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 Good morning.

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 For those of you who are visiting, my name is Sean.

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church,

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 and I have the privilege of preaching God's word on most weeks,

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 and we want to welcome you here.

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 The passage, of course, today is from 1 Corinthians 14.

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 We didn't choose this separately for this Sunday.

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 We've been going through this whole book as a series,

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 so this is really just the next passage in line,

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 and so we're speaking from 1 Corinthians 14 today.

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 Many churches and denominations throughout the world

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 actually are experiencing what they call charismatic renewal,

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 with more manifestations of the Holy Spirit becoming apparent in their midst.

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 And the manifestations of the Holy Spirit always seems to divide people into two camps,

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 to two sides, so to speak.

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 On the one hand, some people deny that the spiritual gifts are real manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

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 They point to the excesses that they see, manipulative tactics, and disorderly practices,

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 and they accuse the charismatics of zeal without knowledge.

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 On the other hand, people who accept the spiritual gifts point to the rigid formality

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 and the lifelessness of their spirituality, of the people who deny the spiritual gifts,

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 and then they accuse them of quenching the spirit, of despising prophecies.

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 And within this debate, the gift of tongues is usually the litmus test,

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 the test by which they determine which camp you belong to.

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 People who reject the gift of tongues see those who use it as raving charismatics,

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 and people who accept the gift of tongues see those who reject it as unspiritual legalists.

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 In order to understand how rightly to use the spiritual gifts and to understand them,

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 including the gift of tongues specifically,

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 it's imperative that we turn to Scripture, the Word of God itself, to govern our understanding,

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 so that we can have a faithful, balanced approach.

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 And in this passage, Paul gives us that.

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 He teaches us that we should use the spiritual gifts of utterance in understandable ways for the upbuilding of the church.

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 That's the main point of this sermon, that we should use the spiritual gifts of utterance in understandable ways for the upbuilding of the church.

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 The first point will be that it should be, spiritual gifts of utterance should be upbuilding, from verses 1 to 5.

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 And the second point will be that they should be understandable, from verses 6 to 25.

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 And so first, Paul teaches us that gifts of utterance should be upbuilding for the church.

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 So he begins with his thesis statement, really for the last three chapters, chapters 12, 13, and 14, in verse 1.

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 He says,

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 Pursue love and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

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 Just so you know, we don't put our main passages up on the screen because we want you to follow in your books, in your Bibles,

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 because that helps you practice using Scripture.

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 But also it shows you that we're not making stuff up, putting whatever we want up there.

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 You're actually seeing it from God's Word, and you see the full context of what's there.

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 So please use your Bibles to follow along.

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 So that verse 1 in chapter 13 is really the thesis statement for chapters 12, 13, and 14.

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 When he says,

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 Pursue love, he's referencing chapter 13, where he taught us that all the spiritual gifts are supposed to function in the context of love for one another.

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 And when he says,

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 Earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, he's referring back to chapter 12, where he gave us a list of spiritual gifts that functions, a representative list.

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 And then when he says, especially that you may prophesy, that he's talking about the higher gifts that he mentioned at the end of chapter 12.

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 The higher gifts are the gifts that have the greatest potential for building up the body of Christ.

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 So really this verse is a good summary of those three chapters.

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 So as believers, we are to pursue love above all things.

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 That's the first thing.

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 It's a good recap of last week's sermon.

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 Having all the spiritual gifts in their fullest measures would amount to nothing without love.

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 And that should be an encouragement to all of us, and especially those of you who might feel like you don't have very many spiritual gifts to bring to the table.

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 Because the gifts are temporary, but love is eternal.

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 Even if you don't possess many gifts of the Spirit, every Christian possesses the fruit of the Spirit.

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 And the chief and sum of that fruit of the Spirit is love.

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 And so you might be unable to prophesy.

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 You might not be able to teach, but you can love.

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 So don't be downcast.

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 Pursue love above all things.

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 Yet it would be a big mistake for us if we conclude from this that since love is supreme, the gifts are unnecessary.

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 Which some people do.

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 After his soaring teaching on love in chapter 13, we might expect Apostle Paul to begin chapter 14 this way, saying,

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 Pursue love and don't worry so much about the spiritual gifts.

