What it means to 'Speak in Tongues'

My native tongue is English.

 

If I go to Mexico not everyone will understand me if I am speaking in my native tongue, English, as I will not understand those speaking Spanish.  I should not try speaking to those who don't understand what I am saying unless I have an interpreter or I may be misunderstood.  There are several different languages world wide known as 'tongues'. Not everyone speaks a foreign language, another 'tongue'.  

 

It is written in Scriptures, which I have lightly edited here to stay on point, so please read from your own copy of Scriptures when you have time.

 

1 Corinthians 12

Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols....

There are different gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different ministries, but the same El (our God). There are different ways of working, but the same El works all things in all men. 

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various languages (tongues), and still to another the interpretation of languages/tongues. 

All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

Yah's Set Apart Spirit works in believers according to his determination.  Not everyone is given all the gifts of the Spirit - Set Apart Believers are the spiritual body of Yahshua who is the head, the cornerstone of the foundation of Truth.  We each represent a different part of that body but we all need each other to function as one people of one faith in one God whose name is Yahweh.

 

This study was inspired by something I read in an online group.  The man stated it was important to 'pray in tongues'.  Well, I do know Pentecostals, when uttering gibberish, believe they are speaking in 'tongues' - the language of angels etc.....  This is a man-made tradition, not required by our Creator as a way to speak to Him in prayer.  Whenever we read of a Messenger (angel) from Yah speaking to a human it is in the language of that person they are speaking to - not some pretend made up language.