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 When it comes to discussions about corporate worship, there are all kinds of debates.

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 Should the song arrangements be spontaneous or planned beforehand,

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 or should the preacher speak from a manuscript or not,

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 so that there's more room for the spirit to move?

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 But at the heart of all these debates is a theological question.

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 It's the question, what does it mean to worship the Father in spirit and truth,

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 as John 4.23 tells us to do?

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 And the spirit is a reference to the Holy Spirit,

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 and truth is a reference to Jesus Christ,

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 who throughout the Gospel of John calls himself the true bread, true shepherd, true son,

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 and true resurrection and the life, and true vine.

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 And he explicitly says in John 14.6,

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 I am the way and the truth and the life.

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 So to worship the Father in spirit and truth is worship in the Holy Spirit

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 and in the truth who is Jesus Christ.

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 So that means Christian worship is Trinitarian, right?

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 We worship the Father through the Son and in the Holy Spirit.

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 And in worship, then, we get caught up in the triune love of God,

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 and we become surrounded by his presence,

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 and we grow in our love for him and become more like him.

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 That's what happens in Christian worship.

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 But in the worship debates, people often pit Jesus against the Holy Spirit.

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 They say some churches, usually the more formal liturgical ones,

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 they emphasize the truth part,

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 and they say they insist on doing what is traditional and scripted.

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 Other churches, usually the more spontaneous charismatic ones,

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 they emphasize the spirit,

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 and they insist on doing what is innovative and spontaneous.

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 But this is a false dichotomy.

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 They're not mutually exclusive.

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 Things that are traditional and scripted are not necessarily biblical,

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 and things that are spontaneous and innovative are not necessarily spiritual.

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 According to Scripture, the Son and the Holy Spirit are not in tension.

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 Rather, they work together harmoniously, perfectly.

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 So the Holy Spirit is described in John 16.13 as the spirit of truth.

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 And he says he does not speak on his own authority,

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 but he speaks whatever he hears from the Son.

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 So they work together.

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 They're not in opposition to each other.

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 And so if that's the case,

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 and I think this passage shows us that,

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 we ought to worship in a way that is spirit-filled,

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 but also filled with truth in an orderly fashion.

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 And that's Paul's main point here in this passage.

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 We should use the gifts of the spirit in orderly ways

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 for the building up of the church.

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 And he gives us three specific guidelines.

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 First, guidelines on tongues.

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 Second, guidelines for prophecy.

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 Third, guidelines for teaching.

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 So having taught that the Corinthians should not speak in tongues

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 during corporate worship without interpretation,

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 Paul now teaches that they ought to speak,

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 they ought to use the spiritual gifts of utterance

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 in the context of corporate worship using these guidelines.

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 He says in verse 26, follow with me.

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 What then, brothers?

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 When you come together,

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 each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation,

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 a tongue, or an interpretation.

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 Let all things be done for building up.

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 Paul lists five things here, five different things.

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 Hymn, lesson, revelation, tongue, and interpretation.

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 And the common denominator of all of these gifts

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 is that they're all verbal manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

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 They are all spiritual gifts that involve speaking.

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 So first is a hymn,

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 which is literally the Greek word for psalm,

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 like an Old Testament psalm.

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 It refers to the time of singing during corporate worship.

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 And we might not normally think of singing as a form of speaking

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 or teaching,

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 but it does involve speaking and teaching.

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 And so Christian theologian Gordon Feast puts it this way.

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 He says,

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 I forgot to put this in the slide,

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 but he says,

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 show me a church's songs,

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 and I'll show you their theology, right?

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 Because it has a very important heuristic function.

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 It's a teaching for didactic function.

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 But this is why Ephesians 5, 18 to 19

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 puts it this way.

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 Be filled with the Spirit.

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 So do not get drunk with wine,

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 for that is dissipation,

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 but be filled with the Spirit,

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 speaking to one another in psalms,

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 that's the same word,

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 and hymns and spiritual songs,

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 singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord.

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 So singing involves speaking to one another

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 the truths of God's Word.

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 And similarly,

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 it says in Colossians 3, 16,

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 let the message of Christ dwell among you richly

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 as you teach and admonish one another

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 with all wisdom through psalms, hymns,

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 and songs from the Spirit,

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 singing to God with gratitude in your heart.

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 So again,

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 singing as a form of teaching is involved there.

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 So that's the first item, hymn.

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 Second is lesson,

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 which literally means teaching.

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 It's the same word that was translated as teaching

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 earlier in chapter 14, verse 6.

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 Now, brothers,

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 if I come to you speaking in tongues,

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 how will I benefit you

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 unless I bring you some revelation

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 or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

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 And that same word is here translated as lesson.

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 And so in the Gospels,

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 the word teaching

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 is used to refer to Jesus' teaching,

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 which is characterized by authority,

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 unlike the teaching of the Pharisees and the scribes.

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 Later in the history of the early church,

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 recorded in the book of Acts,

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 the same word is used to refer to the apostles' teaching,

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 and they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching

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 and the fellowship,

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 to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

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 And so it refers to the apostles' teaching,

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 meaning it's a faithful transmission of Christ,

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 the Lord, his teaching.

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 And in the New Testament epistles,

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 the letters that were written,

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 the word teaching refers to different kinds

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 of formal instruction

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 in the context of the worship of the church,

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 so especially the preaching of the gospel

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 and doctrinal instruction.

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 So for example,

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 Titus 1.9 says,

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 he must hold firmly to the trustworthy word

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 as taught,

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 the same word to teach,

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 so that he may be able to give instruction

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 in sound doctrine,

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 that's again teaching,

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 and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

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 So it refers to lesson that's in view here in Paul's letter,

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 refers to some kind of teaching

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 in the context of corporate worship.

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 And then Paul mentions the three spiritual gifts of utterance

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 that he has been focusing on up to this point in chapter 14,

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 revelation, tongue, and interpretation of tongues.

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 And by revelation,

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 Paul is probably simply referring to prophecy,

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 and he paired those two words together early in chapter 14,

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 verse 6,

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 since prophecy is the mode by which revelation

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 that's received from God is communicated.

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 And in tongues,

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 he mentions here is prayer or praise

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 uttered in the spirit

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 in an unintelligible non-human language.

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 So for that reason,

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 it requires the gift of interpretation

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 in order for it to be intelligible

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 and instructive for others in the church.

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 So after listing these gifts,

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 this speech,

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 Paul reiterates their ultimate purpose,

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 let all things be done for building up.

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 This is now the seventh time

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 he's used the word

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 that means to build up in chapter 14 alone.

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 This is an overarching concern

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 from all the spiritual gifts

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 are to be used for building up the church.

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 And so verse 26 really serves as a topic sentence.

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 That's kind of the thesis

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 of the rest of the passage

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 that flows from this verse.

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 And so from this point on,

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 then Paul teaches the Corinthian church

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 specifically how they should use

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 these spiritual gifts of utterance

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 during corporate worship.

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 Follow with me.

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 Verses 27 to 28.

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 If any speak in a tongue,

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 let there be only two or at most three,

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 and each in turn,

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 and let someone interpret.

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 But if there is no one to interpret,

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 let each of them keep silent in church

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 and speak to himself and to God.

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 Right?

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 So first,

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 let there be only two or at most three.

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 The fact that you have received tongues

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 during worship

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 doesn't mean automatically

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 that you have to share it

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 or that you should share it

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 with the whole church.

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 So Paul caps the number of tongues

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 that are shared to at most three.

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 And then second,

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 and each in turn, right?

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 The tongues should not be shared simultaneously,

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 but in sequence,

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 in order,

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 unless they cause confusion

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 and disorder.

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 The fact that believers

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 are expected by Paul

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 to be able to control this

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 shows clearly that tongue

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 is not ecstatic speech

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 like used in some pagan religions

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 where they just utter things

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 and they are not in control of themselves.