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 We might expect them to begin that way, but that's not what he says.

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 Look at what he says.

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 Verse 1, chapter 14.

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 Pursue love and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

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 Theological error always seems to swing like a pendulum throughout history.

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 Going from one side of the extreme to the other.

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 But we need to avoid that.

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 Avoid overreacting, overcompensating, and be faithful.

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 And yes, don't be overzealous and misuse the gifts, but use the gifts in appropriate ways.

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 And Paul's not telling us here to pursue love instead of the spiritual gifts.

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 He's telling us that we should use the spiritual gifts in the context of love.

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 He's not saying that the gifts are unimportant, but that they are not as important as love.

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 And spiritual gifts, that means, are not some extraneous things, extra things that you could take or leave.

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 They are needful for the church.

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 And scripture commands us not only to desire it, but to earnestly desire it.

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 So are you obeying this commandment?

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 If you think that we can be a fine church without the spiritual gifts, then I'd like to know why you think that we can be just as healthy, disobeying God's commandment, as obeying God's commandment.

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 God tells us, earnestly desire the spiritual gifts.

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 Yes, pursue love above all things, but don't neglect the gifts.

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 Pray for the gifts.

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 Earnestly desire the gifts.

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 Learn about the gifts.

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 Ask our generous Heavenly Father for the gifts.

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 And among all the spiritual gifts, Paul adds that we should desire especially that we may prophesy.

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 And why this preference for prophecy among the other gifts?

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 Paul explains it in verses 2 to 3.

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 He says,

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 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men, but to God.

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 For no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the spirit.

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 On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.

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 The Corinthian believers were especially enamored with the gift of tongues.

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 And they boasted that they spoke in the tongues of angels.

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 And they were using the gift in a disruptive and disorderly way in the context of their corporate worship.

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 So Paul singles out the gift of tongues and kind of demotes it and elevates prophecy as a gift, as a higher gift that they should pursue.

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 And in order to understand his preference for prophecy over tongues, we need to define tongues and prophecy.

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 So let's do that first.

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 Gift of tongues.

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 Paul tells us three things about gift of tongues in verse 2.

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 First, a tongue is addressed to God and not to men.

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 Sometimes in charismatic circles, people say things like,

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 Hey, I received a message from God for you in tongues.

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 And then they'll say something in tongues, right?

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 But that cannot be true because biblically speaking, tongues is addressed to God and not to men.

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 So in that case, they probably have received prophecy.

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 And then now they're misusing that and thinking that and speaking in tongues,

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 that really has nothing to do with the word that they received for that person.

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 Paul in verse 14 says,

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 Tongues is like praying with his spirit and singing with his spirit, right?

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 When we speak in tongues, we are uttering prayers on the one hand or praises directed to God.

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 Unlike prophecy, which is directed to other people, tongues is addressed to God.

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 And this is a fundamental difference between those two gifts.

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 So that's the first thing it tells us about the gift of tongues.

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 Second, a tongue is not an intelligible language.

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 He calls it the utterance of mysteries, right?

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 What Paul means by mysteries is explained by the context.

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 He says,

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 For no one understands him, right?

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 Not even the speaker himself, right?

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 There's a lot of confusion about the gift of tongues.

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 And main reason for that is because in the Greek,

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 the word tongue and the word language are identical.

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 So sometimes people think maybe it just means another language, another human language, right?

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 And people get confused about that.

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 And usually the verse that comes up in talking about this is Acts 2-4.

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 I'll read the 4-8.

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 It says,

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 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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 This is at Pentecost when this happened.

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 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

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 And they were amazed and astonished, saying,

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 Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

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 And how is it that we hear each of us in his own native language?

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 So in Acts 2-4, I think this is most likely a reference to actual human languages, other human languages.

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 And the reason why I think that is because it says other tongues or other languages,

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 meaning it's a language that's other than the ones that they already spoke,

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 which is they spoke a human language.

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 This is another human language.

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 And then it says that they were able to understand.

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 So these Jews from all over the world who had gathered for Pentecost were able to understand what they were saying without interpretation, right?

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 Which gift of tongues requires.

