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Welcome back again in the name of the Lord. I hope you are enjoying this series as it is going. What we treated in the last series was ‘Stages of tongues’, but now we want to see the levels in tongues.

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There are 4 levels of tongues I’ll be unveiling to you, which include:

1. Tongues as an initial evidence of Holy Ghost Baptism.
2. Tongues as a Gift of the Spirit.
3. Tongues in Prophecy.
4. Tongues as a Ministerial Gift.

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• HOLY GHOST BAPTISM

As I treated in part 2 of this series, tongues serve as the initial evidence of Holy Ghost Baptism. Tongues are like the gate that launch you into the realms of the Supernatural.

There might be a gift that becomes active in you after you are born again or before you are even born again (For instance, Cornelius could see vision even when he was yet to be a believer). However, the moment you surrender and you are baptized by the Holy Ghost, it becomese more active.

How do you even know that you’re now baptized? It’s by speaking in tongues. I gave 5 scriptural backup to support this point in the part 2 of this series. Do well to check it.

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.”

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• SPIRITUAL GIFT

This is like the bubbling stage of tongues. At this level, your tongues diversify. Your tongues become a gift at the moment and will have the ability to diversify on it own without any stress. That’s the reason why the Paul called it DIVERSITY OF TONGUES not GIFT OF TONGUES.

1 Corinthians 12:10 – “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.”

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• TONGUES IN PROPHECY

At this level, this is when you have the ability to interpret your tongues or the tongues of others. Infact according to Paul, the mathematical equation for Prophecy is:

TONGUES➕ INTERPRETATION ➡️ PROPHECY.

1 Corinthians 14:4-5 – “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 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.”

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• TONGUES AS A MINISTERIAL GIFT

There are gifts that are accorded to some Evangelists as ministerial gifts and that’s why Paul was asking if all speak in tongues in the 12th chapter of his first letter to the Corinthians. All do not operate in this gift because all are not called into this office.

1 Corinthians 12:29-30 – “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?”

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STAGES OF TONGUES

You’re welcome back from the long vacation we embarked on. It was because of the upgrade of the blog. Hope you can see that it’s now more beautiful than before. I’m sure you’ve missed the blog too(Smiles). I did too.

We are going to pick up the series we were treating on Tongues. The last topic treated was TONGUES FOR ALL where we established the facts that Tongues is meant for all believers and we all ought to be able to speak it because it’s the language of the immortals.

Today, we want to check the Stages of tongues we have. Have you ever noticed that there are some men of God that whenever they are speaking in tongues, they use to speak only one rhymes or line of tongues? You said Yes? Ok, Do you also noticed that there are some that can speak 20 different tongues at the same time? Yes too? Good. This should register it at the back of your mind that we have stages of tongues. Our Progression in Spiritual stages is in tandem with our Pressing Into the Spiritual things.

There are 3 Stages of Tongues:

1. Babbling Stage

2. Digging Stage

3. Bubbling Stage

 

1. BABBLING STAGE

This is a baby stage in tongues. At this stage, you’re talking like a babbling baby in tongues. How does a babbling baby talk? They play with a word, a syllable or Phrase. It’s always hard for them to pronounce long words. This is likened to this level in the spirit as well.

John 4:14 – “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”

At this stage, you’re just filled with the Holy Ghost. You’re new to it.

 

2. DIGGING STAGE

This is the second stage of tongues. At this stage, you keep digging into tongues by praying even in that one syllable the more. When you’re digging, it’s not something that’s palatable or interesting in nature, but it need some levels of diligence and consistency. It’s at this stage that so many people that are just baptized in the Holy Ghost quit because they think that after the baptism, there won’t be any price to pay again.

I remember a good friend of mine, Wale by name. I was graced to lead him into the Holy Ghost baptism. Two weeks after, he called me and told me that the tongues was boring to him and that the syllable he received at the point of baptism was still what he kept saying. So, I invited him for a 3-day Tongues retreat and what we did in that retreat was digging. We dug until water came out. Now, he can pray and pray in Tongues for hours with different utterances by the Holy Ghost.

This level of Tongues is likened to a river water. It’s the river (River) that supplies water to the well(Babbling).

John 7:38 -“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”

 

3. BUBBLING STAGE

This is the stage at which you bubble in tongues. Here you can pray in tongues. At this point, you’ll just notice that you’re speaking some utterances which are entirely different from some utterances you were speaking before. This is the point at which your tongues diversify.

