There is much debate over the issue of revelatory gifts in the church today. Part of that discussion centers on the gift of tongues in general and the nature of that gift in particular. Is the gift of tongues a gift related to known languages or is it a gift related to a private prayer language? While the revelatory gifts are spelled out in Scripture, including that of speaking in tongues, the concept of a private prayer language is foreign to the Scriptures. The New Testament gift of tongues refers to known languages. Not only is the gift of tongues defined in Acts 2:4-11, but the concept of a private prayer language flows from a misinterpretation of 1 Cor. 14:2-4 and 14:13-17.

Regularly the question arises as to how Old Testament saints were saved. Many propose that they were saved by obedience to the law. Others affirm that they were saved by grace through faith, but that their faith was in God’s promises and those promises often go unspecified. Others will say they were saved by faith in God’s promise of the Messiah to come but stop short of calling that promise the gospel of Jesus Christ. The realty is that those who are saved have always been saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Saints throughout all ages were and are saved through the gospel of Jesus Christ.