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 So they were able to understand without interpretation.

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 And they understood it in their own native language.

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 So I think they're speaking various foreign tongues in this context.

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 And what's happening at Pentecost is this.

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 This is a once, kind of a once in, really history, kind of a phenomenon,

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 where it's a reversal of what happened at Genesis 11 at Babel.

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 You guys remember that story?

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 In Genesis, we went over that series.

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 So in Genesis 11, God, people are in their hubris constructing a tower to reach the heavens,

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 saying that they don't need God.

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 And God comes down and confuses their languages and scatters them so that they're unable to rebel against God, right?

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 So that's what God does in Babel.

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 What happens in Acts 2 is the exact reversal of that.

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 Now that Christ has died and he's risen, and the salvation is not for all people, not just the Jews.

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 So instead of people being scattered, they are gathered again to one place,

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 and they are able to understand each other in their foreign tongues.

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 So it's a reversal of Babel.

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 So it's what God's showing us is that now salvation, which had come to the Jews,

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 and now that salvation has come to all the Gentiles, and that's what's happening in Acts 2.

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 So that's why it's other human languages.

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 But that's different.

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 That's not what's going on here in 1 Corinthians 14.

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 That's a once in history kind of phenomenon that's actually shown.

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 It's a sign of that reversal of Babel.

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 What's going on in 1 Corinthians 14 is a gift that is given for the ongoing edification of the church.

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 And that's why I think here, if you look at what the Corinthians refer to it in 1 Corinthians 13 as tongue of angels,

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 and if the tongue is addressed to God primarily, it's not addressed to other people,

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 it would make sense for it to be not in an earthly language or a human language,

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 and they call it the tongue of angels.

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 And that's why also when in verse 10 Paul uses the analogy of human language to prove the importance of intelligibility

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 when you speak in tongues in the context of corporate worship,

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 he intentionally used a different word for language.

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 He doesn't use the same word as tongues.

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 And I think he's trying to distinguish the fact that it's not the same thing as another human language.

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 So first, to summarize up to this point, a tongue is addressed to God,

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 and it is an unintelligible non-human language.

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 Okay, so that's, again, if it were just another human language,

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 they'll tell us to go get a translator, right?

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 It doesn't do that.

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 It tells you to pray so that you can interpret,

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 because the gift of spiritual interpretation itself is a spiritual gift,

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 the gift of interpreting tongues.

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 So first, it's addressed to God.

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 Second, it's an unintangible non-human language.

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 Third, it's uttered in the Spirit.

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 It's uttered, it's an utterance enabled by the Holy Spirit.

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 It is a gift of the Spirit.

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 Therefore, people are in error when they try to teach people how to speak in tongues.

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 I don't know if you guys have been in churches where this happened.

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 I have been in churches that did that.

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 It's, they will say, you know, for example, it's like some Christian teachers will say,

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 hey, come, everybody gather here now.

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 You want to speak in tongues?

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 I can teach you how to speak in tongues.

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 All you need to do is say, hallelujah, really, really, really fast,

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 all over and over and over and over again.

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 And open your heart to the Spirit, and then He will start speaking in tongues.

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 Well, of course, I mean, it's possible that God can still, in His sovereignty,

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 give some people the actual gift of tongues during that time,

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 but it's not because they were babbling.

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 That's just babbling.

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 That's not the gift of tongues.

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 It's a gift that God gives.

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 It's not a skill that can be learned.

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 It's not just from twisting your tongues over and over again,

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 so that you say something that you don't know what you're saying.

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 That's not the gift of tongues.

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 It's something that God gives as a gift.

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 And that's why it says He utters mysteries in the Spirit.

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 And verse 14, Paul elaborates,

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 If I pray in a tongue, my spirit, my spirit prays,

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 but my mind is unfruitful.

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 This shows us that while we're speaking in tongues,

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 it's our spirit that prays, not our mind.

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 So whatever you're thinking about while praying in tongues

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 is not necessarily what you're saying.

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 It's a mystery that's unknown even to the speaker

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 apart from the gift of interpretation.

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 But nevertheless, it brings benefit to the speaker.

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 It edifies their spirit.

