Sunday, November 11, 2018
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SPIRITUAL
1 Corinthians 14:1-39 by Rick Baldwin
Series: 1st Corinthians

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SPIRITUAL

I CORINTHIANS 14

 

HOW DO WE APPROACH THE SUBJECT OF TONGUES AND PROPHECY?

“UNDO DOGMATISM IS UNWISE, WHERE SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY IS VITAL.” J.I. PACKER

 

TWO EXTREMES:

AN ERROR OF EMBRACING MORE THAN THE SCRIPTURE SAYS;

 

THE ERROR OF NOT EMBRACING AS MUCH AS SCRIPTURE SAYS …

 

ONE THING EMERGES FROM THE TEXT:

EDIFICATION, Vv.4,5,12,17

 

DETERMINATION, Vv.1-3

 

DESTINATION,

“PURSUE LOVE”

 

“YET DESIRE EARNESTLY SPIRITUAL GIFTS”

 

“BUT ESPECIALLY THAT YOU MAY PROPHESY”

 

DEFINITIONS,

 

TONGUES – “A FORM OF PRAYER AND PRAISE YOU EXPRESS TO GOD IN A LANGUAGE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.” JD GREAR

 

PROPHECY – SPIRIT-PROMPTED, SPIRIT-SUSTAINED, REVELATION-ROOTED, BUT MIXED WITH HUMAN IMPERFECTION AND FALLIBILITY AND THEREFORE IN NEED OF TESTING.

 

 

INCLINATION, Vv.3-4

 

“EDIFICATION”

 

“EXHORTATION”

 

“CONSOLATION”

 

(WHY DO PEOPLE “DESPISE PROPHETIC UTTERANCES” I THES.5:20)

 

 

EXPLANATION, Vv.5-12

 

EDIFICATION DEMANDS UNDERSTANDING, 5-6

 

AN ILLUSTRATION, 7-8

 

AN OBSERVATION, 9-12

 

APPLICATION: