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 Which is on page 1154 and Kirsty is going to come and read. Thank you.

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 Okay, that's 1 Corinthians chapter 14 and starting in verse 1.

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 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

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 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God.

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 Indeed, no one understands him. He utters mysteries with his spirit.

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 But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort.

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 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

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 I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy.

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 He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.

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 Now, brothers, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you,

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 unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction?

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 Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the flute or harp,

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 how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes?

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 Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?

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 So it is with you.

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 Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying?

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 You will just be speaking into the air.

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 Undoubtedly, there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

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 If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying,

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 I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.

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 So it is with you.

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 Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church.

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 For this reason, anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret what he says.

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 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

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 So what shall I do?

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 I will pray with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind.

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 If you are praising God with your spirit, how can anyone who finds himself among those who do not understand say amen to your thanksgiving,

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 since he does not know what you are saying?

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 You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.

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 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

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 But in the church, I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than 10,000 words in a tongue.

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 Brothers, stop thinking like children.

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 In regard to evil, be infants.

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 Tongues then are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers.

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 Prophesy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

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 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues,

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 and some who do not understand or some unbelievers come in,

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 will they not say that you are out of your mind?

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 But if an unbeliever or someone who does not understand comes in while everybody is prophesying,

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 he will be convinced by all that he is a sinner and will be judged by all.

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 And the secrets of his heart will be laid bare.

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 So he will fall down and worship God,

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 exclaiming, God is really among you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you, Kirsty.

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 Please keep your Bible open there to 1 Corinthians 14.

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 Before I pray, just one comment,

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 and that is it's a large section we've just had read.

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 There's a lot of questions that may arise out of it,

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 so please do come back to me, ask me anything afterwards.

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 And on the table as you came in, there was a little pamphlet,

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 which is called Building Up the Church, Tongues and Prophecy.

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 I made them available last week.

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 There's a couple left,

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 which goes into detail a little bit more about the chapter.

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 So if you haven't read that, it might be helpful for you to read it.

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 And if there's no more copies left,

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 ask me and I can forward them to you or email you a copy.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Father God, we thank you for your word,

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 and we thank you for your Holy Spirit.

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 And so we pray now and ask that you would speak to us

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 a clear message

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 that we may understand with our minds

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 that it might drive deep into our hearts,

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 that it would change us as a church

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 more and more into the people you call us to be.

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 May you build us up in our faith,

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 and may we be a people

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 so that when unbelievers come among us,

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 they will say,

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 God is among you.

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 Father, please help us

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 speak your word into our lives, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, if you could have any spiritual gift you wanted,

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 what kind of gift would you choose?

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 These are some of the things we've been looking at over chapters 11 to 14.

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 Imagine the gift of healing,

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 being able to pray for someone and seeing their illness removed.

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 Or imagine the gift of miraculous powers,

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 the power to change a circumstance supernaturally.

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 Imagine the gift of faith,

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 that ability to step out and achieve great things for God.

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 Or imagine the gift of tongues,

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 speaking in an unknown language

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 that only God can understand what you're saying.

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 What about the gift of encouraging

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 and comforting?

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 Coming alongside someone quietly

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 and speaking words to them

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 that build them up.

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 Any takers for the gift of encouraging?

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 Well, look at verse 18.

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 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

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 But in the church,

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 that is, when the church gathers together

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 just as we are right now,

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 I would rather speak five intelligible words

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 to instruct others

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 than 10,000 words in a tongue.

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 You see, the church in Corinth

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 believed that the more spectacular your gift was,

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 well, the more spiritual you were.

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 And in particular,

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 if you could speak in tongues,

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 well, you were seen to be part of the spiritual elite.

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 And if you couldn't speak in tongues,

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 well, you were spiritually inferior.

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 You were a kind of second-class Christian.

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 Well, such thinking was destroying

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 and dividing the church.

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 As he reminded us back in chapter 12.

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 Have a look at chapter 12, verse 18.

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 Whatever gift we might like,

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 we do not get to choose

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 what gift we want.

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 Look at chapter 12, verse 18.

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 But in fact,

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 God has arranged the parts in the body,

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 every one of them,

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 just as he wanted them to be.

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 Verse 29.

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 Are all the prophets?

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 Are all apostles?

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 Are all prophets?

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 Are all teachers?

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 Do all work miracles?

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 Do all have gifts of healing?

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 Do all speak in tongues?

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 Do all interpret?

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 The answer is obviously no.

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 God is the one who gives gifts to his church,

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 just as he determines.

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 However,

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 those who are spiritually mature,

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 verse 31,

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 but eagerly desire

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 the greater gifts.

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 Those who are mature in faith

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 are to desire

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 the greater gifts.

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 Well, what are the greater gifts

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 that we should desire?

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 Well, that's what chapter 14

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 is all about.

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 Three things we learn here

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 about the greater gifts

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 that we should desire.

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 First,

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 desire gifts

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 that build up

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 the church.

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 Look at verse 1,

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 chapter 14.

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 Follow the way of love

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 and eagerly desire

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 spiritual gifts,

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 especially

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 the gift of prophecy.

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 Now, why

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 is he encouraging us

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 to desire

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 the gift of prophecy?

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 Well, the value of our gift,

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 whatever gift we might have,

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 is not measured

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 by how it benefits me,

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 but in how it builds up

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 the church.

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 So look at verse 4.

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 The person who speaks

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 in a tongue,

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 that is,

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 in an unknown language,

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 edifies himself,

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 but he who prophesies

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 edifies

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 or builds up

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 the church.

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 You see,

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 the gift of tongues

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 or the ability

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 to speak

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 in an unknown language

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 is only of value

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 to self.

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 It builds up

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 just one person.

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 The gift of prophecy,

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 however,

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 is of greater value

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 and worth

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 because it can build up

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 the whole church,

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 many people.

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 So he encourages us,

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 verse 12,

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 since you are eager

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 to have spiritual gifts,

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 try to excel

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 in gifts

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 that build up

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 the church.

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 That's why Paul

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 has begun

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 this whole argument

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 in chapter 14

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 with the command

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 in verse 1.

