God doesn’t do things without a reason. The “foreign” languages weren’t foreign to those that spoke that language. The purpose of different tongues is to communicate to those present that speak that different tongue. God confused the languages at Babel and He can un-confuse them at His desire.
**The “foreign” languages weren’t foreign to those that spoke that language.**
They weren’t foreign to the ones listening, because they were hearing the languages of their origin. But they were amazed to hear Gallileans speaking those foreign tongues. And with God giving them that power, I sure they spoke it perfectly, not like a first year French student, for example.
There ARE unknown languages:
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels..” 1Cor. 13:1
“For he that speaketh with an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him: howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.” 1Cor. 14:2
People that fake tongues, or emotions (whether it be in singing, prayer, or praise), sadly, are mostly hurting themselves. And don’t you just hate the phony testimony: “I love the Lord with all my heart”, when you are certain that nobody really does. Even Paul said, “I die daily”. We try. Some harder than others.