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 People speaking in tongues

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 are in full possession

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 of their mental faculties.

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 And third, he says,

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 and let someone interpret.

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 So it has to be,

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 it has to be,

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 there has to be interpretation.

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 There has to be no more than three.

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 And he says,

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 lastly,

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 it needs to be interpreted.

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 Paul mentioned

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 in last week's passage

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 that interpretation

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 is absolutely necessary

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 when sharing tongues

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 because it has no value

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 in the corporate worship context

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 without interpretation.

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 And that's why he says,

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 if there's no one to interpret,

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 let each of them keep silent in church

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 and speak to himself and to God.

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 And because tongues is prayer

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 or praise uttered in the Spirit

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 in an unintelligible non-human language,

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 for that reason requires

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 the gift of interpretation.

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 And in order for it

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 to be intelligible to other people

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 and instructive for them,

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 it needs to be interpreted

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 in the context of worship.

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 So that's the guidelines for prophecy.

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 Next, he turns to the prophecy,

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 the number and weighing of prophecy.

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 He says in verse 29,

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 let two or three prophets speak

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 and let the others weigh what is said.

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 It's similar, isn't it,

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 to the instructions to tongues?

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 Like tongues, prophecy should be limited

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 to two or three.

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 But because prophecy is already intelligible,

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 it's shared in the language

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 that people speak,

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 it does not need interpretation like tongues.

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 Nevertheless, it needs to be weighed,

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 it says.

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 And earlier in 1 Corinthians 12.10,

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 when he was listing the gifts of the Spirit,

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 right after listing the gift of prophecy,

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 he listed a gift called

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 the ability to distinguish between spirits.

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 And that Greek word,

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 to distinguish is the same word

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 that's translated here as weigh.

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 So it's the ability to test prophecy,

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 to ensure that it conforms

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 to the Spirit of God.

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 So this responsibility to weigh what it says

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 falls on the others,

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 probably in particular to those

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 who have the gift of the distinguishing of spirits,

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 but probably to all who are in the audience,

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 who are there,

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 it's incumbent upon them to test prophecy,

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 to weigh what is said.

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 So it requires the gift of discernment.

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 And then having dealt with

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 the number of prophets that can speak

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 and the necessity of weighing it,

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 he speaks to the sequence again

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 in verses 30 to 31.

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 If a revelation is made to another sitting there,

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 let the first be silent,

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 for you all can prophesy one by one

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 so that all may learn

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 and all be encouraged.

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 Multiple people should not prophesy at once,

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 and when one is prompted to speak

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 by the Spirit of God,

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 the other should sit and be silent

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 when one person is being told to speak

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 so that you can all prophesy one by one

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 so that all may learn and be encouraged.

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 So he's once again concerned

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 with building up the church

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 and he intentionally contrasts

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 one by one with the all.

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 The only way in the context of corporate worship

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 for all to be built up,

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 to be encouraged,

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 is for people to speak prophecy one by one.

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 And so, and this again,

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 and it's submitted,

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 subsumed under the concern

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 to make sure that it builds people up.

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 Purpose of building up one another

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 necessitates an orderly practice.

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 And lest the Corinthian prophets

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 protest at this point and say,

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 well, but this is the Spirit of God speaking,

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 I can't control myself.

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 I mean, it's God speaking.

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 What can I do?

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 Paul corrects them,

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 tells them this in verse 32.

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 And the spirits of prophets

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 are subject to prophets, right?

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 The noun word prophet

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 does not refer to an office

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 or a special category people.

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 It refers to believers

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 with the gift of prophecy.

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 They're called prophets.

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 And prophecy, like tongues,

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 is not a form of ecstatic speech

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 where they lose control

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 and start saying things

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 that they have no idea what they're saying,

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 have no control of themselves.

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 The spirit of prophets

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 are subject to prophets.

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 They can control when

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 and how they prophesy.

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 The content they receive from the Lord,

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 but they interpret and apply it

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 and they use their mental faculties

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 to do that.

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 They're in full possession

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 of their mental faculties

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 so they can start and stop

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 when they want to.

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 And then Paul gives the reason

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 for that in verse 33.

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 The reason for this order.

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 For God is not a God of confusion,

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 but of peace.

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 The demonic forces behind

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 the idols of this world

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 might induce disorderly

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 and unruly conduct

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 and ecstatic speech,

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 but God never does that

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 because he is not a God of confusion,

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 but of peace.

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 Because prophecy is a gift of the spirit,

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 it reflects the character of God,

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 and God is not characterized

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 by confusion or by disorder.

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 A worship service that is chaotic

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 and disorderly,

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 therefore,

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 does not rightly represent

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 the character of our God.

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 And it's interesting

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 that Paul uses the word peace here

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 instead of order,

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 because that would be

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 a more logical thing to say, right?

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 For God is not a God of confusion,

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 but of order.

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 But he doesn't say that.

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 He says God is not a God of confusion,

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 but of peace.

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 Paul begins all 13 of his letters

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 with greeting of grace to you

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 and peace from God,

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 our Father,

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And that's how he began

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 1 Corinthians as well.

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 And the word peace

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 doesn't merely refer to

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 an absence of conflict.

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 It's the concept of,

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 the Old Testament concept

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 of shalom,

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 peace,

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 wholeness,

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 state of being whole,

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 state of being in right relationship

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 with God

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 and with the rest of creation.

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 It's about having

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 a rightly ordered life

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 in accordance with God's design

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 and desire for us.

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 And that's what that peace is.

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 So the fact that God

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 is a God of peace

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 means that he's the one

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 that brings into fruition

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 and fulfillment

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 the intended purposes

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 of everything in the world.

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 He's the architect of creation.

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 He alone fully understands

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 its blueprint.

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 And we ought to bring

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 our life and ministry,

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 every aspect of it,

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 into conformity with God's will

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 because God is the God of peace.

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 That's what it means.

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 So far from,

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 you know,

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 depriving ourselves

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 when we decide,

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 no, I'm not going to share

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 that prophecy

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 because two or three

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 have already spoken.

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 I'm not going to speak

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 when this person is speaking.

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 When we choose to do that

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 and we restrain ourselves,

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 far from depriving ourselves

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 of the gift of prophecy,

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 we're using the gift of prophecy

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 to its full potential

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 so that it brings encouragement

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 to all.

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 And then we come to the final,

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 and in our day,

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 the most controversial part

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 of Paul's guidelines

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 in verses 33 to 35.

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 It says,

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 As in all the churches

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 of the saints,

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 the woman should keep silent

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 in the churches,

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 for they are not permitted

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 to speak,

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 but should be in submission

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 as the law also says.

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 If there is anything

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 they desire to learn,

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 let them ask their husbands

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 at home,

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 for it is shameful

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 for a woman to speak

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 in church.

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 Now,

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 before you start accusing me

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 of biblical unfaithfulness,

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 saying,

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 why do you let women

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 speak in church?

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 Because we have women

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 not only prophesy,

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 but also lead prayer times,

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 and so they reduce

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 scripture reading as well,

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 so we have women speak

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 quite frequently

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 in our services,

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 so you could say,

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 you're not being faithful

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 to scripture.

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 But let me explain

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 why this is not,

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 and I'm fairly certain

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 of this,

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 that this is not

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 an absolute prohibition

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 of generally women

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 speaking at all

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 in the context

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 of corporate worship.

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 And the reason why

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 is because in 1 Corinthians 11,

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 verses 2 to 16,

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 Paul specifically taught

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 that women should prophesy,

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 and that they should do so

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 while properly observing

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 the cultural conventions

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 that uphold the complementary

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 relationship between men

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 and women.

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 So we know that Paul

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 does not,

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 in fact,

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 prohibit women

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 from all forms of speaking,

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 because he specifically

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 tells them to prophesy

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 with,

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 in that context,

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 with heads covered.