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 He starts off

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 by telling us,

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 follow the way

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 of love,

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 verse 1.

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 You see,

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 love is not

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 self-centred.

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 Love is

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 others-centred.

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 Love is not

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 self-seeking

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 or self-promoting.

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 Love doesn't come

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 to a gathering

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 like this

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 on a Sunday

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 and wonder,

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 what is somebody

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 going to do for me?

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 Or what can I get

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 out of this

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 for me?

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 Love comes

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 and reaches out

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 for the good

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 of others.

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 So in love,

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 we are to eagerly

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 desire spiritual gifts

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 that are

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 others-centred.

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 Gifts that build

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 up the church

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 rather than

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 building up self.

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 Now,

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 one example

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 of a gift

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 that builds

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 up the church

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 is the gift

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 of prophecy.

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 But what is

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 the gift

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 of prophecy?

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 Well,

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 it's hard

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 for us

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 to be

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 absolutely sure

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 what prophecy

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 is,

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 as Paul doesn't

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 actually give us

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 a clear definition.

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 It's one of those

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 things that we're

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 scratching our head,

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 like,

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 what does it

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 actually mean?

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 Well,

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 we are given

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 the goal

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 or perhaps

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 the aim

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 of prophecy

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 and we're

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 told what

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 that is.

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 So have a look

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 at what the goal

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 of prophecy is.

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 Maybe that helps

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 us to understand

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 a little better

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 what it is.

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 So look at

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 verse 2.

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 In contrast

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 to tongues,

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 he says this.

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 Verse 2,

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 for anyone

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 who speaks

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 in a tongue,

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 that is an

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 unknown language

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 or an unlearned

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 language,

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 so it's not

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 something like

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 Spanish

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 or Russian

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 or Chinese

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 or anything

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 else like that.

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 It's an

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 unknown,

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 unlearned

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 language.

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 For anyone

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 who speaks

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 in a tongue

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 does not

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 speak to men

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 but to God.

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 So it's like

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 a private

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 prayer to God.

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 Indeed,

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 no one

00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:07.620
 understands them.

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 He utters

00:14:08.660 --> 00:14:09.520
 mysteries with

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 his spirit.

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 But,

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.379
 everyone

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 who's

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 prophesied

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 speaks to

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 men and

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 women

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 for their

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 strengthening,

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 encouragement,

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 and comfort.

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 We see

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 something similar.

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 Have a look

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 at verse 31.

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 For you

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 can all

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 prophesy

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 in turn

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 so that

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 everyone

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 may be

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 instructed

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 and

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 encouraged.

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 So,

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 from those

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 few verses,

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 we can

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 see that

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 the goal

00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.059
 or the

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 aim of

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 prophecy,

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 the outcome

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.199
 of prophecy

00:14:47.199 --> 00:14:48.279
 is to

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 strengthen,

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 encourage,

00:14:52.099 --> 00:14:52.539
 comfort,

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 and instruct.

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 In fact,

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 as we'll see

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 in a minute,

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 it can actually

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 lead an

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 unbeliever

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 to faith.

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 Have a look

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 at the end

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 of verse 25.

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 So,

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 this is in

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 the context

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 where somebody

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 has prophesied

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 and look

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 what happens

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 at the very

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 end of verse 25.

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 he will

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 fall down,

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 the unbeliever

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 will fall down

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 and worship

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 God,

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 exclaiming,

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 God is

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 really

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 among you.

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 Now,

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 as we think

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 about that,

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 if we are

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 people who

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 are going

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 to strengthen,

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 encourage,

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 comfort,

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 instruct,

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 and lead

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 an unbeliever

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 to faith

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 in Christ,

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 well,

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 then the only

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 way that's

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 going to

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 happen

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 is by

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 speaking the

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 truth of

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 God's word

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 into people's

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 lives.

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 Of course,

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 prophecy may

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 be more

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 than that,

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 but at

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 the very

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 least,

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 it is

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 speaking

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 truth

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 from God,

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 applying

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 the scriptures,

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 applying what

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 God has

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 given to us

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 into each

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 other's lives

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 so that

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 the church

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 is built

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 up.

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 Have a look

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 at verse

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 5 of

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 chapter 14.

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 So I

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 would like

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 every one

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 of you

00:16:09.979 --> 00:16:10.500
 to speak

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 in tongues,

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 but I

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.620
 would rather

00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.359
 have you

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 prophesy.

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 Here's the

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 reason.

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 He who

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 prophesies is

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 greater than

00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:21.479
 the one who

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 speaks in

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.419
 tongues,

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 unless he

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 interprets,

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 so that

00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:27.739
 the church

00:16:27.739 --> 00:16:28.459
 may be

00:16:28.459 --> 00:16:29.699
 edified.

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 So,

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 we are

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 to desire

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 gifts that

00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:36.400
 build up

00:16:36.400 --> 00:16:37.180
 the church,

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 especially

00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:39.700
 the gift

00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.340
 of prophecy.

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 The second

00:16:42.300 --> 00:16:42.900
 big thing,

00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.700
 as we think

00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:45.320
 about greater

00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:45.580
 gifts,

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.940
 desire gifts

00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:48.840
 that use

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:50.440
 intelligible

00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:51.080
 words.

00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.580
 Desire gifts

00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.100
 that use

00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.800
 intelligible

00:16:53.800 --> 00:16:54.320
 words.

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 Verse 6.

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 Now,

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:57.960
 brothers and

00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:58.259
 sisters,

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 if I come

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 to you,

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 and speak

00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:01.460
 in tongues,

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 what good

00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:04.400
 will I be

00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:04.900
 to you?

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 You're not

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.680
 going to

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.380
 understand what

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 I'm saying.

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 What good

00:17:10.180 --> 00:17:10.700
 will I be

00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.080
 to you,

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 unless I

00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:12.299
 bring to

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:12.759
 you some

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.420
 revelation,

00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:14.700
 or knowledge,

00:17:15.120 --> 00:17:15.779
 or prophecy,

00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:17.100
 or word of

00:17:17.100 --> 00:17:17.700
 instruction?

