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A Gift for Today...continuedThe Gifts of the Holy Spirit - Interpretation of Utterances in TonguesThe interpretation of an utterance in tongues can best be described as a supernatural showing forth of the meaning of the tongues. It must be noted that this is not a translation nor is it word for word but rather an interpretation of the meaning of what was said. It is as important to weigh the interpretation, as it is to weigh prophecy, a point that is often overlooked. The same criteria may be used with one addition and that is that biblically most references to tongues are towards God and only one is towards man. Therefore if someone continually interprets tongues towards the congregation, it may be that the person doesn't have the interpretation but a prophetic word. There may be a need for teaching in the orderly administration of the gifts. W.R. Jones in the book Pentecostal Doctrine in the chapter headed 'The nine gifts of the Holy Spirit' (14) states: ""To another the interpretation of
tongues" (1 Corinthians 12: 20), and this gift again is absolutely
supernatural. It is the power of the Holy Spirit enabling the possessor of the
gift to interpret into a known tongue a message given in an unknown tongue,
without that person possessing the least knowledge of the language spoken.
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