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 So what then

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 does Paul mean?

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 That the women

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 should keep silent

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 in the churches,

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 for they are not

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 permitted to speak

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 but should be in submission.

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 In order to do that,

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 we need to understand

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 what it means to speak,

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 right?

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 So,

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 this is going to be

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 a little bit dense.

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 I just ask you

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 to stay with me

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 and follow along

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 because it's going

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 to help us understand

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 what this means

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 and it's going to prove

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 to you that this is

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 actually what the scripture

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 is trying to say.

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 Out of the 52 times

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 the word speak

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 occurs in Paul's letters,

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 28 of those times,

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 more than half of it,

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 occurs in 1 Corinthians.

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 So it's obviously

00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:02.359
 a significant word

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 in this letter.

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 It's a key recurring word.

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 It has a range of meanings.

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 So the first range

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 is what we would think of it.

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 It just refers to talking,

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 to speaking.

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 And it can also refer

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 to,

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 second meaning

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 would be more formal

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 kind of speaking.

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 For example,

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 the word is used

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 to refer to prophets

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 speaking in the name

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 of the Lord.

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 So it refers to

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 spiritual utterances,

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 prophecy,

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 for example.

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 And even more formally,

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 the word,

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 this is the third meaning,

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 the word speak

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 refers to official teaching

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 during corporate worship.

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 For example,

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 1 Peter 4, 10 to 11.

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 It says,

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 As each has received a gift,

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 use it to serve one another

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 as good stewards

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 of God's varied grace.

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 Whoever speaks,

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 as one who speaks

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 oracles of God,

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 whoever serves,

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 as one who serves

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 by the strength

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 that God supplies,

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 in order that in everything

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 God may be glorified

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 The phrase,

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 oracles of God,

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 is literally words of God.

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 So it's probably referring

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 to formal speaking,

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 official speaking

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 in the context of the church.

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 That's probably why

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 Peter only lists two gifts,

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 unlike Paul in places

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 where he lists many gifts.

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 He only lists two

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 because he's listing

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 the two gifts

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 that are representative

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 of all the gifts,

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 the two gifts

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 that represent

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 the two offices

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 of the church.

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 Elders speak,

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 and the deacons serve.

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 The word deacon

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 means to serve.

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 So I think that's what

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 he's referring to here.

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 The word speaking

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 is referring to

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 that official teaching.

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 And then,

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 I don't think

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 I wanted to go to that yet,

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 so forget about it.

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 I'll get to it later.

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 But in Hebrews 13, 7,

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 it mentions church leaders

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 who spoke to you

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 the word of God.

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 And Paul mentions

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 speaking the gospel

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 or speaking the mystery

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 of Christ

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 in numerous places

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 throughout his letters.

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 And then Titus 2, 1,

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 which is up there,

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 it says,

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 but as for you,

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 teach,

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 and it's in Greek,

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 it's speak,

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 what accords

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 with sound doctrine.

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 So the third meaning

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.180
 of the word speak

00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:06.279
 is teaching sound doctrine.

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 It's doctrinal teaching.

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 It's preaching.

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 It's official.

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 It's formal teaching

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 in the context

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 of corporate worship.

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 And so there's three meanings,

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 and we see all three

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 of those ranges

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 of meaning

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 of the word speak

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 in 1 Corinthians.

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 And Paul uses the word

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 generically

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 to refer to saying something,

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 speaking or talking,

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 five times in this letter.

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 But more importantly,

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 the other 23 times,

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 Paul uses the word

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 in a more technical sense

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 to refer to speaking

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 in a more formal,

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 official capacity.

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 For example,

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 Paul refers to expressions

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 of the spiritual gifts

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 of utterance

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 such as tongues

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 and prophecy

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 as speaking.

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 Right?

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 And this is how

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 he uses the word speak

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 13 times in chapter 14

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 to refer to

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 these spiritual utterances.

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 And so this contextual evidence

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 surrounding the word speak

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 tells us that

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 he's not speaking

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 about speaking in general,

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 just talking

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 or saying anything,

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 but he's referring

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 in the more technical sense

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 to formal speaking

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 and teaching.

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 And so look back

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 at 1426.

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 Remember I told you

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 that that's kind of

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 the thesis,

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 the topic sentence

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 of this paragraph

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 or this passage?

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 It says,

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 What then, brothers,

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 when you come together,

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 each one has a hymn,

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 a lesson,

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 a revelation,

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 a tongue,

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 or an interpretation.

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 Let all things be done

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 for building up.

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 Now, for now,

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 leave out the word hymn

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 because I think Paul mentions

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 that for the sake

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 of completeness,

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 of mentioning all the gifts

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 of speech that are used

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 in the context

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 of corporate worship,

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 but that's not one

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 that he's concerned about.

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 The ones that he's been

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 concerned about

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 have been the other gifts

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 that he's been talking about.

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 And so if you don't count that

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 and look at the other gifts

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 that he mentions,

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 he says lesson,

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 which is teaching,

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 and then revelation,

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 tongues,

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 and interpretation of tongues.

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 And if you look at

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.779
 the intervening verses,

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.699
 he addresses each

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 of those gifts

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 that he mentions

00:20:56.179 --> 00:20:57.339
 in reverse order.

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 So if you look at the passage,

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 so he addresses first tongues

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.219
 and its interpretation,

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 verses 27 to 28,

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 and then he addresses

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 revelation in verses 29 to 33,

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 and it's weighing

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.679
 of the revelation.

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 And in each of those instances,

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 Paul teaches

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 that there are circumstances

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 where people should be silent,

00:21:15.459 --> 00:21:15.639
 right?

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 And so when you're speaking

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 in tongues,

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 you should be silent

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 if you don't have interpretation.

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 When you're speaking prophecy,

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 you should be silent

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:27.020
 when someone else is speaking

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 so that you can speak in turn.

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 And so there's only one

00:21:32.280 --> 00:21:33.280
 gift of speech

00:21:33.280 --> 00:21:34.540
 as he goes through that

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 in reverse order

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.460
 that he hasn't addressed

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.540
 directly up to this point.

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:39.300
 And that's the lesson.

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 It's the teaching.

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 And so I think

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:43.780
 he set us up

00:21:43.780 --> 00:21:44.620
 through his structure

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 that the speaking,

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.899
 what he means by speaking

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.679
 is teaching.

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 It's the formal teaching

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.199
 in the context

00:21:50.199 --> 00:21:51.119
 of corporate worship.

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 And verses 34 to 35,

00:21:53.179 --> 00:21:53.899
 if you look at it,

00:21:53.959 --> 00:21:55.139
 in light of that pattern,

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:57.039
 it follows the pattern exactly.

00:21:57.719 --> 00:21:58.439
 So once again,

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.839
 Paul addresses a population

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.500
 that has a particular

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.439
 gift of speech,

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.699
 and in this case,

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.699
 the gift of lesson

00:22:03.699 --> 00:22:04.239
 or teaching.

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.659
 And then in verse 34,

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.979
 he tells the woman teachers

00:22:06.979 --> 00:22:08.159
 to keep silent

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.599
 in the context

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.399
 of corporate worship

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:10.579
 just as he taught

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.339
 tongue speakers

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 certain prophets

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.779
 to be silent

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:14.139
 earlier in verses 28 to 30.

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 And then just as he mentioned

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.379
 that prophets

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.979
 should speak one at a time

00:22:17.979 --> 00:22:19.539
 so that all may learn

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.279
 in verse 31,

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.679
 in verse 35,

00:22:21.739 --> 00:22:22.679
 he mentions that the woman

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 who desired to learn

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.719
 should ask their husband

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 at home.

00:22:25.479 --> 00:22:26.279
 So these parallels

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.179
 suggest that Paul's

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:28.139
 giving us the guidelines

00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:29.479
 for the third gift of speech

00:22:29.479 --> 00:22:30.799
 he mentioned in verse 26,

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.379
 namely teaching,

00:22:32.719 --> 00:22:33.199
 lesson.