00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:19.400
 Now,

00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:19.700
 again,

00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.420
 we can have

00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:20.900
 lots of

00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:21.759
 ideas as to

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.620
 what they

00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.480
 actually all

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.720
 mean,

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.160
 the gifts

00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.580
 that we

00:17:24.580 --> 00:17:25.019
 have there

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.500
 in verse

00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.340
 6.

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 We're not

00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:28.539
 told exactly

00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.160
 what each

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 one are.

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 But what

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.000
 we can

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.519
 say for

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.340
 certain is

00:17:32.340 --> 00:17:34.900
 that revelation,

00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.519
 a word of

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.019
 knowledge,

00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:38.240
 or prophecy,

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:39.039
 or word of

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.620
 instruction,

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:40.880
 they're all

00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:42.180
 word gifts

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:43.640
 that communicate

00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.620
 a clear,

00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.019
 intelligible

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:47.120
 message.

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.319
 So,

00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:49.759
 if we're

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.279
 going to be

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.940
 people who

00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:52.000
 build up

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.740
 the church,

00:17:53.620 --> 00:17:54.360
 then we

00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.080
 should desire

00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:55.840
 gifts that

00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:56.519
 communicate

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:56.779
 communicate

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.680
 with

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.500
 intelligible

00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:59.099
 words.

00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.680
 There should

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.480
 be clarity,

00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:04.960
 not confusion.

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.400
 Verse 7.

00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:08.480
 Even in the

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:08.980
 case of

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:10.000
 lifeless things

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.619
 that make

00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:11.180
 sounds,

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.279
 such as the

00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:12.940
 flute or

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.339
 harp,

00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.420
 or as in our

00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:15.039
 case today,

00:18:15.139 --> 00:18:16.099
 a guitar and

00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.680
 the beat of

00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:17.519
 a drum

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:17.960
 box,

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.240
 how will

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.139
 anyone know

00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:20.819
 what tune

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:21.259
 is being

00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:22.379
 played unless

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:22.960
 there is a

00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.480
 distinction

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.640
 in the

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.019
 notes?

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.079
 How would

00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:27.420
 we know

00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:27.799
 what to

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.240
 sing if

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.840
 it's just

00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:29.259
 the same

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.400
 chord that's

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:30.900
 played the

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.279
 whole way

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.559
 through?

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:33.860
 Just as

00:18:33.860 --> 00:18:34.680
 music brings

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.900
 clarity and

00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.579
 produces a

00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:37.259
 recognisable

00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.799
 tune,

00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:38.980
 so our

00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:40.440
 words should

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:41.519
 bring clarity

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.759
 to one

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.079
 another.

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.759
 Or verse 8.

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.940
 Again, if the

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.600
 trumpet does

00:18:46.600 --> 00:18:47.380
 not sound a

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:48.100
 clear call,

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.019
 who will get

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.500
 ready for

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:49.880
 battle?

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.000
 So this is

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.819
 going back to

00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.940
 ancient times,

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.440
 times where

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:55.059
 the person

00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:55.720
 would blow

00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.519
 the bugle

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:58.059
 and it

00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.579
 would send

00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:59.079
 a clear

00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.759
 message to

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.279
 the troops

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.680
 to get

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.240
 ready for

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.600
 battle.

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.160
 Well, in

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.539
 the same

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.200
 way, our

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:05.960
 words should

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.559
 send a

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:07.860
 clear message

00:19:07.860 --> 00:19:09.579
 that is

00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.120
 easily

00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:10.900
 understood.

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:13.039
 Verse 9.

00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.220
 So it is

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:14.700
 with you.

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.000
 Unless you

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.299
 speak intelligible

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:17.940
 words with

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.440
 your tongue,

00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:20.000
 how will

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.059
 anyone know

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:22.079
 what you

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.620
 are saying?

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:24.240
 it will be

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.880
 just as if

00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:25.079
 you are

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.840
 speaking into

00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:27.380
 the air.

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.440
 Now I am

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:30.900
 sure we have

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.519
 all heard the

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.160
 expression.

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.220
 I heard it

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.019
 just last

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.400
 week.

00:19:35.840 --> 00:19:36.380
 Preach the

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:37.720
 gospel and

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.460
 if necessary

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.340
 use words.

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.480
 Do you know

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:40.880
 what verse

00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:41.400
 that comes

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:41.640
 in?

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:42.960
 What part

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.180
 of the

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.440
 Bible?

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.319
 Anybody

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.620
 know?

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:46.640
 It is

00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:47.259
 often quoted

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.779
 as if it

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.140
 comes from

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.460
 the Bible.

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:48.799
 It is not

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.340
 actually in

00:19:49.340 --> 00:19:49.799
 the Bible.

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.599
 And the

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:50.879
 biblical

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 writers,

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 including

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 Paul,

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 would

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 completely

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 disagree

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 with

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 preach the

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.480
 gospel and

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 if necessary

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 use words.

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 The point is

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 we cannot

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 preach the

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 gospel and

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 we cannot

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 build each

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 other up

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 by comforting,

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 encouraging and

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 strengthening and

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 leading someone

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 to Christ

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 without using

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 words.

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 Our words

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 communicate a

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 clear and

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 intelligible

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 message that

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 will strengthen

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 and encourage

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 comfort and

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 instruct.

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 So,

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 verse 12,

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 so it is

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 with you,

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 if you are

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 eager to

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 have spiritual

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 gifts,

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 try to

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 excel in

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 gifts that

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 build up

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 the church.

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 Desire word

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 gifts like

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 prophecy because

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 they will cause

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 the church to

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 grow and be

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 strong.

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 Now that

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 doesn't mean

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 that everyone

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 has to be a

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 preacher.

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 Or that you

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 have to have

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 the ability

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 to teach at

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 Munster Bible

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 College or to

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 be able to

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 lead a Bible

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 study with a

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 group of

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 people.

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 But it does

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 mean that we

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 as individuals

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 can begin to

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 speak the word

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 of God into

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 each other's

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 lives.

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 What would

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 that look like?

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 Well, it might

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 be that you've

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 been reading your

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 Bible through the

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 week and there's

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 some scriptures

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 in your mind

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 and you're

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 thinking,

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 that will

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 really be

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 helpful for

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 and I'm

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 going to

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 share that

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 with them.

