Spiritual Gifts – Discussion 9

Pray

Pray together for the group meeting, and any pressing needs within the group.

Review

Each week you’ll spend some time reviewing the previous week’s lesson. Did anything happen last week that brought the lesson to mind, and what did you learn from it?

Watch

Watch the following discussion-starter video. It’ll set the topic of discussion for the group.

Lesson/Discussion

Follow up Questions/Discussion from Video:

1. What is the definition of “Tongues”?
2. What are the 3 types of usage of Tongues as found in the bible?

Tongues as Evidence of the Holy Spirit:

Read, Re-read, Re-tell: Acts 10:44-46

Discussion questions:

1. How do we know when someone receives the Holy Spirit?
2. Describe your experience when you received the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues?

The Significance of the use/control of the tongue 

James 3:5-8

Read, Re-Read, Retell

Unpacking Questions:

1. How is the tongue described in this passage?
2. What role does the tongue play when a person receives the Holy Spirit? Why is this significant?

Tongues in Prayer/Devotion/Worship:

Discussion Questions:

1. Should a person who has already received the Holy Spirit speak in tongues (during prayer/worship)?
2. What actions would be expected to proceed a person speaking in tongues (in prayer/worship)?
3. What is the impact of speaking in tongues (during prayer/worship)?

The Spiritual Gifts of Tongues and Interpretation:

1 Cor 12:10-11

Read, Re-Read, Retell

Unpacking Questions:

1. What Spiritual Gifts are described in this passage? 
2. Of these Spiritual Gifts, which involve speaking or verbal expression? (Gifts of Utterance)
3. What is the purpose of the Gifts of Utterance?
4. Why does God use the Gifts of Utterance (through individuals) to communicate to the church?

The three gifts of utterance are “prophecy, different kinds of tongues, and the interpretation of tongues. By these gifts, God anoints people to communicate thoughts from His mind to the church. The speaks proclaim words of edification and exhortation and comfort to man (1 Cor 14:3)

Read, Re-Read, Re-Tell: 1 Cor 14:5-6, 12-13, 27-28

Unpacking Questions:

1. From this passage, what is the intended purpose of the Spiritual Gift of tongues?
2. What Spiritual Gift accompanies tongues?
3. Will interpretation always accompany the message of tongues to the church?
4. What should be the source of the interpretation?

When someone speaks to the congregation in tongues, the gift of interpretations of tongues enables that person or someone else to proclaim the meaning of the utterance. The interpretation of tongues is the gift of a supernatural ability to translate or explain the meaning of a public utterance in tongues.

Discussion Questions:

1. Describe a time when you experience a powerful message from tongues and interpretation. 
2. How did this experience impact you (and the Church Body)?
3. How should we respond to tongues and interpretation? 

Next Week: Prophecy

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