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.219
 That was the long part,

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.419
 so thanks for staying with me.

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 You guys been with me?

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 Okay, hopefully that's helpful.

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 And Paul's spoken about

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:43.399
 how women may share

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:44.859
 various forms of spiritual utterances

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.539
 up to this point.

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:47.000
 So prophecy, for example,

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.720
 in chapter 11.

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.500
 So then he anticipates

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 the question,

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.299
 does that mean

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.180
 that women can bring

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.680
 a lesson

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.619
 to the corporate worship

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.420
 service as well?

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:57.460
 And I think Paul

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:58.359
 was prescient really

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.440
 to anticipate that,

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.579
 that line of thinking,

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.879
 because that line of thinking

00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:03.240
 is exactly actually

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.559
 how some denomination,

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.319
 some Pentecostal denominations,

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.799
 for example,

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:09.339
 justify women teaching.

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.740
 They say,

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.639
 well, they have the gift

00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:11.179
 of prophecy,

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.059
 they have the gift

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.939
 of spirit just like us,

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.700
 so why shouldn't they

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.759
 teach also?

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:16.139
 So Paul actually

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:17.119
 anticipates that

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:18.319
 and specifically says,

00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:19.519
 no, that does not apply

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.519
 in that situation.

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.819
 And I think,

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:22.639
 and so there,

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:26.279
 and so in verses 33, 35,

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.460
 read that with me

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:27.980
 once again.

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.319
 As in all the churches

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.879
 of the saints,

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.659
 this woman,

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.240
 she actually,

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.319
 I'm going to put that up

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.099
 so you guys can see it,

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:36.439
 and I think my interpretation

00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:37.619
 of this is confirmed

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.419
 by a parallel

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:41.139
 in 1 Timothy 2, 11 to 12.

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.759
 If you look at those two

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.439
 side by side,

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.359
 there's a lot of parallels

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.359
 and that's explicitly

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.319
 talking about teaching,

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.399
 so look at it with me.

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:50.839
 1 Corinthians 14, 34, 35 says,

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:52.539
 the woman should keep silent

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.159
 in the churches,

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.699
 for they are not permitted

00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:55.679
 to speak,

00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:57.039
 but should be in submission

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.079
 as the law also says.

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.879
 If there's anything

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.819
 they desire to learn,

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.839
 let them ask their husbands

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.240
 at home.

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.059
 And then look at

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.379
 1 Timothy 2, 11 to 12.

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:05.100
 Let a woman learn quietly

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:06.440
 with all submissiveness.

00:24:06.800 --> 00:24:08.320
 I do not permit a woman

00:24:08.320 --> 00:24:09.600
 to teach or to exercise

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.620
 authority over a man.

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:12.580
 Rather, she is to remain quiet.

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.660
 The word man and word husband

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.440
 are the same in Greek,

00:24:15.520 --> 00:24:16.380
 so if you count those,

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:18.360
 there are six verbal parallels,

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:20.480
 almost exactly the same phrasing

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.620
 in both of the two verses.

00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:23.300
 So I think Paul is here

00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:24.460
 referring to teaching

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.560
 in the official context.

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:27.220
 A lot of people think

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.960
 that it refers to

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.760
 weighing up prophecies.

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.160
 I don't think

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:29.740
 that's what it means.

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.720
 I think it's referring

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.599
 to the formal teaching,

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.140
 the speaking,

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.779
 that he mentioned earlier

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.500
 in verse 26.

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.900
 So in summary,

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.799
 I think you're getting

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.559
 what I'm saying.

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:41.200
 The type of speaking

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.259
 that he's mentioning here

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.680
 is the type of speaking

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.200
 that he mentioned

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.980
 in chapter 2,

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:46.019
 verses 6 to 7.

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:50.000
 Yet we do speak wisdom

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.559
 among those who are mature,

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.680
 a wisdom, however,

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.599
 not of this age

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.259
 nor of the rulers

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.000
 of this age

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.099
 who are passing away,

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:58.159
 but we speak God's wisdom

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:59.240
 in a mystery,

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.699
 the hidden wisdom

00:25:00.699 --> 00:25:01.819
 which God predestined

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:03.179
 before the ages

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:04.319
 to our glory.

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.899
 The wisdom of God

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.639
 that he's talking about

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.819
 that refers to the gospel,

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.699
 the good news of Jesus Christ,

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.659
 his saving message.

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.539
 He's referring to

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.719
 what's the speaking,

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.759
 the formal speaking.

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.500
 That's the kind of speaking

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.559
 that Paul has in mind

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.159
 in the context

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:18.240
 of the corporate worship

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.359
 of the church.

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:22.039
 So what's Paul's reason

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.579
 for this?

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:24.119
 He better have good reasons,

00:25:24.219 --> 00:25:24.359
 right?

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:26.459
 He gives a couple

00:25:26.459 --> 00:25:27.099
 different reasons.

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:29.199
 First, he says in verse 34,

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:30.879
 for they are not permitted

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.500
 to speak

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.500
 but should be in submission

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:34.399
 as the law also says,

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:34.759
 right?

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:36.099
 The law,

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.119
 which is the shorthand

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.019
 for the Old Testament,

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.279
 scripture mandates

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.759
 that Christian women

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.619
 should be in submission.

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:44.019
 Since in two other places

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:45.299
 where Paul addresses

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:47.079
 the different roles

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.599
 of men and women

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.159
 in the church,

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:50.219
 he specifically cites

00:25:50.219 --> 00:25:52.099
 Genesis 2, 20 to 24.

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.459
 So that's in 1 Timothy 2,

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.179
 1 Timothy 11,

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:55.420
 he both cites Genesis 2.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.600
 So that's probably

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.360
 the passage he has

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.200
 in mind here also

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.820
 when he says law also says.

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:03.380
 And so he quoted that

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.340
 in 1 Corinthians 11,

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.140
 8 to 10 here.

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.680
 For man was not made

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.460
 from woman,

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:08.680
 but woman from man.

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.200
 Neither was man created

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.900
 for woman,

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.060
 but woman for man.

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.200
 That is why a woman

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.120
 ought to have a symbol

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.140
 of authority on her head

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.700
 because of the angels.

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:18.680
 So God created man

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.680
 from the dust of the earth

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.940
 and then he created woman

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.980
 from the rib of the man.

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.940
 So the woman was made

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.759
 from man.

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.819
 And in this sense,

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.980
 man was created first.

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.860
 He was the source

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.500
 of the woman.

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.440
 And the woman was also created

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:31.180
 for man as his helper

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:33.200
 and is oriented toward him.

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.400
 And that conveys the idea

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.220
 of the man's leadership

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.900
 and authority.

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.559
 And for Paul,

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:40.599
 he sees the creator's design

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:42.559
 and intentionality

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:44.579
 in this creational order.

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:46.059
 The fact that man came first

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.680
 as a source

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:48.140
 and the fact that he was

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:50.259
 called to be the head

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.039
 while the woman is called

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.660
 to be the helper

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:53.160
 in their relationship

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:54.920
 within Adam and Eve's marriage.

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:57.640
 And so that's what he means

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.099
 when he says,

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.680
 as the law also says.

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.259
 So his point is that

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:03.660
 when women formally teach

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.460
 the whole church

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:06.619
 that they are violating

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:08.259
 that complementary relationship

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.599
 between men and women

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:12.819
 by their teaching.

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.519
 So God appointed husbands

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.259
 to exercise headship

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.680
 and wives to exercise helpership

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.240
 in the family

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:20.200
 and those complementary roles

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.160
 are subverted

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.599
 when, for example,

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:24.380
 women teach the whole church

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:26.819
 of which their husbands

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:28.240
 are also a member, right?