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 Or I'm

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 going to

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 send a text

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 message to

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 them or an

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 email.

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 Or it could

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 be that in

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 the course of

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 conversation with

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 someone, the

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 Spirit brings to

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 mind and prompts

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 you with a

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 word of

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 encouragement.

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 You might not

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 even be aware

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 of what's going

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 on in the

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 person's life,

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 but the

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.960
 Spirit prompts

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 you and gives

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 you a word

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 from God to

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 encourage them

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 and comfort

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 them and

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 build them

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 up.

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 So here we

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 are encouraged

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 to speak

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 intelligible,

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 clear words

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 into each

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 other's lives

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 so that we

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 are growing

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 and become

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 strong.

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 So clarity,

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 not confusion.

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 But we must

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 also use our

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 mind.

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 Well you say,

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 well what about

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 this gift of

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 tongues?

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 That's a word

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 gift, isn't it?

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 Shouldn't we

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 encourage people

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 to use that

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 gift in the

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 life of the

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 church?

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 Well that was

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 the problem in

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 the church at

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 Corinth.

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 They thought

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 that to speak

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.559
 in tongues

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 and unintelligible

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:34.359
 language was far

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 superior and Paul

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 is arguing through

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 this saying,

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 no all it does

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 is bring confusion.

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 Have a look at

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 verse 13.

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 For this reason

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 anyone who

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 speaks in a

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.460
 tongue,

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.279
 an unlearned

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.180
 language,

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.900
 should pray

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 that he may

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 interpret what

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 he says.

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 So if someone

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 in the church

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 such as a

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 gathering like

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 this,

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 if you have

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 the gift of

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 tongues

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 and you've

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.599
 got a message

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 of encouragement

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 or comfort for

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 someone,

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 to make it

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 profitable and

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 beneficial for

00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:10.620
 the person or

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 for the whole

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 church,

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 at that moment

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 they should be

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.860
 asking God to

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:16.779
 enable them to

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 speak clearly

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 and intelligibly,

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 to interpret

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 so that they are

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 speaking words that

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.140
 people will

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 understand.

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.539
 That's how Paul

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.700
 uses his gift of

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:27.980
 tongues.

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 Look at verse

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.180
 14.

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 He says,

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 For if I pray

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.680
 in a tongue,

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:34.320
 my spirit prays,

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:35.019
 so the spirit

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.700
 is at work in

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.180
 my life,

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 but my mind

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:40.160
 is unfruitful.

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.779
 I don't know

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.539
 what I'm saying

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.299
 and nobody else

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.920
 will understand

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.700
 what I'm saying.

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.240
 Verse 15.

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 So what shall

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.759
 I do?

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.039
 Well, I will

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.940
 pray with my

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.620
 spirit,

00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:52.660
 but I will

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.600
 also pray

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.580
 with my mind.

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.180
 I will sing

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.960
 with my spirit,

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:57.480
 but I will

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.279
 also sing

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.120
 with my mind.

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.740
 In other words,

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.400
 we don't leave

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.100
 our minds at

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.700
 home when we

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.380
 gather on a

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:03.779
 Sunday.

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.779
 We use our

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.259
 God-given minds

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.320
 so that people

00:24:08.320 --> 00:24:09.120
 will understand

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:10.360
 with their minds

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.360
 what is being

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:12.000
 said.

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.539
 Verse 18.

00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:16.380
 I thank God

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.240
 that I speak in

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.759
 tongues more

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.820
 than all of you.

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.960
 So Paul is

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:21.580
 not saying the

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.180
 gift of tongues

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.960
 is wrong,

00:24:23.560 --> 00:24:24.279
 because he

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.420
 clearly uses it,

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.180
 so it's not a

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.900
 wrong thing.

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.840
 But if anybody

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.799
 does have the

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.519
 gift of tongues,

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.399
 it should be

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:31.899
 used for

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:33.539
 personal and

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.919
 private use,

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:37.500
 not for public

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.279
 or corporate

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.779
 use.

00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:39.919
 That surely is

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.519
 what he's saying

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.500
 in verse 19.

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.679
 But in the

00:24:42.679 --> 00:24:43.220
 church,

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.459
 as the church

00:24:44.459 --> 00:24:45.099
 gathers,

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.359
 I would rather

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.539
 speak five

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.819
 intelligible words

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.799
 to instruct

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.939
 others than

00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.720
 ten thousand

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:53.779
 words in a

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.099
 tongue.

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:55.679
 God's

00:24:55.679 --> 00:24:56.099
 word gift.

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:57.959
 So let me

00:24:57.959 --> 00:24:58.879
 encourage us

00:24:58.879 --> 00:25:01.159
 when it comes

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.679
 to our tea

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.139
 and coffee

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.519
 time.

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.459
 How many

00:25:03.459 --> 00:25:04.059
 times have

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.559
 you heard it

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:04.879
 said,

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.339
 speak to

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.839
 each other

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.599
 and encourage

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.179
 each other?

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.599
 How many

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.059
 times have

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.359
 you heard

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.679
 that?

00:25:13.219 --> 00:25:13.819
 Well, in

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.179
 case you

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:14.619
 haven't heard

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.000
 it, let me

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.579
 say it again.

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.859
 When you

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.579
 have tea and

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.679
 coffee, it's

00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:19.319
 a great

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:21.279
 opportunity to

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.879
 put into

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.539
 practice

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.720
 our word

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.299
 gifts.

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.059
 As the

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.079
 spirit prompts

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.519
 you and

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.379
 equips you

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:29.480
 over tea

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.000
 and coffee,

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.319
 the spirit

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.799
 will give you

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.500
 that courage

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.000
 to actually

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.660
 go up to

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.539
 somebody and

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.980
 not just

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:36.240
 say, oh,

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:36.819
 isn't the

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.460
 weather lovely

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.639
 or what did

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.099
 you think of

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.639
 the match?

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.639
 I'm sure

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.019
 that is

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.440
 helpful.

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.559
 But does

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.160
 it encourage

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.720
 us in the

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.119
 faith?

