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Church Prayer Meeting - September 20th, 2026
In church today, we sensed that we needed to revisit the Illustrated Message Series on, “21 Reasons Why Christians Should Speak in Tongues”. We’ll provide a link for it for you to read the overviews on all 21 reasons with more teaching on it. We see an uptick in the naysayers, cessationists and unbelievers regarding the baptism in the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues that we haven’t seen before. Christians in particular – especially cessationists (those who believe that tongues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit ended with the early church), get very offended when one starts preaching and teaching on tongues in particular. In the times we’re living in, we need all the power of God we can, yet the majority of Christians plug their ears to this teaching, and as we’ll read today, there are consequences for doing so.
Today, we’ll look again at the first five reasons that are given in this booklet by Gordon Lindsay and we’ll quote verbatim what he wrote (it’s in italics). Bible evidence demands a verdict. We’ll show today from scripture that tongues (speaking in languages that the Holy Spirit gives) is definitely for today and should be used by every Christian around the world. You’ll see the evidence clearly according to the Bible.
Reason #1 - Speaking in Tongues Foretold in Prophecies of the Old Testament
“For with stammering lips and another tongues will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest by which ye may cause the weary to rest, and this is the refreshing; yet they would not hear”, Isaiah 28:11,12.
It has been well said that the Old Testament is the New concealed, and the New Testament is the Old revealed. The great truths of the New Testament all have their roots in the Old. It is not surprising, therefore, that the phenomenon of speaking in tongues is clearly foretold in Isaiah, a book, incidentally, that was written some 800 years before the Church Age.
This prophecy itself is remarkable, but not less so is the significant place in the book where it is found. Isaiah 24-28 has often been called the little apocalypse. In these brief chapters appears a moving portrayal of the whole scope of events of the end time. They tell of the Great Tribulation, the destruction of the gentile powers, the resurrection of the dead, the restoration of Israel, the establishment of the millennial kingdom and the binding of Satan, beside recording other lesser events. But note, the inspired writer does not complete this panoramic preview of events until he records that with these world judgments God would also send upon His people a great blessing. There would be a rest and a refreshing which, as we shall see, speak of the mighty baptism of the Holy Spirit, and the attending phenomenon of speaking in tongues.
In considering this remarkable prophecy, let us note that has been called the law of the first mention. This law involves the peculiar fact that when a great truth first appears in the Scripture, the most important phases of that truth are mentioned or touched upon in the passage. In the present instance the following important points are alluded to in the prophecy:
1. That the fulfillment of the prophecy would take place in its fullness just before the end of the age. (Notice that it is associated with the great end-of-the-age prophecies.)
2. That speaking in tongues will be a special means by which God will reach the people of that day.
3. That with the speaking in tongues there would also be stammering lips, inferring that the utterances at first may be halting and broken, before the clear flow of the language takes place.
4. That this phenomenon of speaking in tongues will be directly associated with a special refreshing and rest that God will give to His people – a blessing which is none other than the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
5. That despite the manifestation of this divine phenomenon, may will harden their hearts and reject it, and in turn they will rejected of God, the extreme danger of such unbelief is shown in verses 12,13: “Yet they would not hear. But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.”
Reason #2 – The New Testament Declares That Speaking in Tongues is a Fulfillment of This Old Testament Prophecy.
“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).
The prophecy mentioned in Isaiah was not overlooked in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul, when discussing the various gifts of the Spirit in his first epistle to the Corinthians, referred to that prophecy and pointed out that it foretold the coming of the gift of tongues to the New Testament church. He added that the prophecy also mentioned one of the great purposes of the gift – that it should be a sign to unbelievers. In other words, it would be the means of arresting the attention of unbelievers to the reality of the supernatural gospel.
Paul further noted, however, that despite the startling impressiveness of the sign, there would be those who would not believe it, nor the prophecy which foretold its coming. Nevertheless, speaking in tongues was foretold in prophecy; and, therefore, it belongs to the Church.
