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Disorder Opening: We are diving back into our Study of first Corinthians 14, as Paul compares the use of tongues and prophecy in a Corinthian context. As we have seen and discussed at length, Paul is concerned, because the current the ends have begun to value the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues…

Ch 12 assertion: spiritual gifts are in operation. they are an evidence of a living God, not a dead idol application: be united in variety like a body of many parts Ch 13 assertion: you may have gifts but without love, they are worthless application: description of agape Love that we might know it and…

Common Views of the Gift of Tongues Human languages unknown to the speaker Non-human languages (prayer/heavenly/gibberish language(s)) Multiple expressions - combination of the first two Just a reminder that as we looked at all three instances of the the word tongues in Acts, none were 100% definitive…

There are many gifts given by God, but prophecy (preaching/teaching today) is the most important because it is through this gift that God accomplishes three things necessary for the church: Edification – building up the church Exhortation – giving direction Consolation – comforting This is what the church…

When I was in high school, we lived on two acres in the middle of the woods in Northern Indiana. Now, I say “woods” very loosely. It is true that the land around us was wooded. However, across the street was a swamp. So, we didn’t go there. And the majority of our two acres was what we termed a “waste…

How would you define love? There was a movie made by Disney over 14 years ago, with a song called: How does she know that you love her. How does someone show love? I realize that I am late to the ball game for this sermon. Every September or October, I set aside a week to prepare my preaching calendar…

We are just finishing up our birthday season. We have Christmas, then Nancy and Grace’s birthdays are in January, and David’s and mine are in February. That makes for a lot of gifts being given in two months. The kids have been thrilled. I am looking at the house, wondering what we are going to do with…

How am I using my spiritual gifts for the building up of the church? Do I know my spiritual gifts? 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand…

A customer comes into a pet store looking for a dog: Customer: “How much for this dog?” Owner: “$5000” Customer: “Is not that too much?” Owner: “Is not the dog wonderful?” Customer: “Yes, the dog may be too wonderful but is he faithful also?” Owner: “Yes sir! He has been faithful, I have sold him seven…

The church is most healthy when everyone lovingly exercises his/her gift(s)!

1 Cor 12:1-30 - Diversity in the Body 1 Cor 14 - Invitation

From Paul’s perspective, the basic issues are, What does it mean to be spiritual? and How are Christians to exercise their spiritual gifts in the church? 1 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to…

Text : 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 1 Corinthians 14:26–40 (ESV) What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn,…

Today we are continuing our study of 1 Corinthians. We will be in 1 Corinthians 14 , so I encourage you to open your bibles to that chapter. As we have seen in the past weeks, Paul reached the climax of this letter in chapter 13. All the way along, Paul has pointed out that there were divisions, there…

Introduction I really enjoy watching young kids play sports. One thing that always makes it entertaining is that when they are really young, there is always a few times where they don’t know exactly what they are supposed to be doing. I remember watching a T-ball game where this little boy was trying…

I Corinthians 14:20-40 Good morning! 20 Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature. 21 In the law it is written: “With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me,” says the…

In the New Testament era, the true gift of tongues was the ability to speak a language which was unknown to the speaker but known to someone present. God had a very definite purpose in it, which we’ll see later on in this message, but in the Corinthian assembly, they had taken the true gift and had twisted…

This morning’s Scripture lesson is taken from 1 Corinthians 14:1-20 : Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand,…

Have you ever tried to do something that you were not equipped to do? Did you have someone train you and equip you on how to do it? 10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) 11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets,…

Paul encourages the Corinthian believers to prophecy and speak in tongues. How does this help us or benefit the church?

I. The Biblical Purposes of Tongues A. Share the Gospel in Many Languages Acts 2:11 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. This was fulfillment to the prophecy of Joel. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And it shall come to…

Context Context matters, as we look at this section, it is important that we know what Paul is addressing, why Paul is addressing it, and how does this passage fit into the bigger picture. This chapter, and our passage before us this morning can be a challenge to understand, unless you keep things in…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…