Tongues was first in the manifestation of the Spirit. Tongues was first in the birth of the church. Tongues was first in the heart of Paul, and it should be first in our hearts as well. Its precedence and outworking in the New Testament church is unimpeachable. If you want to move in the power of the Holy Spirit like the Apostle Paul did, then you should participate with the Holy Spirit as He did (1 Corinthians 14:18). John the baptist described Jesus as the One who would baptize in the Holy Ghost (Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16, John 1:33). As the church, the body of the Lord Jesus, we are partakers of His ministry. We are under the supreme leadership of the Holy Spirit, and one of His unmistakable out workings in the church is His holy utterance that edifies the church and creates the environment where the Spiritual can be seen and heard.