Eoghan
Puritan Board Senior
I would be interested in the thoughts of others on precisely what the message of tongues was. From Acts 2 and Acts 10 it would seem to be general declarations about God. (Likewise with Saul prophesying in 1 Samuel) The emphasis in Corinthians seems to be on a need to interpret, suggesting that while in control of the language or dialect, the speaker was not conscious of it's content. I am interested because it suggests a type of prophesy which is more exhortation than exposition. The reason I am probing this distinction is because women were allowed to prophesy but not to teach. In order for this to be a manageable rule of the church there must have been a clear distinction between teaching and prophesying in this context.