Spiritual Gifts: Part 18 Order in the Church: Let All Things Be Done For Edification 1 Corinthians 14:36-40
Our public worship must be edifying! We must seek precedent in other New Testament churches (36) We must obey apostolic command (37-38) Apostolic command is the Lord's command (37) Paul's instruction on the use of spiritual gifts for edification (Ch. 12-14) Chapter 12: Source, purpose, distribution of the gifts Chapter 13: Necessity of love in use of the gifts Chapter 14: The edification of the body We must pursue prophecy and not forbid tongues (39) Desire to prophesy (39a) Do not forbid to speak with tongues (39b) We must do all things decently and in order (40) Prophecy “A New Testament prophecy is a divinely revealed message spontaneously received by and delivered through a spiritually gifted messenger in intelligible words, resulting in the edification, exhortation, and consolation of believers.” Tongues “Tongues are divinely inspired utterances of prayer and praise to God which are under the speaker's control and not understandable to the speaker (and sometimes not to the hearers) without the aid of a spiritually gifted interpreter.” (BLT) Applications: Intelligibility leading to edification Authority How to handle tongues in the church
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