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Comment by Liberty Students on May 20, 2011 at 2:19pm

No it is not necessary to speak in tongues to have Salvation. Speaking in tongues and the seperate Spiritual Gift of interpretation of tongues are just two of the many Spiritual Gifts that God imparts in us when we are saved. All Christians receive at least one Spiritual Gift, some are given many Spiritual Gifts but no one gets them all. If they did, they would not need the rest of the Body of Christ, the world-wide Body of Christ. In 1 Corinthians 14:2, 14:13 and 14:27 Paul makes it clear that, in the context of teaching in a church service that it is better to 'prophesy' (Speaking God's Will) than to speak in tongues. That is because if there is no one to interpret the message, the rest of the congregation does not understand what is being taught. The context of these Scriptures also shows that speaking in tongues is a heavenly language that speaks directly to our spirits and so the one speaking in tongues may not understand the message in the 'flesh'. But the message is there in our spirit and so we are to pray for the seperate gift of 'interpretation in order to understand the message. By doing this we are able to meld ourselves both in the Spirit and in the flesh. Notice that the gift of 'interpretation is not the same as 'translating' such as if someone was speaking Spanish then several translators would come up with the same thoughts in English, for example. 'Interpretation' refers to the way two people might read the same poem and see different facets of it. Both interpretations are correct but may bring out different thoughts. For example: One person might read the Song of Solomon and interpret it as a beautiful song about marital ove, which is correct but another may see how the King in the song represents God and the Beloved in the poem represents God's Bride (us) the Bride of Christ. The second interpretation is also a correct interpretation.

The context of these Scriptures also show that sometimes the word given by God is meant for the individual and so we speak tongues 'quietly' (not silently) to ourself. In other cases, such as in large revivals, you will hear groups of people 'Singing in the Spirit" that is to say praising God out loud and very vocally in tongues. Often times you will hear one group singing or speaking in tongues in harmony and way accross the room there will be another group answering in harmony. This is appropriate because this is not a 'teaching' time, it is a 'praising time'.

Pentecost has always been a sacred day for God. It is a date which means 'count 50'. It was also one of the 7 High days or Holy Days that God set aside fror very special reasons. It was on Pentecost that God radified the Mosaic Covenant by giving the Israelites the ten commandments. He radified that Covenant with the ten comandments. At Pentecost of 33 (C.E. Christian era, also know as AD) God radified the New Covenant through Christ by pouring out the Holy Spirit to the faithful Jews who then converted and became Christians (49 days after Jesus Death, 50 days including the day He died) 7 Sundays after Easter. This was the first time since Adam and Eve that the common man could commune with God in Supernatural ways. Under the Old Mosaic Covenant if you wanted to simply pray to God, you had to go and find a prophet or a King such as King David. Acts 20:16, Act 2:1, 1 Corinthians 16:8. This is not meant to be an exhaustive study but we hope that it clarifies your question. If you would like further study material on the subject, please send us a message. God Bless you.