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.160
 To whom they are supposed

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.579
 to be submitted.

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:30.940
 And then secondly,

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:32.120
 because God appointed men

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:33.460
 who have the requisite calling

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.240
 and character

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.039
 and competence

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.559
 to serve as heads

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.539
 of the spiritual family

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.220
 of God, the church,

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.299
 the elders of the church,

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.839
 when women usurp

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.720
 that role for themselves

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.380
 by preaching

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.059
 in the context

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.960
 of corporate worship,

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:46.579
 when they formally teach

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.279
 scripture or theology

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.160
 for the whole church,

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:49.359
 they're again subverting

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.759
 that God-given design

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.339
 and relationship.

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.859
 So that's the first reason

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.440
 that Paul gives

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.299
 for that prohibition.

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.500
 It's what the law teaches.

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:57.079
 And then Paul gives

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.859
 a second reason

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.660
 in verse 35.

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.539
 It is shameful

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.299
 for a woman

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.119
 to speak in church.

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.879
 The word shameful

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.759
 is the same word

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.660
 that Paul used

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:07.139
 in 1 Corinthians 11, 6

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.660
 to say that

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.579
 in the same way

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.779
 it is disgraceful

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.200
 for a woman

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.039
 to cut off her hair

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.680
 or shave her head,

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.859
 it is disgraceful

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.440
 for her to pray

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.960
 her prophecy

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.399
 in the church

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:15.319
 with her head uncovered.

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:16.439
 So shame

00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:17.480
 is what we experience

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.559
 when we do something

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.639
 that is inappropriate

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.980
 or dishonorable,

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:21.960
 something improper.

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:24.579
 And because it transgresses

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.500
 the creational,

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:27.039
 the complementary gender roles

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.019
 that God has instituted,

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.399
 when a woman teaches

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:30.639
 the word

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.339
 in the context

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.099
 of corporate worship

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.619
 in the church,

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.639
 it brings shame.

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.859
 It's seen as inappropriate.

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.879
 The converse,

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.220
 of course,

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.839
 is also true.

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.240
 When men and women

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.599
 fulfill their God-given

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.980
 complementary roles,

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.519
 gender roles,

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.279
 it is honorable.

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.799
 It is good.

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:47.039
 Our attitude toward this teaching

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.079
 should not be one

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:49.700
 of begrudging concession,

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:52.039
 but of enthusiastic celebration.

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:54.799
 And when the sea proceeds

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:57.000
 and recedes in order

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.799
 without overflowing the banks

00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:01.500
 and causing destruction,

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:01.879
 right?

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:04.259
 When the earth rotates

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.339
 around its axis

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:07.200
 and revolves around the sun

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.559
 so that the sun rises

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:10.700
 and sets in orderly fashion,

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.500
 bringing light

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:13.460
 and rest to the world,

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.980
 there's goodness there.

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.960
 There is beauty there.

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.840
 There is order there.

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.120
 Likewise,

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.039
 when men and women

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.000
 relate to each other

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.660
 in accordance

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:26.000
 with God's created design,

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.160
 it is right.

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.600
 It is good.

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.519
 It is honorable.

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.080
 And the fact that

00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:33.420
 this command is given

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.240
 in the context

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.259
 of the corporate worship

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.900
 of the church

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:38.400
 is really a very important

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.900
 qualification

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:41.140
 that we must not forget.

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.700
 So three times

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:44.940
 in verses 33 to 35,

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.500
 Paul said,

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.300
 repeated the word church.

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.860
 Follow with me.

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:50.040
 Verses 33 to 35.

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.420
 He says,

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:52.320
 as in all the churches

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:53.160
 of the saints,

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.779
 the woman should keep silent

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.740
 in the churches,

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.420
 for they are not permitted

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.880
 to speak,

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.700
 but should be in submission

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.620
 as the law also says.

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.140
 If there's anything

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.900
 they desire to learn,

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.779
 let them ask their husbands

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.160
 at home,

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.000
 for it is shameful

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.759
 for a woman to speak

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.200
 in church.

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:07.019
 It's almost redundant.

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:08.200
 He says it over and over again

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.840
 because he wants

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.880
 to drive that point home.

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.240
 Paul's not concerned

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.000
 with the role of women

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.300
 in society at large,

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:15.060
 but in the churches.

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.920
 And the church

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.700
 is a Greek word

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.660
 that means gathering

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.960
 or a congregation

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.120
 of believers.

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.840
 It's a gathering

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.540
 of Christians.

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.800
 The church,

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.740
 which is a colony

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:26.019
 of heaven on earth,

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:27.940
 is supposed to showcase

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:29.060
 a different ethic.

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:31.240
 It's supposed to exemplify

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.480
 God's creative design

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.460
 for men and women,

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.840
 for the world to see.

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.259
 That's why it's significant

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.840
 that this has to be observed

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.680
 in the context

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.500
 of corporate worship.

00:30:40.560 --> 00:30:40.880
 Furthermore,

00:30:41.040 --> 00:30:41.960
 it's only within

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.640
 the community

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.040
 of God's people

00:30:44.040 --> 00:30:45.720
 where men embody

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.820
 Christ-like

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:48.100
 sacrificial leadership.

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.940
 And women embody

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:51.560
 Christ's humble submission

00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:52.259
 to the Father.

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:54.060
 It's only in that community,

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.000
 only in that kind

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.740
 of a context

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:57.160
 where this command

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.960
 can be observed

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.380
 without degenerating

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.600
 into abuse

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.300
 and misogyny.

00:31:02.300 --> 00:31:03.500
 That's why he emphasizes

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.540
 in the churches,

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.380
 in the church.

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.820
 And Paul's not saying

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.800
 that women should never

00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:12.660
 teach in any church context.

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:14.279
 He says specifically

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.500
 in Titus 2-3

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:17.559
 that older Christian women

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.359
 should teach

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.079
 what is good

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:20.500
 to the younger woman.

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:22.099
 It's only in the context

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.900
 of the whole church,

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.819
 the gathered church,

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.039
 where both men

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:26.119
 and women are present,

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.880
 young and old are gathered,

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.859
 that women are to

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.740
 refrain from teaching.

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.039
 And as a church,

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.900
 we work hard

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.740
 to try to equip women

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.740
 who are gifted to teach,

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.740
 to use those gifts

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.960
 in appropriate contexts.

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:38.200
 And with his two

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.000
 preceding guidelines

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.819
 relating to tongues

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.319
 and prophecy,

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.039
 Paul addressed

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.940
 both the speaking

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:43.440
 and the church's

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.340
 interaction with it,

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:44.559
 right?

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:46.240
 So in verse 27,

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:46.579
 he says,

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.440
 if anyone speaks

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.980
 in the tongue,

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.319
 let someone interpret.

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.940
 So the speaking

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.819
 and then the interaction

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.440
 with the speaking,

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.000
 how the church

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.680
 should interact with it.

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.600
 And then again,

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.579
 in verse 29,

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:55.920
 Paul said,

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.840
 let two or three prophets

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:58.600
 speak and let the others

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.640
 weigh what is said.

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.039
 So again,

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.660
 the speaking

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.519
 and the interaction

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:03.039
 with what is said.

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.460
 So there are two churches

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.240
 to weigh the prophets

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.720
 that are spoken.

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:07.340
 And I think verse 35

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.880
 is following

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.960
 this exact pattern.

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.319
 So it's,

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.480
 in the ancient world,

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:13.100
 listeners customarily

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:14.440
 asked questions

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.980
 in response to lectures.

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:18.400
 So just as,

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.420
 and it was a way

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.120
 of critiquing

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.960
 or interacting,

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.500
 dialoguing

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.000
 with the speaker.

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.460
 So just as the church

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.660
 interpreted tongues

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:26.440
 and weighed prophecies,

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:28.420
 they questioned teachings.