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.799
 Speak

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.579
 these words

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.059
 that the

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.980
 Lord is

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.839
 giving us.

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:50.859
 Maybe

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.779
 somebody is

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.319
 down and

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.699
 they need

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:53.399
 comforted.

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:55.319
 Maybe

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.039
 somebody is

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:57.379
 struggling and

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.959
 they need

00:25:57.959 --> 00:25:59.439
 encouraged.

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.939
 Maybe

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.679
 somebody is

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.459
 walking away

00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:03.079
 from Christ

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.419
 and they

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:03.639
 need

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.319
 instructed.

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.159
 It isn't

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:06.559
 just the

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.159
 preacher up

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.619
 front who

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.000
 has to

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.579
 do that.

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:11.099
 So desire

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.899
 word gifts

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.879
 like prophecy

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.919
 so that

00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:15.139
 together we

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:16.240
 can build

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.819
 up the

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.339
 church.

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.480
 church.

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.919
 So desire

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:23.459
 gifts that

00:26:23.459 --> 00:26:23.879
 build up

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.339
 the church,

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.799
 desire

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.279
 gifts that

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:26.220
 use intelligible

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.679
 words,

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.379
 and desire

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.059
 gifts that

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.679
 communicate the

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.139
 gospel.

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.879
 This is where

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.480
 it's all

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.859
 heading.

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.240
 Look at

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.939
 verse 20.

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.939
 Brothers

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.740
 and sisters,

00:26:38.959 --> 00:26:40.339
 stop thinking

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.639
 like children.

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.220
 Would you

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.199
 grow up?

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.960
 stop thinking

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.440
 in this

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.160
 spiritually

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.440
 immature way.

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.240
 Of course,

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.900
 verse 20,

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.860
 in regard to

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.440
 evil, be

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.640
 infants, so

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.059
 have an

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.860
 innocent mind

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.519
 about things

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.240
 that are evil

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.840
 or not of

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.740
 God, but

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:59.680
 in your

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.319
 thinking,

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.259
 be adults.

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.019
 Be

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.880
 spiritually

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.580
 mature.

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.779
 When it

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.380
 comes to

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.080
 desiring

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.819
 gifts,

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.539
 desire

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.299
 prophecy

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.360
 over tongues

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.439
 because it

00:27:13.439 --> 00:27:14.179
 will build

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.599
 up the

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.079
 church.

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.859
 In fact,

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.519
 prophecy

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.500
 can lead

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.740
 an unbeliever

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:22.119
 to faith

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.759
 in Christ.

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.559
 Let's

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.919
 see how

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:25.379
 that's

00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:26.379
 true.

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.479
 First,

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.139
 unintelligible

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:30.079
 words lead

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.199
 to unbelief.

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.639
 Look at

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.319
 verse 21.

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.099
 In the

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.419
 law,

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.699
 or in the

00:27:35.699 --> 00:27:36.139
 scriptures,

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.679
 that's the

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.939
 Old Testament,

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.719
 it is

00:27:38.719 --> 00:27:39.059
 written,

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:41.299
 through men

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.179
 of strange

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:43.359
 tongues and

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.759
 through the

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.200
 lips of

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.599
 foreigners,

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.500
 I will

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.139
 speak to

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.799
 this people,

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.240
 but even

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.000
 then they

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.440
 will not

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.159
 listen to

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:51.259
 me, says

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.740
 the Lord.

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.319
 Well, what's

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.639
 all that

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:53.960
 about?

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.399
 Well, we

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:55.859
 need to go

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.299
 back to

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.220
 Isaiah chapter

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.819
 28.

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.899
 So, keep

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.419
 your finger

00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.879
 in 1

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.279
 Corinthians

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.819
 14.

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.119
 Go back

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.779
 to Isaiah

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.259
 chapter

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.220
 28,

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.359
 which is

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.859
 on page

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:07.619
 7-1-1.

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.379
 because what

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:08.739
 we just

00:28:08.739 --> 00:28:09.159
 read there

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.479
 is a

00:28:09.479 --> 00:28:11.059
 quote from

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.579
 the prophet

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:13.319
 Isaiah in

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:15.139
 chapter 28.

00:28:16.239 --> 00:28:16.939
 So, go

00:28:16.939 --> 00:28:17.299
 with me,

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.579
 we're going

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.079
 to follow a

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.579
 few verses

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:18.959
 there.

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.019
 Isaiah

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.119
 chapter 28,

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.799
 page 7-1-1.

00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:31.239
 So, this

00:28:31.239 --> 00:28:31.739
 is God

00:28:31.739 --> 00:28:32.379
 speaking

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.039
 through

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.139
 the prophet

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.779
 Isaiah

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:37.779
 with a

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.160
 clear,

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.119
 intelligible

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.639
 message

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.440
 to the

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.879
 people of

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.240
 Israel.

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.000
 And the

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.720
 big message

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.180
 through the

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.759
 whole book,

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.920
 like much

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.160
 of the

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.460
 prophets,

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.399
 is calling

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:47.019
 the people

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.859
 to repentance

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.779
 and to

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.539
 come back

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.500
 to God.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.579
 Stop

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.000
 following

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.539
 your ways

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.059
 of idols,

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.819
 turn back

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.420
 to the

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.680
 Lord.

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.119
 That was

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.819
 the clear,

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.160
 intelligible

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.740
 message

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.779
 to the

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.099
 people.

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.480
 But how

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.799
 do the

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.599
 people respond?

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.759
 Well, look

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.099
 at verse

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.980
 7 of

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:08.000
 chapter 28.

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.720
 And these

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.220
 people,

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.539
 these also

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.720
 stagger from

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:15.200
 wine and

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.000
 reel from

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.359
 beer.

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.200
 Their

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.160
 priests and

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.019
 their prophets

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.480
 stagger from

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.399
 beer and

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.660
 are befuddled.

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.700
 What a

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.240
 great word.

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.460
 Befuddled

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.259
 with wine.

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.859
 They reel

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.639
 from beer.