Reason #3 – In the Great Commission Christ Said Believers Should Speak in Tongues
“And he said unto them, Go ye into the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow those who believe: In my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues...” (Mark 16: 15-17).
One of the most important passages in the Bible is Mark 16, where Christ gave the Great Commission to the Church. These were the last words of our Lord before He went back to heaven. Their tremendous importance has been universally recognized by the Church down through the centuries.
Let us briefly note the various particulars of the Great Commission. First, the church is to to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Though the Church has lagged behind sadly in carrying out this command, it nevertheless does generally recognize the importance and urgency of fulfilling it as soon as possible.
Next, Jesus commanded the Church to make disciples of all nations, that those who believed the gospel would be saved and those who rejected it would be lost.
So far, the evangelical Church is in agreement. But observe, this is not all the Great Commission. Christ at the same time spoke of certain signs which would identify true believers. Among these signs are those mentioned in the 17thverse. “In my name shall they cast our demons; they shall speak with new tongues.”
Healing the sick and casting out demons are signs which are to follow believers. But also included is the sign of speaking with new tongues. That Christ should have included the speaking of tongues in His Great Commission emphatically calls attention to the importance of the sign.
Reason #4 – Every One of the 120 Disciples Who Were Filled With the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost Spoke in Tongues.
The charter members of the Early Church were those 120 who obeyed the Lord’s command to ‘tarry in Jerusalem’ until they were ‘endued with power from on high’, (Luke 24:49). These 120 believers included the apostles, perhaps the seventy, Mary, the mother of Jesus, and certain others. “These all continued in prayer and supplication with the women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.” (Acts 1:14). Then came the day of Pentecost. As they were in the upper room praising and blessing God, suddenly the Holy Spirit fell upon them and each person began to speak in another tongue!
“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as a fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts 2:1-4).
Notice that as they were filled with the Holy Spirit, the apostles spoke in tongues. Mary, the mother of Jesus, spoke in tongues. Besides these, more than a hundred others spoke in tongues. Here is the original pattern of receiving the Holy Spirit – with the infilling, each person speaks in another tongues as the Spirit gives utterance.
This supernatural visitation in Jerusalem drew a multitude of people together. Their wonder was turned to sheer amazement as they heard the 120 disciples speaking in various tongues, including their own native languages. This phenomenon caused them to give serious attention to the sermon preached by Peter, who explained the meaning of what had happened. A revival broke out that day and before night, 3,000 souls accepted Christ. Much could be said concerning this epochal event. But the point to be made in connection with our study is that each one of these original believers spoke in another tongue as he received the Holy Spirit.
Reason #5 – The First Gentiles to be Saved Received the Holy Spirit and Spoke in Tongues
The story of Cornelius, of how his household was saved and how they received the Holy Spirit, holds a prominent place in Acts. Although even the apostles did not understand this; it had been God’s intended plan that not only Jews but gentiles should share in the blessings of the New Testament dispensation, obtained through Christ’s death and resurrection. In accordance with this purpose an angel of God appeared to Cornelius and said to him, “Thy prayers and thy alms are come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter”. (Acts 10:4,5)
God had to do some persuading to get Peter to go to this gentile home and preach the gospel to them, but He succeeded, and Peter and his friends made their way to the house of Cornelius. Even while the apostle was preaching to them, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the Word.
“While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them which heard the word. And they of circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because on the gentiles also was poured out the gift of Holy Spirit. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God,” (Acts 10:44-46).
Here we see that the gentiles received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, as well as the Jews. How did Peter and his brethren know these gentiles had received the Holy Spirit? The answer is, “for they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.”
This opening of the Kingdom of God to the gentiles and their receiving the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues thus became a pattern for other gentiles. Moreover this occurrence was exactly the same as that which happened to the Jews at Pentecost. Peter reporting back to the other apostles said, “and as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them as on us at the beginning” (Acts 11). Both Hews and gentiles had now received the Holy Spirit. And both groups spoke in tongues when they received!