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 So there is a way this tells us that you can be built up in the spirit

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 even when our mental faculties are bypassed.

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 And that warns us against overly rationalistic understanding of spirituality.

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 We can be built up spiritually even when our mind is not engaged.

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 Though usually the way God works is that

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 we are transformed by the renewal of our minds,

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 as Romans 12.2 says.

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 So what about the gift of prophecy?

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 What is that?

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 In verse 3, he says,

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 On the other hand, the one who prophesies

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 speaks to people for their upbuilding

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 and encouragement and consolation.

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 Those who have the gift of prophecy

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 receive God's revelation,

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 interpret it,

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 and apply it for the sake of building up the church.

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 God is the God of truth,

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 and he is infallible in his words.

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 So his revelation itself is infallible,

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 but our interpretation and application of it is fallible.

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 In the same way,

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 the word of God can be misinterpreted,

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 misapplied by people, right?

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 So that's why prophecy needs to be tested.

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 And it frequently involves spontaneous knowledge

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 into people's circumstances and conditions,

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 and God gives it for people's upbuilding,

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 encouragement, and consolation.

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 Throughout this passage,

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 Paul mentions the importance of building up one another six times,

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 and that's really his overarching concern.

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 We need to help the church grow with this.

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 And that's what he means by upbuilding.

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 And the other two words,

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 encouragement and consolation,

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 are related words.

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 They are sometimes used interchangeably,

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 but the word encouragement has a specific nuance

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 of exhorting someone towards something,

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 and consolation has a specific nuance

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 of comforting someone.

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 So really, with those two words,

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 Paul probably has in mind

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 a full range of verbal exhortation and encouragement.

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 So we can translate that as both conviction and consolation.

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 It both convicts prophecy

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 and consoles and converts.

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 That's comforts.

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 That's what a prophecy does.

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 Sometime last year,

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 and toward the end of the year,

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 one of our members had a prophetic word

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 based in Psalm 68, 5 to 6.

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 It read,

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 Father of the fatherless

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 and a protector of widows is God

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 in his holy habitation.

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 God settles the solitary in a home.

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 He leads out the prisoners to prosperity.

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 And the prophecy was that

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 God wants to comfort those

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 who have felt lonely and solitary

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 and have for a long time

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 a desire to be placed in a home and a family.

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 That was the prophecy that was shared

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 in that context called the worship.

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 And it turned out that unbeknownst to us

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 at the time that was shared,

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 we had two guests

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 who were visiting our services for the first time

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 that Sunday

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 who were both really past marriageable age,

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 single woman who had for a long time

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 wanted to be placed in a home,

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 in a family.

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 And God was speaking to them,

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 comforting them,

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 saying,

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 I see you.

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 You're part of my family.

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 I'm your father.

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 So that's an example of how God uses that,

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 uses prophecy in the context

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 of our corporate worship.

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 And there's a popular misconception

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 that prophecy is about foretelling the future.

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 And in actuality,

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 less than 10% of prophecies

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 contained in scripture

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 actually predict the future.

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 Yes, it can predict the future,

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 but it certainly includes foretelling.

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 But even more importantly,

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 it includes foretelling.

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 It's about telling the truth,

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 the spiritual truth,

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 the reality as it is presently.

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 That's why it's given for the consolation

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 of building and consolation

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 and encouragement of the people now.

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 It's given for our edification presently.

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 So it has to have significance for the present,

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 even if it foretells the future.

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 And these differences between tongues and prophecy,

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 I explained Paul's preference for prophecy

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 in verses four to five.

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 He says,

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 the one who speaks in a tongue

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 builds up himself,

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 but the one who prophesies

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 builds up the church.

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 Now I want you all to speak in tongues,

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 but even more to prophesy.

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 The one who prophesies is greater

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 than the one who speaks in tongues,

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 unless someone interprets

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 so that the church may be built up.

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 Note that Paul is not discouraging

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 speaking in tongues in general,

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 but only in the context of corporate worship.

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 The gift of tongues is highly useful.

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 It is of great personal spiritual benefit

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 to the speaker,

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 and as such,

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 it is a gift that should be eagerly desired.

