I could go on to say, like Paul said, I probably speak in tongues more than any of you, but I can’t teach that it is the evidence of the Holy Ghost. Over the years I have witnessed many people that have received God’s Spirit, but did not receive the gift of speaking in tongues. They were hurt by the doctrine of tongues being the evidence of the Holy Ghost and some were even shipwrecked in their faith because they were being taught that they did not have God’s Spirit. Let’s teach people to seek and desire the gift of the Holy Ghost and the gifts of the Spirit. The Bible says in I Corinthians 14:22 “Wherefore 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.”
Ningeweza kuendelea kusema kama vile Paulo alivyosema, “ninanena katika lugha kuliko ninyi nyote, lakini siwezi kufundisha, hiyo ndiyo dhibitisho ya Roho Mtakatifu. Miaka mingi, nimeshuhudia watu wengi ambao wamepokea Roho wa Mungu, lakini hawakupokea karama ya kunena kwa lugha. Waliadhiriwa na mafundisho kuhusu lugha kama dhibitisho la Roho Mtakatifu, wengine hata walipotoshwa katika imani yao kwamba hawana Roho wa Mungu. Wacha tufundishe watu kutafuta na kutamani vipawa vya Roho Mtakatifu na vipawa vya Roho. Biblia husema katika 1 Wakorintho 14:22 “Basi, hizi lugha ni ishara, si kwao waaminio, bali kwao wasionamini lakini kuhutubu si kwa ajili yao wasioamini, bali kwa ajili yao waaminio.”