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.299
 It seems

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.879
 that they're

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.619
 far too

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:33.119
 busy drinking

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.799
 beer and

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:35.200
 wine and

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.339
 slurring their

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.279
 own words

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:39.339
 rather than

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.259
 listening to

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.740
 God's clear

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.500
 word.

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.519
 In fact,

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.059
 they just

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.700
 laugh at

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.159
 Isaiah.

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.859
 Look at

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.419
 verse 9.

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.419
 Who is he

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:49.099
 trying to

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.579
 teach?

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.899
 To whom

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.259
 is he

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.960
 explaining

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:53.039
 his message?

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:53.960
 To

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.559
 children

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.519
 weaned from

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.180
 their milk?

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.480
 To those

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.180
 just taken

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.659
 from the

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.099
 breast?

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.680
 What Isaiah

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.220
 says, it's

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.940
 all baby

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.339
 talk.

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.639
 Did you

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.139
 ever hear

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.339
 him?

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:03.679
 Goo,

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:03.959
 goo,

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.379
 goo?

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.480
 Verse 10.

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:07.980
 For it

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.879
 is do

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.619
 and do,

00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:10.459
 do and

00:30:10.459 --> 00:30:10.779
 do,

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.459
 rule on

00:30:11.459 --> 00:30:11.779
 rule,

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.379
 rule on

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:12.639
 rule,

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.039
 a little

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.399
 here,

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.759
 a little

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.159
 there.

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.959
 What's

00:30:15.959 --> 00:30:16.240
 all that

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.480
 about?

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:16.879
 Well,

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.119
 it's

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.439
 actually,

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:18.839
 if we

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.299
 know that

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.099
 our Old

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.740
 Testament is

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.240
 written in

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.619
 Hebrew,

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.159
 it's trying

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:23.519
 to get

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.459
 across a

00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:24.879
 translation,

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:25.419
 which is

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.000
 actually better

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.480
 if we do

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.139
 read Hebrew

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.639
 itself.

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.399
 So at

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.740
 the bottom

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.059
 of your

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.599
 page,

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.259
 you'll

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.480
 probably

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.819
 see a

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.059
 little

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.059
 note

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.519
 at the

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:32.740
 very

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.140
 bottom

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.879
 in

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.240
 Hebrew.

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.539
 Do you

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.799
 have it

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.019
 there?

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.319
 Can you

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.759
 follow with

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:36.900
 me?

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.140
 Don't

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.660
 normally do

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:37.859
 this.

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.200
 I'm not

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.599
 an expert

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.059
 in Hebrew.

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.480
 I'm only

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.140
 reading what's

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.359
 here.

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.180
 But you

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.339
 see,

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.779
 it gives

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.240
 the Hebrew

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.259
 for verse

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.539
 10.

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:43.960
 It says,

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:44.759
 sav,

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.339
 la sav,

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.779
 sav,

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.319
 sav,

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.720
 cav,

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.220
 cav,

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.539
 cav,

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.140
 cav.

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.440
 So we

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.119
 can understand

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.839
 that as

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.000
 they're

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.619
 listening to

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.059
 Isaiah,

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.539
 they're just

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.720
 simply mocking

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.460
 Isaiah the

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.960
 prophet as

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.400
 he brings

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.859
 his clear

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.440
 message.

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.420
 Do you ever

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.920
 hear what he

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.320
 says?

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.039
 Sav,

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.560
 la sav,

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:01.960
 sav,

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.420
 la sav,

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.759
 blah,

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.039
 blah,

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.580
 blah.

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.460
 On and

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.800
 on he

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.140
 goes,

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.519
 cav,

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:05.960
 la cav,

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:06.320
 cav,

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:06.759
 la cav,

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.039
 yap,

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.340
 yap,

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.800
 yap.

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.279
 A silly

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.039
 message and

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.320
 they don't

00:31:12.320 --> 00:31:12.560
 want to

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:12.840
 hear.

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:14.980
 But what

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.519
 is God's

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.180
 response?

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:17.980
 Chapter

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.600
 28,

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.320
 verse 11.

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:20.860
 Very

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.539
 well then,

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.880
 with

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:24.000
 foreign lips

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.140
 and strange

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.759
 tongues,

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.980
 God will

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.819
 speak to

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.519
 this people

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:31.160
 to whom

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.920
 he said,

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.980
 this is

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.539
 the resting

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.019
 place,

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.440
 let the

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.160
 weary rest,

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.500
 in other

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.640
 words,

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.180
 come back

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.539
 to me,

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.279
 and this

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.559
 is a

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.019
 place of

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.579
 repose.

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.599
 But they

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.660
 would not

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.779
 listen.

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.240
 Because of

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.039
 their refusal

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.680
 to listen

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.099
 to the

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.839
 clear message

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.460
 of God,

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.079
 God is

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.680
 now going

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.240
 to speak

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.700
 through

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:57.180
 foreign

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.700
 lips,

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.360
 through a

00:31:59.360 --> 00:31:59.900
 foreign

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.600
 language.

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.080
 That great

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:02.560
 nation,

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.560
 the Assyrians,

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.460
 a people

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.860
 who are

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.299
 going to

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.820
 speak a

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.220
 different

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.860
 language,

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.820
 and then

00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:08.519
 that mighty

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.240
 nation who

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.779
 comes in,

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.180
 and we know

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.700
 for history

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.240
 they did

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.100
 invade Israel,

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.460
 will come

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.120
 and destroy

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:15.560
 you and

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:16.340
 defeat you.

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.700
 So he's

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.320
 warning them

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:19.860
 and saying

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.500
 to Israel,

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.259
 when you

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.779
 hear the

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.320
 Assyrian

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.840
 soldiers

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:23.640
 walking down

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.539
 your street,

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:26.019
 and you

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.400
 cannot

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.140
 understand

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.799
 what they're

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.220
 saying,

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.700
 you will

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.259
 know that

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.759
 God's

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.160
 judgment

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.759
 has come

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.380
 upon you.

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.080
 With

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:36.039
 foreign lips

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:37.700
 and strange

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.259
 tongues,

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.700
 God will

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.240
 speak to

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.840
 this people.

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.259
 Back to

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.460
 1 Corinthians

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:46.340
 chapter 14.