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 But Paul says,

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 now I want you,

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 that's why he says,

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 I want you all to speak in tongues.

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 But some people actually argue from this,

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 this is a slight aside,

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 that all people should and can speak in tongues,

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 since Paul says,

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 now I want you all to speak in tongues.

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 But I will note that saying that you want someone,

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 you want everyone to speak in tongues

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 is not the same thing as saying

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 that everyone can speak in tongues.

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 And I think Paul made it very clear

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 in chapter 12,

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 well actually,

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 if you look at chapter 7,

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 verse 7,

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 he says,

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 I wish it all were as I myself am,

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 he's talking about his gift of celibacy,

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 but each has his own gift from God,

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 one of one kind and one of another.

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 So he's clearly saying,

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 he wants everyone to have the gift of celibacy,

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 but not everyone has it, right?

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 I think that's the same thing with the gift of tongues.

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 He says in chapter 12, 29 to 30,

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 are all apostles,

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 are all prophets,

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 are all teachers,

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 do all work miracles,

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 do all possess gifts of healing,

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 do all speak with tongues,

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 do all interpret?

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 And from that context of the passage,

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 the obvious answer is no.

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 No, not everyone's an apostle.

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 Not everyone speaks in tongues.

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 Not everyone interprets.

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 And that's why we need the church,

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 the body of Christ,

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 so we all do our own part to build up the body,

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 because we're interdependent,

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 not interchangeable,

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 because we are given different gifts

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 that are supposed to function

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 in the context of the church.

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 That's the whole point of the imagery

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 of the body of Christ.

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 And so he's not saying that everyone can

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 and should speak in tongues.

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 He wants everyone,

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 because he knows it's edifying in that way.

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 And so that's the difference,

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 really, between prophecy and tongues.

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 And he wants especially that we should prophesy.

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 The problem is not tongues in and of itself,

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 but tongues without interpretation,

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 because it doesn't edify anyone.

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 And so with that, he says,

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 saying that having told us

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 that the spiritual gifts of utterance

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 should be up-building,

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 he turns to the way

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 in which it should be understandable,

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 because without it being understandable,

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 it will not be up-building.

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 So look at verses,

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 look at verse 6 with me.

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 He says,

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 Now, brothers,

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 if I come to you speak 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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 So he's listing all the gifts of utterance, right?

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 Revelation is communicated through prophecy.

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 Knowledge is communicated through teaching.

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 He's saying these are gifts

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 that are given for the benefit of the church,

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 and the tongues is singled out here,

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 because it's the only gift

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 out of all the gifts of utterance

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 that does not bring any edification

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 without interpretation.

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 And that's why he says,

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 don't use tongues in the context of corporate worship

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 unless you have interpretation.

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 And then he deliberately explains

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 why he deliberately abstained

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 from using tongues himself

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 in a series of analogies

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 in verses 7 to 8.

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 He says,

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 If even lifeless instruments,

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 such as the flute or the harp,

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 do not give distinct notes,

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 how will anyone know what is played?

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 And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound,

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 who will get ready for battle?

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 If a guitar is out of tune, right?

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 So that a G string sounds like an A string

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 and an E string sounds like a D string,

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 it really doesn't matter how skilled you are,

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 and it really doesn't matter

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 what kind of masterpiece

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 you're playing on the guitar.

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 No one's going to know what you're playing,

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 because it's indistinct.

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 The notes don't make any sense.

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 In the same way,

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 if you don't know how to play

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 brass instruments like a trumpet,

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 I don't know how to blow one,

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 or like,

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 I don't know if you've ever tried it.

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 It's kind of fun to try to blow a trumpet

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 when you don't know how to blow a trumpet.

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 All you do is you don't produce any sound.

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 You just produce a lot of spit and noise, right?

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 Just trying to blow on something

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 that you can't blow.

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 And so if you blow a trumpet

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 with an indistinct sound like that,

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 will the army come,

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 march into battle?

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 Will the army gather for the battle?

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 No, it'll just cause confusion.

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 They'll be like,

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 wait, is that supposed to be the signal or what?

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 I mean, you don't know.

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 That's what Paul is trying to say.