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:29.440
 And,

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.220
 but in the context

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.140
 of public worship,

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:32.000
 women were not

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.519
 to partake

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.620
 in the formal teaching.

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.319
 And in that,

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.940
 Paul includes

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:37.059
 the formal questioning

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:38.259
 that goes with that.

00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:38.840
 So bringing,

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.480
 critiquing the formal teaching

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.160
 of the church here.

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.759
 So because that,

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:42.960
 again,

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.000
 brings that person

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.660
 under the authority

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.140
 of the person

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.799
 who is leveling

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.259
 that critique.

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.539
 So if there is anything

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.360
 they desire to learn,

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.680
 he says,

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.200
 let them ask

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.100
 their husbands at home.

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.640
 The inquiry should be made

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.580
 in the private context

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:53.000
 of the home

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.039
 rather than in the public

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.900
 context of the church.

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.120
 Now that,

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:57.380
 we don't have

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.420
 that kind of formal

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.340
 questioning

00:32:59.340 --> 00:33:00.539
 in our church context,

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.940
 mainly because

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.740
 I don't want to be

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.380
 questioned by anybody.

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:04.160
 I'm just kidding.

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:04.860
 No,

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.300
 we have,

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.680
 there's too many people.

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.840
 So we ask people

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:08.980
 to come up with questions

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.620
 after service.

00:33:09.800 --> 00:33:10.620
 And so it's informal.

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:11.580
 So in that context,

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.420
 everybody could obviously

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.040
 ask questions.

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.740
 This is,

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.220
 this wouldn't apply to us

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.020
 because we don't practice

00:33:16.020 --> 00:33:16.860
 that in the context

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.500
 of corporate worship.

00:33:19.260 --> 00:33:19.600
 Now,

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.760
 while it's easy,

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.060
 right,

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.520
 it's,

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.280
 I'm going to just

00:33:22.280 --> 00:33:23.520
 digress for a little bit

00:33:23.520 --> 00:33:25.060
 to then defend this.

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.600
 It's because it's easy

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.160
 for us nowadays

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:28.560
 to dismiss scriptural teaching

00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:29.760
 on this as kind of

00:33:29.760 --> 00:33:30.700
 a cultural artifact,

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:32.600
 of a regressive bygone era.

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:34.340
 But we need to recognize

00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:36.500
 how progressive this is,

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.460
 this teaching is,

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.980
 and downright how subversive

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.740
 it was at the time

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.380
 it was given.

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:42.019
 Because Paul's not,

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:43.220
 as we might think,

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:44.700
 simply regurgitating

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.539
 the cultural customs

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.120
 of his time.

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.580
 In the Roman Empire,

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.740
 a woman did not have

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.620
 the authority to speak

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:51.080
 for herself in public context.

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.059
 In fact,

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:53.120
 married women were not

00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:53.860
 even allowed to be

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:55.400
 instructed by other men,

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.299
 men other than

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.779
 their husbands.

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.180
 And for example,

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.940
 the first century

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:00.380
 Jewish historian Josephus

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.500
 says this in his book

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.279
 Against Apien,

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:05.440
 but let not the testimony

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.460
 of women be admitted

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.759
 on account of the levity

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.920
 and boldness of their sex.

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.340
 Right?

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.700
 They didn't even let

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:11.420
 women's testimony

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.920
 be admitted in public context.

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.940
 And their testimony

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.760
 in legal cases

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.500
 were not heard.

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.820
 Similarly,

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:19.099
 Roman philosopher Philo

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.679
 writes this,

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.760
 marketplaces

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.659
 and council chambers

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.659
 and courts of justice

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.559
 and large companies

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.139
 and assemblies

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.900
 of numerous crowds

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.880
 and a life in the open air

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.619
 full of arguments

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.420
 and actions relating

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.099
 to war and peace

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.079
 are suited to men.

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.619
 But taking care of the house

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.360
 and remaining at home

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.079
 are the proper duties

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.480
 of women.

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.559
 The virgins

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.380
 having their apartments

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.400
 in the center of the house

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.680
 within the innermost doors

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.960
 and the full-grown women

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.780
 not going beyond

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.360
 the vestibule

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.260
 and outer courts.

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:41.340
 Right?

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.920
 That's the context

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.559
 in which the apostle

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.880
 Paul writes.

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.440
 And later,

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.139
 moral philosophers

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.760
 like Aristotle

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.820
 echoed sentiments.

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.099
 They didn't deviate

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.519
 from these.

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.599
 But Paul,

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.260
 in his letters,

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:53.500
 not only directly

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.639
 addresses women,

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.519
 even though he's

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.180
 not their husband,

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.259
 but teaches

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.899
 that they should

00:34:57.899 --> 00:34:58.879
 receive instruction

00:34:58.879 --> 00:34:59.579
 in the context

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.379
 of corporate worship

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:01.319
 from the elders

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:01.879
 of the church

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.699
 who are not

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.379
 their husbands.

00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:04.699
 He expects

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.659
 a level of moral

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.379
 responsibility

00:35:06.379 --> 00:35:07.339
 from women

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:08.739
 that was unprecedented

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:10.099
 in Greek thought.

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.559
 And so he does not

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.299
 prohibit women

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:13.139
 from participating

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:14.119
 in public society

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.659
 at large.

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.779
 And he doesn't

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.239
 stop there.

00:35:16.339 --> 00:35:17.859
 He encourages women

00:35:17.859 --> 00:35:19.139
 to speak

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.980
 in the context

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.899
 of corporate worship

00:35:20.899 --> 00:35:21.940
 through the use

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.460
 of their gift

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.059
 of prophecy

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:24.099
 and presumably

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.219
 the use of the tongues

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.659
 as well.

00:35:26.399 --> 00:35:27.559
 In Greco-Roman society,

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.119
 they were not even

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.139
 allowed to be instructed

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.359
 by someone other

00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:30.899
 than their husband.

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.939
 But in the church,

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.919
 they were able

00:35:32.919 --> 00:35:34.379
 to receive revelation

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:35.919
 from God himself

00:35:35.919 --> 00:35:37.379
 and share that

00:35:37.379 --> 00:35:38.079
 with the church.

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:40.259
 The whole church.

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:42.039
 So it's a mistake

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.879
 to think that the Bible

00:35:42.879 --> 00:35:44.159
 is merely echoing

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.219
 the culture of its times.

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.759
 It's not afraid

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.459
 to challenge

00:35:47.459 --> 00:35:48.579
 where the culture

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.099
 is wrong.

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:51.719
 And if the idea

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.480
 of complimenting

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.920
 your general role

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.960
 still seems regressive

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.559
 or oppressive

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.579
 to you,

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.440
 then we need to consider

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.019
 that perhaps

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:58.039
 it's so because

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:59.099
 we are so enmeshed

00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:00.019
 in our own culture.

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:02.019
 In other cultures

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.480
 in Asia,

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.139
 the Middle East,

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.099
 in places of worship,

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.839
 sometimes women

00:36:05.839 --> 00:36:06.599
 are not even admitted.

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.119
 Or if they are admitted,

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.699
 they're completely

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.639
 segregated from men.

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.339
 To them,

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.299
 leading this passage,

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.880
 this would seem

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.860
 way too progressive,

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.619
 not regressive.

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:18.920
 So if that's the case,

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.639
 why should

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:22.159
 our cultural sensitivities

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:23.079
 trump their

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:24.339
 cultural sensitivities?

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.440
 If the Bible

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.639
 really is the revelation

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.319
 of God,

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.239
 and therefore

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:31.319
 it is not the product

00:36:31.319 --> 00:36:32.599
 of any single culture,

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:34.339
 but it transcends culture,

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.059
 even though it is written,

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.440
 of course,

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.019
 in culture,

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.739
 would it not challenge

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.559
 every culture

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.679
 at some point?

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:42.440
 If it really is from God,

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.699
 would it not offend

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:45.420
 your cultural sensitivity?