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.840
 You see,

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.400
 it's important

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.960
 that when we

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.360
 read our

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:49.660
 Bibles,

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.299
 we get the

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.200
 context of

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.180
 what's actually

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.019
 being said.

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.920
 tongues,

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.099
 so back

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.639
 to verse

00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:55.379
 22.

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.019
 Tongues,

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.379
 then,

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:01.339
 are a sign

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:02.980
 not for

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.519
 believers,

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:06.200
 but for

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:07.539
 unbelievers.

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.579
 It's a sign

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.079
 for those

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.599
 who have

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.619
 no belief,

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.480
 or those

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.339
 like Israel

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.960
 in the past

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.759
 who ignored

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.160
 the word

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.559
 of God

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.559
 and refused

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.319
 to believe

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.740
 what God

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.220
 had to say.

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.759
 It was almost

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.319
 like a

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:21.720
 judgment

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.119
 had come

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.680
 upon them.

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.099
 There was

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.819
 nothing more

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.160
 that they

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.599
 could hear

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.220
 from God.

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.539
 It was

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.400
 all gibberish.

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.799
 Verse 22.

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.500
 Prophecy,

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:33.960
 however,

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.640
 is for

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.240
 believers,

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:38.480
 those who

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.960
 will believe,

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.180
 not for

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.960
 unbelievers,

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.779
 or those who

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.799
 will refuse

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.740
 to believe

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.180
 God's

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.680
 message.

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.599
 Now,

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.220
 all of this

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.819
 is applied

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.619
 to the local

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.160
 church,

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.240
 when we

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.580
 gather.

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.380
 And that

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:53.580
 is,

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.420
 intelligible

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.420
 words leads

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:57.100
 to belief.

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:57.640
 So look

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.500
 at verse 23.

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.000
 If the

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.580
 whole church

00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:01.420
 comes together,

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.840
 just as we

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.500
 are right now,

00:34:03.540 --> 00:34:04.000
 and everyone

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.900
 speaks in

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.360
 tongues,

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.200
 and some

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.840
 who do not

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:08.579
 understand,

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.760
 or somebody

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.440
 who's not

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.139
 yet a believer,

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.800
 or some

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.659
 unbelievers

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.260
 come in,

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.019
 will they

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.539
 not say

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.980
 that you

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.820
 are out

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.079
 of your

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.440
 mind?

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:19.599
 the only

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.320
 conclusion

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.740
 they will

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:21.420
 come to

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.240
 is that

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.659
 the church

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.019
 has gone

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.500
 completely

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.059
 mad.

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.400
 Rather than

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.179
 lead people

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.800
 to believe,

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.780
 it will cause

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.340
 them not

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.940
 to believe,

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.639
 just as it

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.099
 was for

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.519
 Israel.

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.079
 It was like

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.659
 a hardening

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:32.960
 of their

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.360
 heart.

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.880
 They didn't

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.340
 know what

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.780
 was going

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.440
 on anymore.

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:36.900
 They

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.200
 couldn't

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:38.519
 hear God's

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.360
 clear message.

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:42.440
 Verse 24.

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:44.500
 But if

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.760
 an

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.639
 unbeliever

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.340
 or someone

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.079
 who does

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.360
 not

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.039
 understand

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.900
 comes in,

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.579
 while everybody

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.480
 is prophesying,

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.860
 that is,

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.360
 people are

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.019
 encouraging,

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.340
 comforting,

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.780
 instructing

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.300
 one another,

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.780
 they will be

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.679
 convinced by

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.300
 all that he

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.920
 is a sinner

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.480
 and will be

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.119
 judged by

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.400
 all,

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.019
 and the

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.599
 secrets of

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.039
 his heart

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.380
 will be

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.099
 laid bare.

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.300
 The

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.740
 person,

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:05.980
 the

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.599
 unbeliever,

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.380
 who is

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.119
 part of

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.720
 the gathering

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.820
 will hear

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.500
 the clear,

00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:11.440
 intelligible

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.039
 message of

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.320
 God,

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.960
 they will

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.579
 begin to

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.159
 hear through

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.740
 people's

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.480
 conversations,

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.519
 the truth

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.940
 of who

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.619
 Jesus is

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.099
 and what

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.700
 Jesus has

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.019
 done.

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.159
 That God

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.760
 has forgiven

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.559
 us of all

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.880
 of our

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.200
 sin,

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.880
 that he's

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.679
 adopted us

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.019
 as his

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.740
 children into

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.320
 his family,

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.179
 that he's

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.039
 guaranteed us

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.900
 an eternity

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.840
 in his good

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.400
 and perfect

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.860
 kingdom,

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.599
 that we

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.679
 can enjoy

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.619
 God and

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.300
 know his

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.700
 love in

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:34.340
 our lives.

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.079
 And as

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.960
 people talk

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.480
 and build

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.000
 each other

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.400
 up with

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.840
 God's

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.220
 words,

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.179
 so

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:41.039
 unbelievers

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.599
 will hear

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.200
 the truth

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.739
 of God

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:44.439
 be convicted

00:35:44.439 --> 00:35:44.919
 of their

00:35:44.919 --> 00:35:46.759
 sin and

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.199
 come to

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.399
 face in

00:35:48.399 --> 00:35:49.259
 Christ.

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.719
 Isn't

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:51.899
 that

00:35:51.899 --> 00:35:52.579
 incredible?

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:54.699
 That over

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.460
 a cup of

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.799
 tea,

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.259
 that someone

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.179
 could overhear

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.539
 your conversation

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.199
 with someone

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.619
 else,

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.159
 or in a

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.719
 little group

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.639
 or as you

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.299
 meet up with

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:05.199
 friends during

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.619
 the week,

00:36:05.879 --> 00:36:06.619
 as they hear

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.500
 you talk with

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.139
 somebody else

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.219
 about your

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:10.019
 faith and how

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.500
 God has

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.139
 helped you,

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.840
 that God

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.559
 could use

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:15.320
 that to

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:16.440
 turn someone

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:18.039
 to Christ?

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.460
 They will

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.500
 fall down and

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.340
 worship God,

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.860
 exclaiming God

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.759
 is really among

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:27.059
 you.