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 So, so with yourselves,

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 Paul says in verse 9,

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 If with your tongue you utter speech

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 that is not intelligible,

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 how will anyone know what is said?

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 For you will be speaking into the air.

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 Tongues without interpretation is unintelligible,

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 and therefore people won't know

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 what to make of it.

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 It'd be no different from speaking into the air.

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 Paul continues with another analogy

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 that's even closer to the point.

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 In verse 10 to 12,

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 There are doubtless many different languages

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 in the world,

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 and none is without meaning.

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 But if I do not know the meaning of the language,

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 I will be a foreigner to the speaker,

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 and the speaker a foreigner to me.

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 So with yourselves,

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 since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit,

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 strive to excel in building up the church.

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 You won't do someone any good

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 by speaking to them in a language

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 that you don't understand.

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 Right?

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 It'll just become gibberish.

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 Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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 Right?

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 And likewise,

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 you won't do any good for the church

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 by speaking in tongues without interpretation.

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 And the fact that Paul uses speaking in a foreign language,

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 it's foreign human language,

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 as an analogy to further prove

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 that the gift of tongues is not a human language.

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 Right?

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 Because when you use an analogy,

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 an analogy is something that is similar,

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 not identical to what you're trying to prove.

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 Right?

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 So here he's trying to prove

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 with the analogy of the human language

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 that the gift of tongues

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 should be also used with interpretation.

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 Therefore, Paul continues in verse 13,

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 One who speaks in a tongue

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 should pray that he may interpret.

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 It's not saying don't speak in tongues at all.

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 Pray.

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 Seek the gift of interpretation

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 so that you can use your gift of tongues.

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 I do know of churches within our denomination

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 that have people that have the ability

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 to give interpret tongues,

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 and they use it.

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 We don't use it in our church

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 because so far I'm not aware of anyone

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 who can interpret tongues.

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 And I pray that we get it.

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 I've been praying for our church for that.

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 I've been praying for our church

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 for prophecy as well.

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 We have people who speak in tongues.

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 We just don't have people who interpret.

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 And otherwise, Paul says in verse 16 to 17,

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 If you give thanks with your spirit,

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 how can anyone in the position of an outsider

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 say amen to your thanksgiving

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 when he does not know what you are saying?

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 For you may be giving thanks well enough,

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 but the other person is not being built up.

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 The word outsider is a word

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 that ordinarily means non-expert.

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 And Paul's referring to Christians

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:45.299
 who do not understand tongues

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:47.539
 because they don't have the gift of interpretation here.

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:50.179
 These people are unable to say amen

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:53.460
 in response to the thanksgiving uttered in tongues.

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:55.379
 And during corporate worship,

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:57.539
 Christians have historically expressed

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:59.579
 their endorsement and affirmation

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:01.139
 of what is being said or sung

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.740
 by saying amen,

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:04.200
 which is a Hebrew word

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:06.439
 that means surely, truly.

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:09.080
 And that, by the way,

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:12.660
 is a practice that I would love to reclaim in our church

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:15.799
 so that when you hear something

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:18.059
 that is true,

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:20.740
 that is resonating with your soul,

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.259
 you say amen,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:24.259
 and you affirm

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.039
 and you endorse

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.039
 and I think

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:28.680
 but if you don't understand

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.359
 what is being said,

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.759
 of course,

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.619
 you can't affirm

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.720
 what someone is saying

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:34.200
 so you can't say amen.

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.900
 That's what he's saying.

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.900
 Sure, the person who is speaking in tongues

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:39.180
 may very well be giving thanks

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:41.099
 and it may be some wonderful thanksgiving

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.759
 that he's doing

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.940
 in the gift of tongues,

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.940
 but regardless,

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.799
 the other person

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:46.879
 is not being built up.

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.900
 And you could be edifying yourself,

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.340
 all right,

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.700
 but you're not edifying anyone else.

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.280
 And that's really the crux of the issue.

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:54.980
 Corporate worship,

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.180
 and this is important,

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.980
 it's not about

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.820
 your personal time of worship.

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:05.640
 And this is what's wrong

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:08.280
 with the widespread consumeristic attitude

00:27:08.280 --> 00:27:10.660
 that Christians have toward church

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.600
 and toward worship.

