*DAILY DEW 6/NOVEMBER/2023* *TONGUES* (XI) _Key Bible Text:_ *"And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?"* (Acts 2: 7,8 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ *"...Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?"* When you look at the list of tribes here represented you will realize that this was the entire known world at the time. God was reclaiming the nations of the earth who turned from him at Babel by the gospel. These Jews after salvation were to return to these gentile nations where they were based and take the gospel message with them. Now after they were saved, they stayed a while following the apostles doctrine so as to grow spiritually, but persecution later scattered them and they went back to their own place of domicile among the gentile nations. Not only them but also many Jews who lived and where born in Jerusalem. Acts 2 was a prophetic sign and a fulfillment of a prophecy. God used the language of foreign nations to witness to the entire nation of Israel about their redemption but not all listened. It is a witness against those who despite that manifestation in Jerusalem still didn’t believe. Other tongues are a sign to the unbelieving Jews to draw them close while prophesy serves to believers as a means of edification. So biblical tongues can either be new tongues or other tongues. Whichever it will be in manifestation is as the spirit wills not as we will but both are within the capacities of the Holyghost resident in the believer. _MEDITATION:_ *And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.* (Acts 8:1) *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_NOVEMBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 5/NOVEMBER/2023* *TONGUES* (X) _Key Bible Text:_ *"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God!."* (Acts 2:4, 11 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Now you will see the intelligence of the spirit in manifesting other tongues in Acts 2 as it fulfills an Old Testament prophecy and was a sign to the unbelieving Jews In Jerusalem who came for the feast. They heard the gospel In other languages alien to their native Jewish tongue showing that God was taken the gospel beyond the shores of Israel and that the gospel will eventually be preached by citizens of those nations to the Jews! Take a look at 1 Corinthians 14:22. And you will agree that tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. Acts 2 was a sign to the Jewish nation. God was saying again by His spirit what he had said before in the law. Only difference was now He was Inspiring believers to prophesy to unbelieving Jews in foreign languages which they spoke having lived and grown up in those gentile nations. In fact it was their testimony to other Jews present that these “Galileans” were speaking the languages of gentiles to them preaching about the marvelous works of God. _MEDITATION:_ *Mark 16:17 (KJV) And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;* *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_NOVEMBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 4/NOVEMBER/2023* *TONGUES* (IX) _Key Bible Text:_ *"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God!."* (Acts 2:4, 11 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Now you will see the intelligence of the spirit in manifesting other tongues in Acts 2 as it fulfills an Old Testament prophecy and was a sign to the unbelieving Jews In Jerusalem who came for the feast. They heard the gospel In other languages alien to their native Jewish tongue showing that God was taken the gospel beyond the shores of Israel and that the gospel will eventually be preached by citizens of those nations to the Jews! Take a look at 1 Corinthians 14:22. And you will agree that tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. Acts 2 was a sign to the Jewish nation. God was saying again by His spirit what he had said before in the law. Only difference was now He was Inspiring believers to prophesy to unbelieving Jews in foreign languages which they spoke having lived and grown up in those gentile nations. In fact it was their testimony to other Jews present that these “Galileans” were speaking the languages of gentiles to them preaching about the marvelous works of God. _MEDITATION:_ *Mark 16:17 (KJV) And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;* *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_NOVEMBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 3/NOVEMBER/2023* *TONGUES* (VIII) _Key Bible Text:_ *"In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord."* (1 Corinthians 14:21 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Previously we established that there are three adjectival prefixes used where tongues where concerned. They are: 1. NEW TONGUES - "New" being from the Greek “kainos” which speaks to a language unknown to the speaker and his audience. A language known only to God whose meaning can be gotten only by the gift of interpretation 1Cor 14:4-8 2. OTHER TONGUES - This speaks to languages spoken that is unknown to the speaker but known to the audience. The person speaking does so by supernatural ability but the audience hear it naturally. No interpretation is needed for the audience as they hear in their understanding what is being uttered. Acts 2:1-4 3. KINDS OF TONGUES - This is the umbrella description for both kinds of tongues spoken of in 1 Cor 12:4-8. It speaks of other tongues and new tongues. Remember we explained that the KJV translation of “unknown" tongues has the prefix in italics. This means it wasn’t in the original Greek but the translators understood that in context this TONGUES was not earthly as no man understood it +1 Cor 14:4) hence the better prefix would be unknown. We saw that Unknown Tongues are actually New Tongues. _MEDITATION:_ *Acts 2:4, 11 (KJV) And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.!"* *Mark 16:17 (KJV) And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;* *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_NOVEMBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 2/NOVEMBER/2023* *TONGUES* (VII) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy."* (1 Cor 14:1) _Bible Insight:_ Paul is basically saying that DESIRE is all a man with the spirit needs to manifest a spiritual gift. As a result he is exhorting us to desire spiritual gifts and stresses prophecy as he states it brings the most edification in a local church context. Now if all were limited to some gifts, he would not say this at all! He then goes on to state that he wants all to speak In tongues or even better prophesy! *"I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying."* (1 Cor 14:5) So to answer our question. Do all speak with tongues? The answer is NO! But can all speak with tongues? Every believer? The answer is yes! Should they earnestly desire to! For if they have the Holyghost and all gifts are in him then every manifestation is a possibility should they desire it! I hope this helped? _MEDITATION:_ *All gifts are in the Holy Ghost and you have the Holy Ghost. Therefore, every manifestation is a possibility if only you desire it!"* *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_NOVEMBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 1/NOVEMBER/2023* *TONGUES* (VI) _Key Bible Text:_ *"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ."* (Ephesians 4:11-12) _Bible Insight:_ What exactly does Paul mean by the statement/question-- “Do all speak in tongues?" The context of this Chapter is the body of Christ. The breakdown above is speaking to functions. Hence, he begins with apostles, prophets, teachers which are ministry gifts then miracles, gifts of healings, tongues and interpretation which are spiritual gifts. So the clear answer here will be "No". In the body of Christ, all do not have the function in the body to be apostles, prophets, workers of miracles and speakers of tongues. Don’t miss this . All do not have the same function! This is because Paul is speaking clearly as regards MINISTRY. For when we see Paul speak functionally about the body of Christ he refers to ministry function. *"And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone"* (Eph 2:20) All don’t have the same function ministerially but note this. Everyone can manifest spiritual gifts if they DESIRE IT. *"But covet earnestly the best gifts."* 1 Cor 12:31 _MEDITATION:_ *Everyone can manifest spiritual gifts if they DESIRE IT."* *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_NOVEMBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 31/OCTOBER/2023* *TONGUES* (V) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?"* (1 Corinthians 12:30) _Bible Insight:_ The second thing to understand is that Paul is bringing order to how the gifts are manifested in a typical church service. The teaching on the gifts has a local church service context. It is why he says in 1 Corinthians 14:23-- *If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?* And again in 1 Corinthians 14:26, it says *"How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying."* It is why the emphasis of 1 Corinthians 12,13, 14 is actually edification and love. For a healthy body is one that exists in harmony. If the body doesn’t edify itself then the body eventually gets diseased and then dies. Now that we have gotten that out of the way, what exactly does Paul mean by the statement/question-- “Do all speak in tongues?" _MEDITATION:_ *For a healthy body is one that exists in harmony."* *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_NOVEMBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 30/OCTOBER/2023* *TONGUES* (IV) _Key Bible Text:_ *"To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another (divers) kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues."* (1 Corinthians 12:10) _Bible Insight:_ Do all speak in tongues? Yesterday we laid a foundation on this subject matter and explained Acts 2. We were able to explain “other tongues" and “new tongues" seeing that in the operation or manifestation of tongues there are diversities. So we even find that when Paul mentions this gift in his exegesis on spiritual gifts he states that they are diversities. Please note that the word “divers” is in the italic and isn’t in the original Greek. What we have is actually “kinds of tongues". So Paul is saying that the tongues have varieties. This already accommodates “other tongues" and “new tongues" as explained yesterday. I want us to examine the question-- Do all speak in tongues? To understand what Paul is saying here you need to get the context of 1 Cor. 12 - 1 Cor. 14. Paul begins to use the metaphor of the human body and the peculiar functions to explain the functions of the individual member of the body of Christ. This means we must view the gifts of the spirit via the lens of activities beneficial to the body. So just as the eyes seeing gives direction to the leg in walking, so also must the gifts manifested in the body be viewed as aiding the entire body. _MEDITATION:_ *If the body doesn’t edify itself then the body eventually gets diseased and then dies.* *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_OCTOBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 29/OCTOBER/2023* *TONGUES* (III) _Key Bible Text:_ *"And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language."* (Acts 2:5-6 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ This was not tongues and interpretation. This was a miracle! Jews who didn’t speak the language of the gentiles were enabled by Gods spirit to communicate to people from “every nation under heaven" (See vs 5). The message is clear.God is back for the gentiles and not just the Jews! The question now arises. If the tongues spoken here was that of other nations unknown to the speaker, shouldn’t this be the only manifestation of tongues? The answer to this is found in the scriptures! There are a few adjectival prefixes used before tongues whenever it appears in scriptures. 1. Other tongues Acts 2:4 Other is in the Greek “heterais" which is in the dative case, feminine gender and singular. It is an adjective which means “another of a different kind" In context this is speaking to languages unknown to a party. It is different but not unknown to all. It is unknown to a few which in Acts 2:4 would be the disciples. 2. New tongues Mark 16:17 *"And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;"* (Mark 16:17) 'NEW' here is from the root Greek “kainos" but written here as “kanais" which is in the dative feminine plural. Kainos means new on the scene and never existed before. So _new tongues_ is referring to a dialect alien to what is spoken by any tribe on the earth. This is different from _other tongues._ It is this _new tongues_ that is so defined in 1cor 14:2-3 by Paul. See? No man understands this tongue. It is not an earthly language but a supernatural one. The word unknown was not in the original though we can see why the translators put that word there. I will stop here for now. Hope this helped? _MEDITATION:_ *For he that speaketh in an (unknown) tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.* (1 Corinthians 14:2) *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_OCTOBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 28/OCTOBER/2023* *TONGUES* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *"When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance."* (Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ So the very existence of different languages was a direct result of the judgement of God against men’s rebellion. The judgement was an act of mercy as it gave way for Gods redemption plan to materialize. So differing languages didn’t allow the tribes understand each other thus limiting their cooperation. All these tribes where 70 in number (reference Gen 11:10-30) In Gen 11 , God gave up these rebellious tribes to idolatry , allowing them go after fallen angels who they worshipped and served. So God gave up these nations which we now call gentiles and chose one man callednAbraham to begin the Gen 1:26 mandate with. It is why after Gen 11 the very next chapter is an introduction to the faith walk of Abraham. (See Gen 12:1-2) Gods plan was to eventually win those gentile, rebellious nations back through Abraham. So God said to Abraham in Gen 12:3b, *"and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."* This promise was fulfilled in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. In Acts 2 God was announcing to the nations that it was time for their salvation. The 70 nations of Gen 11 were now to be co-heirs with the seed of Abraham. _MEDITATION:_ *God delivered this message through the 120 at the upper room in the NATIVE TONGUES of those nations.* *#Olaleye_Oluwafemi* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_OCTOBER,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....