Joel 2:23 – “Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.”

This stage is likened to the Rain level. It’s the rain that fill the rivers and they flow into the well.

This stage then has no limit. For every stage you’re in the Spirit, there’s always a greater stage. Therefore, you can explore so many stages within this bubbling Stag treated different Stages in this series, we’ll treat the Levels of tongues by next series. (more…)

Welcome to the tongues series again.

One of the challenges I faced before I was baptized in the Holy Ghost was that I did encounter people who believed that speaking in tongues is not meant for everybody but for some certain bodies.

This belief is always supported by 1 Corinthians 12:30 – “Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?”

However, the aim of this article is to deliver those who might be in these shoes from this dilemma too.

I’ll be sharing some facts and figures that go against the conclusion that tongues is not meant for all.

1. THE FIRST INCIDENT

To really decipher the truth of this matter, we need to first of all check the first place where tongues were spoken in the Bible.

Acts 2:4 – “And they were ALL filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

The first question that I’ll love to ask is that: How many people were in the upper room? Answer: 120

Secondly, how many were filled with the Holy Ghost? ALL.

If among them, there wasn’t a left over who didn’t experience the touch of the Lord, then, God is willing to give to everyone that believe in this age too.

2. JESUS WORD

A supernatural sign that formed part of Jesus’s farewell message to His disciple that will separate those that believe from those that didn’t believe is the ability to speak in tongues. The sign is meant for BELIEVERS and not just for Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors or Teachers.

The only prerequisite is that you must BELIEVE and have the required knowledge, then you’ll have access to speak this supernatural language.

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.”

3. CORNELIUS HOUSE

Cornelius is a devout man in the Bible but he was not yet a believer, He was opportuned to cross Peters Lane with his family and as Peter was preaching the Gospel of Jesus to them, Holy Ghost fell on them and they ALL (not some) spoke in tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 10:44 – “While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.”

4. EPHESIANS BELIEVERS

Paul was passing through Ephesus one day and he branched to see the Believers there. He asked, “Are you baptized in the Holy Ghost with the Evidence of speaking in tongues?” But they were like, “Is it necessary?” (Lol) – as some people do ask too – but Paul laiid his hand on them and ALL OF THEM not SOME of THEM, received the Holy Ghost and spoke in other tongues.

Acts 19:1-6 –

[1]And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

[2]He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

[3]And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.

[4]Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

[5]When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

[6]And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

5. JOEL’S PROPHESY

Joel 2:28 – “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.”

Prophet Joel spoke about this day long ago and one of the things that will happen to the sons and daughters of this age is that they’ll all prophesy; and Prophecy means Tongues + Interpretation, according to 1Corinthians14:5.

In the next episode on the series, we’ll discuss the fallacies about the doctrine of tongues.

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In the previous part of this series, I explained that what you need is not Prayer nor fasting to be baptized in the Holy Ghost. Rather, what you need is Knowledge. Before we proceed, I would like you to know the benefits of Speaking in tongues.

1. CHARGE

1 Corinthians 14:4 – “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.”

In Greek, the Word ‘edifieth’ as used in the verse quoted means “oikodomeō” which means to “charge”. When we speaks in tongues, what we are doing is that we are charging ourselves. The more we charge ourselves, the more electricified we are. The more electricified we are, the more we are on fire for God; and the more we are on fire for God, the more we are unstoppable and untouchable to the enemy.

2. MOST HOLY PLACE

Jude 1:20 – “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.”

When we read this verse of the scripture very well, we’ll see that we are admonished to build up ourselves on our most Holy Faith. This tells us that there is “The Holy Faith”, “The More Holy Faith” and “The Most Holy Faith”.

For us to really get the meaning of this ‘Most Holy Faith’, we need to go back to the Old testament(OT) system of the temple. In the OT, there was “The Holy Place”, “The Holier place” and “The Holiest place/The Most Holy Place”. It was in the Most Holy place that the Priest would make the atonement because that place signified the Presence of God.

In the same vein, we need to attain the presence of God by Faith; and it takes the “Most Holy Faith” to get to the “Most Holy Place”. That is attained by praying in the Holy Ghost

3. INTERCESSION

Roman 8:26(Amplified) – “In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words.”

