Lyrics · Acts
Tongues of Fire
Acts 2
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About this song
About this song
This song belongs to the Acts collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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[Opening Build]
One accord in one place.
Morning of the feast.
Suddenly a rushing wind
Filled the house from west to east.
Cloven tongues like living flame
Rested over every head.
The Holy Ghost filled every witness;
Languages awakened when they spoke.
[Chorus]
Tongues of fire,
Every nation heard its own.
Tongues of fire,
Heaven's mighty works made known.
Parthian, Mede, and Roman,
Arab, Cretan, near and far:
Tongues of fire
Turned one upper room into a world-spanning spark.
[Verse 2]
Some mocked and called them drunken;
Peter stood with the eleven:
"This fulfills the prophet's promise,
Spirit poured from highest heaven."
He preached the crucified and risen,
David's Son exalted high.
The hearers felt the word cut through them:
"What shall we do?" became their cry.
[Refrain]
Repent and be baptized.
Receive the promised gift.
The word belongs to children
And to all whom God shall call.
[Final Chorus]
Three thousand souls received the saying,
Bread was broken, prayers arose.
Teaching, fellowship, shared provision,
Grace in every house and road.
Tongues of fire,
A people born beneath one Lord;
Day by day the church was added
Through the Spirit and the word.

