Thursday, August 19, 2010

Clearly And For The Good Of The Church!


‘Clearly And For The Good Of The Church.’
1 Corinthians 14:7-12.
a) 1 Corinthians 14:7. A musical instrument has to make clear and pleasant music.
b) 1 Corinthians 14:8. The bugle/trumpet sounding the battle call needs to make a clear call.
c) 1 Corinthians 14:9. If we speak out in a language that no one will understand – what is the sense? We are out of order.
d) 1 Corinthians 14:10-11. There are so many languages in the World, to understand each other we need to speak in a common language or have an interpreter that will help us to understand.
e) 1 Corinthians 14:12. It is good to be eager for spiritual gifts especially with the motive of helping the Church to grow.
(Through this QT I am assured that verbal Spiritual Gifts in the Church must be spoken Clearly And For The Good Of The Church)
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‘A Good Way To Begin A New Church Project Or Mission.’
Nehemiah 1:6.
a) Prayer to the Living God.
b) Continual prayer – not just one brief prayer.
c) Specific confession of sin in prayer.
(This Second one shows me A Good Way To Begin A New Church Project Or Mission)
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Chris.
I thank God for the Gift of diverse languages. “Tongues” is an old English word for “Languages”. There has been over the years a real lack of teaching and even some strange heretic teaching about this Gift given by God. Let us examine the Scriptures carefully, especially 1 Corinthians 12 – 14, to learn more about this Gift and not be led astray by mere “experience seekers”.

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