Romans 8:34 – “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”

When you pray in tongues, what you’re doing is that you’re engaging the Spirit of Jesus in prayer. Jesus is at he right side of the Father for over 2000 years ago praying. He never ceases from praying neither is He tired.

When you also pray in tongues, you’re leveraging on this Divine ability to reign in the place of prayer and to pray the mind of the Father.

4. WORLD BELIEVERS PRAYER CHAIN

Ephesians 6:18 – “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.”

We are to make supplication for all saints in the Spirit which simplified means praying in tongues. When you read this verse of the scripture, some questions should run through your mind, like:

• Do I know all the saints?

• How can I know their needs?

• What about their names?

• is this possible at all?

Oh Yes! It is possible! The only possible platform that the Lord provided is that as you pray in the HOLY GHOST, you would just be tuned to pray in the Spirit. Although, you are just praying in the Spirit, you may be praying for a believer in India. A believer in India may be tuned to be praying for your own need as wel. Therefore, there is a supplication chain for all believers in the Spirit realm because we are all One Body.

5. GOD’S GIST PARTNER

There’s a mystery in the language we use to communicate as mortal or Immortal men.

As a mortal man, when I was serving in Imo State (An Igbo Speaking State), I was in market on that day, communicating in English with the woman. The discussion had glitches because of language barrier. She didn’t really understand me. But immediately I got to know that the woman understood Yoruba(My own mother tongue), we began gisting spent more time in discussing so many things together. She even gave me goods more than I paid for.

If I may ask, what made me and the woman talk for longer time and compliment each other? I communicated with her in her tongue. That’s the mystery of praying in tongues too. God’s mother tongue😄 is TONGUES. It’s the language of the Immortal. It’s the language of the supernatural.

It’s the language of God.

When you pray in tongues, you Catch God’s attention.

When you pray in tongues, you become God’s best friend.

When you pray in tongues, you become God’s gist partner.

God speaks to you.

He gives you heavenly inspired ideas.

He will be happy to dispense alot to you.

Can you pause a little bit and roar in tongues?

Ashabakataliadorodonsa🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Pray!

Pray!!

Pray!!!

These are only few out of all the benefit of tongues.

See ya in the next series as I open our eyes to he different levels of tongues.

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In my short span of living as a christian, I’ve found so many people that are confused about the concept of Speaking in tongues. Therefore, the Holy Spirit has laid this in my heart to start a series that would address this issue and I can boldly state that the help of those in need of this has come.

Let me start by sharing a story of when I was about to be initiated into this experience. That was in 2013 when I gained admission into the higher institution. Before then, I used to hear people speak in other tongues in my local assembly but I never took it serious. I believed it was the elders of the church that only operated in this dimension.

However, moving on, it was like a movie when I got to the higher institution and I saw my mates, even those that were not up to me in age operate in different dimensions of the Holy Spirit.

Most of the time, I even heard these ones coming to the altar professing how the Holy Spirit walked to them and they spoke together for a long time. My next action would be to put my two hands on my head and open my mouth wide to ask: “What about me?”

I didn’t just keep asking the question but I also took action and the action I took was that I prepared myself to fast and pray for “the gift of speaking in tongues”. 😄

So every Wednesday, I did have an appointment with the Lord on the prayer Mountain that was in front of my school. I would pray, pray and sleep and wake up without speaking in tongues.

In one of our Semester breaks, when I got back to my local church, it collided with the time we were treating the concept of Speaking in tongues. We were taught that it’s not for everybody and that God gives it to those He wishes. I almost lost my faith thinking that maybe it was not for me.

Coincidentally, I met with one of my friend Abiodun Olawumi of the blessed memory with a book in his hand titled “The Communion Of Holy Spirit ” written by Pastor Ife ADETONA. This was the first book I ever read from the first page to the last.

What really attracted me from the pages was on the content page where I saw “Baptism of Holy Ghost”. I tell you that reading the book alone, I got baptized in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues.

It was after this experience that I realized that what I needed was not fasting or prayer in other to be baptized in the Holy Ghost, what I really needed was knowledge. Afterwards, the Lord commissioned me to teach the word of God and to baptize people in the Holy Ghost and this is the aim of this series.

I’ll be impacting you with the knowledge you need to be baptized in the Holy Ghost and every other necessary things you need to know about the concept of tongues.

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