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Title: The Fundamental Test of Spirit-Indwelt People
Title: The Fundamental Test of Spirit-Indwelt People
Text:
Series: Let's Be a Christ-Centered Church
Introduction:
The context is corporate:
The context is that of the corporate gathering of the church.
Blomberg makes a great point when commenting on this chapter:
“In a land still heavily influenced by a heritage of rugged individualism, believers need to work ever harder to demonstrate that Christianity is not a merely personal religion but fundamentally corporate.”
A quick reminder of how the context has led to this understanding can be grasped by looking at .
These are activities of those gathered together.
Look also at , which clearly speaks of them coming together.
The context is a plea for order:
The context is also a plea for order according to God’s design.
Again, points to God’s created order.
confirms this fact of God’s orderliness.
Remember that a distinction in function is not a distinction in value.
The order is to be one in which we are considerate of each other
Remember that the way the Apostle points to this selflessness is by using the Lord’s Supper as the foundational account for how the corporate gathering of believers should look like.
To gather without consideration of each other is to gather in an manner that is unworthy.
The entire book has a context of God’s Gifting:
indicates one of the things that Paul would be addressing, and now he does.
This gifting has come by the Spirit of God.
IOW - God has given His Spirit to believers for a particular purpose.
Notice the development of the Spirit of God in I Corinthians.
Beginning with , Paul is showing that his preaching was by the Spirit of God.
See , where Paul affirms the Spirit that God has given his people.
shows the fact that God’s Spirit does not just inhabit individuals, but God’s Spirit inhabits the corporate gathering of believers.
points to the Spirit’s work in salvation.
The question that Paul seems to be answering by this passage is, “How do you know if someone actually has the Spirit of God inside of them?”
Another problem in the Corinthians Context:
Remember that there was a problem with the exaltation of men within the church.
Apparently, there were some who were standing up in the corporate assemblies and speaking in tongues that were unknown to the parishioners.
The opening of the chapter does not indicate that these were ecstatic utterances.
The opening of the chapter indicates that there were some who thought that when someone spoke in an inspired manner, this showed that they were spiritual.
Paul is going to point out that what a person does, does NOT necessarily mean they are indwelt by the Spirit of God.
Function does not equate to spirituality.
This is a common mistake we make.
We tend to think that because someone has a particular responsibility in the church, this automatically means that they have the Spirit of God inside of them.
When people think this about themselves or about others, division becomes a problem.
Why?
Because when people think that a particular ability or function is more important or more evidence of God’s Spirit, then they:
#1 - Think that they really don’t matter to the body because they can’t do that certain thing.
#2 - Think too highly of other people and don’t feel they can fellowship with them.
#3 - Think less of other people because they don’t have the same ability.
Because of this happening in that church, the church sent Paul the letter and asked the question.
His response to this question is just as important to us today as it was back then.
In our churches today, we have a diversity of people:
#1 - There are those who some consider to be sticks in the mud because they think that there is only one right way to show forth the Spirit of God’s work.
(i.e....
* We’ve always done Sunday school this way, and it always worked...
* We’ve always had the orders of service this way, and it always worked...
* We’ve always had preaching like this, and it always worked...
#2 - There are those who consider others to be liberal because they show their gifting in ways that they cannot find explicitly given in the scriptures.
* Let’s try running vans instead of busses...
* Let’s have an addictions ministry...
The point is that no matter the ministry and no matter the spiritual gifting, there is a fundamental test that Paul gives.
1. (12:1) Christians, in the church, should be able to tell whether someone has the Holy Spirit of God dwelling inside of them or not.
The word he uses for “spiritual gifts” is the word “pneumatikos”.
“Pneuma” is the typical word for “spirit”.
There are two primary words, and here Paul does not use the same word as he will.
In , he will use the word “charisma” which is the word he will typically use for particular gifts.
There are a few things important because of this differing usage:
(i) When Paul uses the word from “pneuma” this can refer to the PEOPLE WITH THE GIFTS or to the GIFTS THEMSELVES.
See .
In other words, this question that Paul had received not not just about the gifts themselves but about the people who were showing these gifts.
The question would seem to be something like this, “Is it true that spiritual manifestations constitute unfailing evidence of spiritual people?” (Carson, Showing the Spirit) or “Who qualifies as spiritual?”
(Garland)
(ii) The other word that is used in this chapter is the word “charisma”.
One side note should be made here.
The lists of gifts of the Spirit, whether considering , , …etc are not synonomous.
In addition, Paul uses the word “charisma” for those who can remain single.
It thus would appear that the lists that Paul gifts are not exhaustive lists that limit all gifting to these lists.
Secondly, this verse again reminds you of the care that Paul had for these people.
This phrase that he uses “I would not have you ignorant” is not new here.
See .
Principle:
The key issue being introduced is NOT one of discerning whether the spirits are right or not or discerning whether it is a gift that should be used in the assembly or not.
The key issue for the foundation is whether the use of a gift in the assembly is evidence that someone actually has the Holy Spirit or NOT.
Does what a person does automatically mean that they have the Holy Spirit of God?
Does function equate to spirituality?
Contemporary:
Christians should be aware of what it is that shows whether you truly have the Holy Spirit of God or not.
Christians should be aware of what it is that shows whether your church family members have the Holy Spirit of God or not.
Questions that may lead to understanding what is to be known?
(i) Since you sing in the choir, does this mean that you have the Holy Spirit indwelling you?
(ii) Since you serve as a deacon, does this mean that you have the Holy Spirit indwelling you?
(iii) Since you serve as and MCS Board member does this mean that you have the Holy Spirit indwelling you?
(iv) Since you have taught Sunday school for 30 years, does this mean that you have the Holy Spirit indwelling you?
(v.)
Since you attend church faithfully, does this mean that you have the Holy Spirit indwelling you?
TRANSITION:
Christians, in the church, should be able to tell whether someone has the Holy Spirit of God dwelling inside of them or not.
2. (12:2 - 3a) Christians, in the church, who have the Holy Spirit of God dwelling inside of them are distinct from their former life.
How?
Over-realized vs. Futurist eschatology:
It seems that one of the problems in Corinth was that which has been called and “over-realized” eschatology.
What this means is that they believed in what had already been accomplished in Christ, and the coming of the Holy Spirit that they developed an entitlement mindset, thinking that they had a “right” to unqualified blessings.
This is seen especially in , .
In an extreme case this can lead to people not really looking for a future resurrection, believing that all has been done already.
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