Have your eyes and ears been opened to see the evidence? It’s irrefutable. It’s one thing to be not be aware or uninformed of the baptism in the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues, it’s another thing to know about it and reject it. As Isaiah prophesied; “... that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken”. That is a sever consequence of disobedience to the word of the Lord. There’s still time to repent and receive this powerful gift that Jesus gave His church. The Apostle Paul, after giving a long discourse and teaching about this to the Corinthian church says this; 1 Corinthians 14:37-39;“37 If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But [k]if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues.”
Paul says that what he has taught on are the commandments of the Lord and that you’re not to forbid speaking in tongues.
We’ll continue to review the next reasons in the following prayer meetings. Click here to read the Illustrated Message Overview of this series and to also down the PDF of the booklet.
After we read this portion, we spent the rest of the church service praying in tongues over the different areas of ministry and for the church in general. As we do in all our services, we partook in communion, the Lord’s Supper.
Pastor Richard and Marjorie~ Bondslaves of Jesus Christ
Illustrated Message Overview of The Holy War
The Holy War – The Sweet Fragrance Of Christ - Message 25 – September 13th, 2026
The smell of death is an offensive odour for all eternity. Ask yourself today, do you find this message to be the offensive odour of death to you or is it the fragrance of Christ to life? What you’re offended at now goes on for eternity in the lake of fire, what stinks now will stink for eternity, what you’re saying is the offensive smell of death today, will smell for eternity in the lake of fire. You can repent of your sins today, you have that opportunity to, you have the opportunity to change the fragrance in the room to the fragrance of life, but you’ll need to repent of your sins and receive Jesus, Emmanuel, as Lord and Saviour to get rid of the smell of death, that offensive odour.
2 Corinthians 2:14-17 Amplified Bible says; “15 For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which ascends] to God, [discernible both] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 16 to the latter one an aroma from death to death [a fatal, offensive odor], but to the other an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh]. "
Pastor Richard ~ Bondslave of Jesus Christ
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Church Prayer Meeting
Ephesians 6:18-19 says;“18 With all prayer and petition pray [with specific requests] at all times [on every occasion and in every season] in the Spirit, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition [interceding in prayer] for all [e]God’s people.”
Pastor Richard
"And I, if I be lifed up, will draw all men unto me" ~ Jesus
About
Richard and Marjorie McCue are the Founders and Pastors of Salvation Studio House. They give you insight in their ministry and work; past and present.
Vision
Our desire is to advance Christianity by teaching and preaching the religious tenants, doctrines, and observances associated with the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, according to the Holy Bible in both the Old and New Testament.
We believe in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to be in operation according to I Corinthians 12.
What We Believe
- We believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.
- We believe Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary.
- We believe Jesus was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He arose again from the dead.
- We believe He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, whence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
- We believe in the communion of the saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and everlasting life.
- We believe that there is no other name or person but Jesus Christ, by which a person can be saved.
- We believe in all the gifts of the Holy Spirit and with the evidence of speaking with new tongues.
- We believe not one soul should perish into eternity without Jesus, but that all should be saved.
- We believe in the Great Commission. "And He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover". Mark 16:15-18
- Acts 5:42; "And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ."
- We believe that the doctrine of ‘eternal security’ or ‘once saved always saved’ is not true. Every Christian still has a free will to keep walking with Christ or to turn away. It’s what one does and how they live between being born again and dying that counts. It’s not how you start the race by becoming born again, but how you finish the race. We’re to run the race (the Christian life) with perseverance and not look back so that we cross the finish line victorious and win the prize (2 Timothy 4:7). Works of righteousness need to accompany our faith in Jesus Christ because faith without works is dead (James 2:20). God’s grace is made available to every Christian to resist temptations when they come as we know the devil is relentless in coming to rob, steal and destroy, ultimately to get them to back-slide (John 10:10).
Here are a number of Bible scriptures to back that up;
- Hebrews 6:4-6; “4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 [a]if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.”
- 2 Peter 2:20; “For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.”
- 2 Corinthians 13:5; “ Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you [a]are disqualified.”
- Luke 9:62; “But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
- Matthew 7:21-23; “21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
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