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.179
 So,

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:31.159
 as we come

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.800
 to the end

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.659
 of this section

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.820
 in chapter 14,

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:36.000
 the encouragement

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.740
 is to us

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.180
 all to

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:38.539
 desire gifts

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.960
 that build up

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.640
 the church.

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.019
 Yes,

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.660
 God gives

00:36:42.660 --> 00:36:42.940
 them,

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.140
 but we can

00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:44.539
 ask,

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.840
 we can pray,

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:48.180
 and as we

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:48.860
 ask for gifts

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.539
 that build up

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:49.960
 the church,

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.120
 desire gifts

00:36:51.120 --> 00:36:51.640
 that use

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:52.400
 intelligible

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.019
 words,

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.860
 word gifts

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.920
 like prophecy,

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.840
 asking,

00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:00.000
 and desire

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.600
 gifts that

00:37:00.600 --> 00:37:01.360
 will communicate

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.019
 the gospel

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:04.519
 clearly to

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.100
 those who

00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:05.920
 do not yet

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.460
 believe,

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:09.280
 gifts like

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.800
 prophecy.

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.260
 May God

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:13.320
 encourage us,

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.760
 comfort,

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:16.160
 strengthen,

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:18.020
 and instruct

00:37:18.020 --> 00:37:19.080
 us through

00:37:19.080 --> 00:37:19.740
 one another

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:21.180
 as we

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:22.160
 speak God's

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:23.680
 word into

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.300
 each other's

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.720
 lives.

00:37:25.060 --> 00:37:25.880
 Let's pray.

00:37:39.020 --> 00:37:39.920
 Our Father

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.220
 God,

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:40.920
 we thank you

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.320
 that you

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:42.100
 have spoken

00:37:42.100 --> 00:37:42.880
 a clear,

00:37:43.020 --> 00:37:43.780
 intelligible

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.600
 message to

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:46.719
 us through

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.360
 your Son,

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.819
 the Lord

00:37:47.819 --> 00:37:48.739
 Jesus Christ,

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.579
 and by

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.400
 your Spirit

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.920
 you have

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.420
 opened up

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.099
 our minds

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.839
 so that we

00:37:54.839 --> 00:37:55.839
 can understand

00:37:55.839 --> 00:37:57.659
 all that you

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.079
 have given

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.779
 to us.

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.319
 And it's

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:02.079
 our desire,

00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:02.480
 Father,

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:02.900
 would you

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.860
 please fill us

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.639
 afresh with

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.099
 your Holy

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.519
 Spirit.

00:38:07.319 --> 00:38:08.059
 Would you

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.779
 give to

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:09.699
 this church

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:12.539
 gifts that

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.380
 build one

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:13.840
 and

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:15.340
 build one

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.940
 another up?

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.259
 No matter

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:17.199
 how timid

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.139
 we may

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.599
 feel,

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:21.699
 no matter

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.940
 how self-conscious

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.880
 we may feel

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.300
 when we

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.779
 speak,

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.920
 Father,

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.380
 give us

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.039
 words that

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.400
 we can

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.219
 speak into

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.860
 each other's

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.279
 lives,

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.679
 that will

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:33.159
 encourage and

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:34.179
 build up and

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:35.079
 instruct and

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.980
 comfort those

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.279
 who are

00:38:36.279 --> 00:38:36.779
 struggling,

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.719
 leading people

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.380
 back to

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.820
 Christ,

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:42.200
 so that we

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:42.760
 are built

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:44.140
 up together

00:38:44.140 --> 00:38:44.640
 as your

00:38:44.640 --> 00:38:45.039
 people.

00:38:46.640 --> 00:38:47.160
 So,

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.500
 Father,

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.980
 do your

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.619
 work amongst

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.039
 us.

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.360
 Pour out

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:51.079
 your Spirit,

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.640
 we pray,

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.380
 and we

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.059
 ask this for

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.599
 your honour

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.240
 and for your

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.660
 glory,

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:57.300
 that people

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:57.820
 will come

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.420
 to faith

00:38:58.420 --> 00:39:00.240
 and that we

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.880
 will go on

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.400
 to follow

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:01.880
 Jesus.

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:03.320
 We ask

00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:03.700
 this in

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:04.260
 his name.

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.800
 Amen.

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:08.860
 Well,

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.240
 we're going

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:09.700
 to sing

00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:10.260
 together,

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:12.420
 connected to

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:12.880
 what we've

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.380
 been thinking

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:13.920
 of this

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.380
 morning.

00:39:14.620 --> 00:39:15.000
 Speak,

00:39:15.120 --> 00:39:15.559
 O Lord.

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.480
 It's a

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:17.019
 prayer that

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.380
 God,

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:18.680
 as we read

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:19.220
 the word,

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.340
 as we're

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.000
 listening to

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.320
 him,

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.680
 that God

00:39:22.680 --> 00:39:23.340
 would speak

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.980
 to us,

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:25.140
 so that we

00:39:25.140 --> 00:39:26.000
 in turn can

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:27.579
 speak to

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.240
 one another.

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.980
 Let's stand

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:31.300
 together as

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.720
 we sing.

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:54.920
 speak, O Lord,

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:57.280
 as we come

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:58.340
 to you,

00:39:58.340 --> 00:40:00.340
 to receive

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:02.059
 the fruit

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:03.380
 of your

00:40:03.380 --> 00:40:06.400
 holy word.

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:08.720
 take your

00:40:08.720 --> 00:40:09.480
 truth,

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.720
 plant it

00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:13.039
 deep in us,

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:14.420
 shape and

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:16.280
 flesh it

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:17.559
 up in

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.019
 your

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:20.300
 likeness.

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.660
 That the

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:23.500
 light of

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.200
 Christ

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:25.400
 might be

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.660
 seen

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:27.660
 today

00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:29.139
 in our

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:30.880
 acts of

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.460
 love

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:32.720
 and our

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:34.599
 deeds of

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.860
 faith.

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:40.039
 Speak, O

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.679
 Lord,

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:42.059
 and fulfill

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:44.260
 in us

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:45.579
 all your

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:45.699
 praise.