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.799
 Sensibilities,

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:49.119
 and sinful preferences

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:50.179
 at some point?

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:52.519
 As Christian pastor

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.460
 Tim Keller

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.319
 often says,

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.719
 quote,

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.420
 if your God

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:58.339
 never disagrees with you,

00:36:58.839 --> 00:36:59.779
 you might just be

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.259
 worshiping

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:01.500
 an idealized version

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.279
 of yourself.

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:07.759
 Paul said in verse 33

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.980
 that what he is teaching

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:10.039
 is the common practice

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.079
 in all the churches

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:12.400
 of the saints.

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:12.980
 Now,

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:14.339
 this is the fourth time

00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:14.880
 in this letter

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.740
 Paul's correcting

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.599
 the Corinthians behavior

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.680
 by appealing to the practice

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:18.500
 of all the churches,

00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:19.220
 other churches.

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.800
 And if that was a strong

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.920
 argument in Paul's day

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.559
 when there were not

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.500
 as many churches

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:25.140
 and when they haven't had

00:37:25.140 --> 00:37:26.119
 as much church history,

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.840
 this is a much stronger

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.500
 argument for us

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.980
 because for 1900 years

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.039
 of church history,

00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:32.119
 every major stream

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.760
 of Christianity,

00:37:33.160 --> 00:37:33.440
 Catholic,

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.720
 Orthodox,

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.300
 and Protestant

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.940
 have taught

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:36.079
 the differentiated rules

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.740
 of man and woman.

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.579
 And even today,

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.420
 if you examined,

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:40.539
 even after the rise

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.960
 of feminism,

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.980
 if you examine the churches

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.980
 throughout the world

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.719
 and not just here

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.300
 in the U.S.,

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:45.300
 in Western civilization,

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.280
 that is still

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:47.119
 the dominant teaching.

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.820
 And the Corinthians

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:50.420
 were acting presumptuously

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.159
 by deviating

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:52.840
 from such a well-attested practice.

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:54.579
 And so Paul admonishes them

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.840
 with two rhetorical questions

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.780
 in verse 36.

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.820
 Or was it from you

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:00.019
 that the word of God came?

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:02.659
 Or are you the only ones

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.659
 it has reached?

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:06.179
 They were acting in pride

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:07.840
 as if they were themselves

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.699
 the originators

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.920
 of God's word,

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:11.599
 as if they were unique

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.260
 in their reception

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:13.119
 of God's word.

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.260
 The word of God

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:14.960
 is another way

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:16.400
 to refer to God's revelation

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.760
 and usually it refers

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:19.159
 to God's ultimate revelation

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.019
 which is the gospel,

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.780
 the saving message

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.599
 of Jesus Christ.

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:23.260
 So we did not invent

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.760
 the gospel,

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:25.059
 we did not originate

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.519
 the gospel,

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:27.240
 and we are not the only ones

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:27.840
 who have received

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.519
 the word of God,

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:29.960
 we are not the only ones

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:31.280
 who have the spirit of God,

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.420
 so like the ones

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:33.740
 who have gone before us,

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.820
 we should submit

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.619
 to God's word

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:37.559
 and be wary

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:37.920
 of departing

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:40.200
 from what churches

00:38:40.200 --> 00:38:40.680
 have done

00:38:40.680 --> 00:38:43.300
 and trying to twist

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:44.079
 the word of God

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.900
 to fit our purposes

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.559
 and preferences.

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:49.000
 Thomas Jefferson

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.599
 is infamous

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:53.099
 for cutting out

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.840
 parts of the Bible

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:56.760
 that he found offensive

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.960
 or he found hard to believe

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:59.139
 and he glued together

00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:00.000
 parts that he liked

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:01.300
 and he called it

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.180
 the Jefferson Bible,

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.639
 right?

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:05.240
 And Thomas Jefferson

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:06.760
 was acting like

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:07.920
 he was the originator

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.620
 of the word of God.

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:12.860
 He made himself

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:14.440
 and not God

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.720
 the ultimate arbiter

00:39:15.720 --> 00:39:16.240
 of truth.

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:18.440
 He did not follow God.

00:39:19.100 --> 00:39:20.820
 He did not love Christ.

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:22.740
 He followed himself.

00:39:23.100 --> 00:39:24.580
 He loved himself.

00:39:25.040 --> 00:39:25.920
 He was not a Christian.

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.820
 He was a Jeffersonian.

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:30.520
 So we must strive

00:39:30.520 --> 00:39:31.320
 rather to be found

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.000
 on the side

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.300
 of all the churches

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:34.440
 of the saints.

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:36.700
 Paul continues

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:38.019
 in verses 37 to 38.

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.940
 If anyone thinks

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.780
 that he is a prophet

00:39:39.780 --> 00:39:40.460
 or spiritual,

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.300
 he should acknowledge

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.820
 that the things

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.519
 I am writing to you

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.599
 are a command of the Lord.

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:45.019
 If anyone does not

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.639
 recognize this,

00:39:45.700 --> 00:39:46.740
 he is not recognized.

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.840
 The guidelines

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.920
 that he has just produced

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:50.440
 for an orderly worship service

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.220
 is a command,

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.619
 not a suggestion.

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.700
 And if anyone

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.980
 is truly spiritual,

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.420
 he says,

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.880
 if anyone is truly a prophet,

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:57.860
 he would acknowledge

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:59.260
 and abide by his teaching.

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.780
 And whoever does not

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.860
 recognize this teaching

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:04.360
 will himself be unrecognized.

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.920
 That repetition

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:06.340
 highlights the reciprocity.

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:07.420
 Whoever ignores

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.940
 Paul's teaching

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.500
 on these matters,

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.500
 whoever ignores

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:10.099
 the word of God

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.559
 on this matter

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.599
 will himself be ignored.

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:13.660
 And then Paul concludes

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:14.180
 this passage

00:40:14.180 --> 00:40:14.880
 by reiterating

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.500
 his main point

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.840
 in verses 39 to 40.

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.160
 So my brothers,

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.079
 earnestly desire

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:21.099
 to prophesy

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:22.019
 and do not forbid

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.860
 speaking in tongues,

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.800
 but all things

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:24.579
 should be done

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:26.079
 decently and in order

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:27.360
 in this.

00:40:28.120 --> 00:40:29.099
 And the reason why

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.720
 it's important

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:30.260
 that all things

00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:30.540
 in the worship

00:40:30.540 --> 00:40:31.080
 should be done

00:40:31.080 --> 00:40:32.020
 decently and in order

00:40:32.020 --> 00:40:33.560
 again is what he said

00:40:33.560 --> 00:40:34.260
 in verse 33

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:35.000
 because the God

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.580
 of worship

00:40:35.580 --> 00:40:36.180
 is not a God

00:40:36.180 --> 00:40:36.700
 of confusion,

00:40:37.620 --> 00:40:39.580
 but of peace.

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:41.380
 Now I want to speak

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:42.180
 to unbelievers

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:42.620
 that are missed

00:40:42.620 --> 00:40:43.500
 for a moment

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.180
 because if you're

00:40:44.180 --> 00:40:44.760
 not a believer,

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.380
 you're not yet

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:46.200
 a part of the church.

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:48.080
 Before you can observe

00:40:48.080 --> 00:40:48.920
 any of these practices,

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:50.260
 receive any of these gifts

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:50.920
 to use them

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.400
 in the context

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.060
 of corporate worship,

00:40:52.160 --> 00:40:52.780
 you need to first

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:54.040
 become a follower of Christ.

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.200
 You need to receive

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:55.740
 the giver,

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.340
 the gift,

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:57.520
 the giver of all good gifts

00:40:57.520 --> 00:40:58.340
 and come into relationship

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:59.220
 with them first

00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:00.339
 before you can receive

00:41:00.339 --> 00:41:00.919
 this gift.

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.619
 And the God

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.539
 is the God of peace.

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.119
 He's the one

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:05.259
 who orders all creation

00:41:05.259 --> 00:41:06.119
 as it ought to be.

00:41:06.439 --> 00:41:07.679
 And we all need

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:08.500
 to come to Christ

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:10.500
 because we have deviated

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.079
 from that order

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:12.039
 in all of our lives,

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:13.000
 myself included.

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:14.219
 All of us have done this.

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.500
 God is the creator.

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.559
 He created the world.

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:17.699
 He created men and women

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.719
 to follow Him,

00:41:18.779 --> 00:41:19.480
 to obey Him,

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.279
 and to worship Him.

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.299
 And in that,

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:22.959
 to find their greatest fulfillment

00:41:22.959 --> 00:41:24.299
 and to find their ultimate

00:41:24.299 --> 00:41:25.219
 purposes met.

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:27.199
 But instead of following God,

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.239
 we have deviated

00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:29.379
 from that creation order

00:41:29.379 --> 00:41:31.759
 by rebelling against God,

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:33.879
 guilty of high treason,

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:35.019
 and seeking to live

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.639
 for ourselves

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:36.539
 and for our own glory.

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:38.159
 That's what every single

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:39.159
 human being on earth

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.659
 has done.

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:40.899
 That's what,

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:42.079
 we're all sinners.

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:43.899
 But God,

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:45.139
 in His grace,

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:46.519
 instead of leaving us

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:47.059
 to ourselves

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.500
 and saying,

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.239
 forget about you,

00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:49.039
 He's the one,

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.819
 even though He's

00:41:49.819 --> 00:41:50.619
 the offended party,

00:41:50.799 --> 00:41:51.939
 He takes the initiative.

00:41:52.259 --> 00:41:52.919
 While we are still

00:41:52.919 --> 00:41:53.579
 His enemies,

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.940
 He loves us,

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:56.219
 and He Himself

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:57.299
 comes to pay

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:58.440
 the price

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.279
 for our sin

00:41:59.279 --> 00:41:59.900
 and our rebellion.

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:02.139
 And sends His only Son,

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:02.699
 Jesus Christ,

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.860
 to die on the cross

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.819
 for our sins.

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:06.319
 If anything

00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:07.819
 in the history of mankind

00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:09.380
 was disordered,

00:42:09.759 --> 00:42:10.679
 that cross

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.699
 was disordered.

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.159
 Christ,

00:42:14.279 --> 00:42:15.440
 who alone deserved glory,

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.219
 who deserved to sit

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:16.860
 at the right hand

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.579
 of the Father,

00:42:18.779 --> 00:42:19.139
 came

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:20.440
 and died

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.799
 on that shame

00:42:21.799 --> 00:42:22.460
 of the cross.

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:24.320
 that's disordered.

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:25.440
 God

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.679
 did that

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:27.679
 so that He can

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:28.500
 bring us back

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:30.440
 in the right order

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:31.079
 of the relationship

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.800
 between Him

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.440
 and us.

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.360
 So if you're not

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:34.699
 a believer,

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.720
 come to Christ,

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.820
 repent of your sins

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:37.519
 and believe in Him.

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.380
 And if you are

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:40.179
 already a believer,

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:41.720
 let me encourage you

00:42:41.720 --> 00:42:42.440
 by sharing this,

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.980
 it might feel stifling,

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.519
 right,

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:47.380
 from one point of view

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:48.519
 to be silent

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.639
 and not speak out

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:50.139
 in tongues

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:52.000
 just because you don't

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.699
 have interpretation.

00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:53.940
 Maybe you're singing

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.719
 or doing something

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:55.280
 and all of a sudden

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:55.960
 you receive tongues

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.679
 and you really want

00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:57.139
 to share it,

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:58.300
 but I tell you no

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:58.760
 because you don't

00:42:58.760 --> 00:42:59.420
 have interpretation.

00:42:59.780 --> 00:42:59.920
 Yeah,

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:00.920
 that could feel stifling,

00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:01.440
 right?

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:05.360
 Or it could feel stifling

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:06.400
 that when you have

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:07.039
 to sit down

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:08.579
 because someone else

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:09.219
 is prophesying

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:09.840
 and two or three

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.619
 have already prophesied

00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:11.219
 so you don't get

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:12.059
 to share your prophecy.

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:14.119
 That could be

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:15.000
 stifling as well.

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.340
 Likewise,

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:17.340
 it might feel stifling

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:18.480
 for women to be silent

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.400
 rather than being allowed

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:20.079
 to preach

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:21.480
 and teach the whole church

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:21.940
 in the context

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.639
 of corporate worship.

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.840
 But in all of those contexts,

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:26.660
 we can follow these guidelines

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:27.500
 joyfully

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:28.820
 because we know

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:29.760
 that this order

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.760
 that God commands

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:31.800
 is consistent

00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:32.940
 with His character

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:34.440
 and He's the God

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:35.220
 of peace,

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:36.480
 He's good,

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.599
 and He's the God

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.160
 of love.

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:40.539
 The Lord

00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:41.700
 who commands silence

00:43:41.700 --> 00:43:42.960
 in these various contexts

00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:44.000
 is the same Lord

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:44.740
 who according

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:46.299
 to Isaiah 53, 7

00:43:46.299 --> 00:43:47.359
 was oppressed

00:43:47.359 --> 00:43:48.379
 and afflicted

00:43:48.379 --> 00:43:49.319
 yet opened

00:43:49.319 --> 00:43:50.500
 not His mouth.

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:51.919
 Like a lamb

00:43:51.919 --> 00:43:52.459
 that is led

00:43:52.459 --> 00:43:53.099
 to the slaughter

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:53.919
 and like a sheep

00:43:53.919 --> 00:43:55.139
 that before it shears

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.979
 is silent,

00:43:56.739 --> 00:43:57.839
 so He opened

00:43:57.839 --> 00:43:59.719
 not His mouth.

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.539
 Jesus Christ,

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:02.759
 the Word of God

00:44:02.759 --> 00:44:03.419
 itself,

00:44:04.279 --> 00:44:05.019
 silenced

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:06.419
 before sinful men.

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:07.439
 Why?

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:10.739
 So that He could save us.

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:14.839
 so that He could build us up,

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:16.259
 bring us into His family.

00:44:19.439 --> 00:44:20.359
 He was punished

00:44:20.359 --> 00:44:21.339
 so we could be free.

00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:23.679
 Similarly,

00:44:23.859 --> 00:44:24.439
 we then

00:44:24.439 --> 00:44:25.659
 should use our gifts

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:26.239
 of speech

00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:28.299
 in orderly ways

00:44:28.299 --> 00:44:29.339
 for the building

00:44:29.339 --> 00:44:30.079
 of the church.

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:31.899
 So let us gladly

00:44:31.899 --> 00:44:32.859
 curb our freedoms.

00:44:33.319 --> 00:44:34.259
 Let us gladly

00:44:34.259 --> 00:44:35.500
 forego our rights.

00:44:35.779 --> 00:44:36.479
 Let us gladly

00:44:36.479 --> 00:44:37.279
 submit ourselves

00:44:37.279 --> 00:44:39.079
 to the God-given order

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:40.039
 within corporate worship

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:41.519
 for the glory of God

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:42.199
 and up-building

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.739
 of the church.

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:44.400
 Let's take a moment

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:45.179
 in silence

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:46.259
 to reflect on His teaching

00:44:46.259 --> 00:44:47.619
 and then we'll respond

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.340
 by praying together.

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:48.440
 Amen.

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:19.259
 Hallelujah.

00:45:24.259 --> 00:45:25.199
 Hallelujah.

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:35.199
 Hallelujah.

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:35.599
 Hallelujah.

00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:36.860
 Amen.

00:45:36.860 --> 00:46:06.840
 Thank you.