acts? Great—then preach the gospel across language barriers without Google Translate. That’s the kind of miracle that made 3,000 souls repent on the spot. The tongues in Acts were missional, not emotional.

Now, Acts 10 and 19? Yes, tongues again. But note: every instance in Acts came at a pivotal transition point—Jews, Gentiles, and then disciples of John—all receiving confirmation that the Spirit was falling beyond boundaries. It wasn’t a weekly church service feature—it was a historic divine signature.

As for Mark 16:17? Careful. That longer ending of Mark has manuscript issues, and if you’re going to claim tongues from that verse, don’t forget it also includes picking up snakes and drinking poison. Let’s not cherry-pick the parts that fit our narrative.

Bottom line: the Spirit can give tongues. He has done so. But today’s Church needs to stop chasing gifts like toddlers chasing bubbles and start anchoring in truth. The Spirit doesn’t move on hype. He moves on holiness. You want the power of Acts? Then start with the obedience, the unity, and the devotion to the apostles’ doctrine (Acts 2:42). Most folks today want Pentecost fire without the Upper Room repentance.

Yes, the gifts still exist.
But the real question isn’t “Do the gifts operate?”
It’s “Is what we’re calling ‘gifts’ actually of the Spirit—or of our own spectacle?”

Discernment > excitement.
Reverence > relevance.
And biblical order > charismatic chaos.

So let’s hunger for the Spirit—but not just the signs.
Let’s hunger for the fruit—because tongues without truth is just noise (1 Cor. 13:1).

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