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Introduction
There is an interesting phenomena associated with motherhood.
We call it Mom brain.
Mom brain is why you can’t remember that you told your child to do 5 different things in the space of 3 minutes.
Mom brain is why you try to say a sentence and it comes out all backwards and twisted.
Mom brain is why you look at your child and emphatically tell them to brush their hands and wash their teeth only to be frustrated by the confused look on their faces.
In short Mom brain often leads to confusion.
This usually happens most when we are tired, stressed, or just overwhelmed.
All things that tend to come with motherhood.
When there is adequate rest, decreased stress, and solutions to problems, the confusion lessens.
My point is that there are ways to avoid confusion.
This is true in the spiritual realm as well.
Principle:
The best solution to confusion is focus and clarity.
Guidance:
To avoid confusion we are given three priorities.
Outcome:
Lives are changed when communication is clear.
Three priorities to avoid confusion.
Priority #1…
1. Maintain Proper Order vv.
26-33
I like things organized.
At least I used to, before we had kids.
Once upon a time, I had all my DVD’s alphabetized.
My books were sorted by author then by series.
Back when people used to keep CD’s in book like cases I even had those alphabetized by artist.
I did this because it was easier to locate what I wanted.
The problem was that if you bought something new, the entire system had to be shuffled and reordered.
Over the years I have not had the time or energy to keep up with this system, the result is that things are now way more difficult to find.
When things stay in order, their function is enhanced.
In the exercise of Spiritual gifts, it is essential that we use them in an orderly fashion.
To maintain proper order in the use of Spiritual gifts, there are some things we need to know.
#1…
a. Know the goal v. 26
This verse comes immediately after Paul demonstrated how prophecy is superior to tongues in the corporate gathering of the church.
He has presented the ideal.
When the Church gathers, teach the Word.
When we do, sinners are convicted and saints are edified.
The way Paul starts this verse lets us know that he is addressing a problem.
The Corinthians have been getting this wrong.
“Come together” is the idea of assembling.
When the Corinthian church has been gathering together, they have not been doing what Paul just described!
Instead, everyone has tried to speak.
They’ve been quoting from the psalms, or giving a teaching, or speaking in tongues, or speaking through revelation, or interpreting tongues.
When Paul writes that “each of you” have been doing this, here’s the idea.
Literally every single member of the Corinthian congregation had something they wanted to share each meeting.
Paul has already addressed the conflict, disunity, and discord present in this church.
Now we are seeing there was competition as well.
Everyone had something to say.
But there was a problem.
Their focus was wrong.
How do we know that?
Because of how the verse ends.
Let all things be done for edification.
This is an imperative.
It is a command.
The fact that Paul has to command it indicates that it has not been happening!
They have been missing the whole point of gathering together as the body of Christ!
We have looked at this word “edification” before but here is a reminder.
Edification – οἰκοδομή (oikodomē) edification; building.
building up n. — the act of bringing something closer to fullness or completion; understood as if assisting in the construction of an incomplete building.
Noun (prepositional object), accusative, singular, feminine.
Edification – οἰκοδομή (oikodomē)
This is the goal of using our spiritual gifts.
This is the goal of meeting together as a church!
We want to build one another up!
Everything is to be done for edification.
The implication here is that they had a different purpose in the things they were doing.
What purpose?
Considering the things listed, psalm, teaching, tongue, revelation, interpretation; they wanted to be noticed.
Edification is the goal.
Not personal advancement.
Getting your gift out there for others to see is not as important as building up the body of Christ.
To avoid confusion, and maintain proper order, we must know the goal.
The Church gathers to build up the Body of Christ.
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This is what we are to do!
Paul’s point is not that psalms, teaching, languages, revelation, and interpretation are wrong.
His point is that our motivation matters.
Doing good things for the wrong reason makes it wrong for us.
To maintain proper order in the use of Spiritual gifts, we must
#1: Know the goal.
#2…
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Know the limits vv.
27-32
We are about to see the limitations placed by God on the use of tongues and prophecy.
With that in mind we must understand that much of what passes for speaking in tongues today is rendered illegitimate by what we are about to read.
That does not mean that people who practice speaking in tongues contrary to what is described here are not believers.
It does, however, mean they have been deceived.
Look with me at verses 27-28.
A few points of clarification.
1 - The Biblical use of tongues always refers to a real known and spoken language.
2 - As we explained in Ch. 13, the gift of speaking in tongues ended before the completion of Scripture.
3 - IF tongues continued, we do not believe they did, but IF they did, this is how they were to be exercised.
Verse 27 could be translated, if anyone speaks in a language.
How were they to do it?
2 or 3 at the most, taking turns, and 1 interpreter.
Not 1 interpreter per speaker, 1 interpreter period.
If there is no interpreter, be silent in the church.
If there is no interpreter, only speak to yourself and God.
Why?
Because Without an interpreter there is no ability to edify the church!
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