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:14.600
 Corporate worship is neither about you

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:17.480
 nor for you as an individual.

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.960
 It's not about

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.980
 whether you get a lot

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:21.059
 out of the sermon or not.

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.960
 It's not about

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.180
 whether you like the songs

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.059
 that they sang or not.

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.720
 If corporate worship exists

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.339
 for your personal gratification

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.360
 and edification,

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:30.000
 then you could just stay home

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.980
 and listen to a podcast

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.120
 of a celebrity preacher

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:35.039
 who preaches much better than I do.

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.240
 And you could stay home

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.360
 and listen to music,

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.039
 Christian worship songs

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.079
 that are done professionally,

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:42.700
 if that's what this is all about.

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.519
 And in fact,

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:45.160
 that's exactly what thousands

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.799
 of Christians in the country do

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:48.859
 because they don't understand

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:51.240
 the purpose of corporate worship.

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:55.139
 Corporate worship is corporate

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:56.759
 for the reason that it serves

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.000
 not to build up an individual Christian,

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:01.419
 but to build up the whole church together.

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:04.839
 We gather as the church.

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:07.779
 The church means a gathering of people,

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:10.299
 not as a group of individual Christians.

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:12.359
 We come not for me,

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.639
 but for us,

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.780
 for each other

00:28:14.780 --> 00:28:16.280
 so that we can remind one another

00:28:16.280 --> 00:28:17.160
 of God's truths,

00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:18.980
 so that we can stir up one another

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.740
 to love and good deeds,

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:22.520
 so that we can build up one another

00:28:22.520 --> 00:28:23.860
 with our gifts.

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:25.500
 We have a part to play

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:27.220
 when we gather as a corporate church.

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:31.800
 That's why Paul so vigorously

00:28:31.800 --> 00:28:33.780
 opposes speaking in tongues

00:28:33.780 --> 00:28:34.700
 without interpretation

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.600
 during corporate worship.

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:40.559
 Unless they think that Paul's

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.000
 discouraging the use of tongues

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.939
 merely because he himself

00:28:43.939 --> 00:28:45.000
 doesn't have the gift,

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:47.899
 he adds this in verses 18 to 19.

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.119
 What a shocker.

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:52.039
 I thank God

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:54.419
 that I speak in tongues

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.959
 more than all of you.

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.740
 Nevertheless,

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.639
 in church,

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:02.159
 I would rather speak five words

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.720
 with my mind

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:05.300
 in order to instruct others

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:07.600
 to have 10,000 words

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.080
 in a tongue.

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:11.000
 That's a singer, right?

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.820
 Far from being unable

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.519
 to speak in tongues,

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.640
 Paul insists that he speaks

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:17.160
 in tongues more than all of them.

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.420
 This shows us again

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.519
 that tongues is a good gift

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.180
 that we should use.

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.560
 And that's probably a statement

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:22.540
 to make to the Corinthians

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:23.240
 in particular

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:25.100
 because they're boasting in this.

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.420
 They're like,

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:27.160
 oh, we speak the tongues of angels

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.920
 and they're speaking

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:29.240
 even out of turn

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.800
 in all kinds of disorderly ways

00:29:30.800 --> 00:29:31.300
 in the context

00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:32.019
 of corporate worship.

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.980
 And Paul tells these people

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.480
 who are really raving

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.840
 about this gift,

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.000
 I speak in tongues

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.080
 more than all of you.

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:43.820
 I think there's some

00:29:43.820 --> 00:29:44.960
 hyperpile there, right?

00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:46.240
 But he's making a point.

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.360
 He's saying,

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:49.100
 I would rather speak five words

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.700
 with my mind

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.580
 in order to instruct others

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:52.620
 than 10,000 words in a tongue.

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.740
 Just as some people say

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.800
 a picture is worth

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.800
 a thousand words.

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.759
 In the context

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.660
 of corporate worship,

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:59.460
 five intelligible words

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.960
 are better than 10,000

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.960
 unintelligible words

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.360
 in the tongue.

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.140
 So we should use

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.860
 the spiritual gifts

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.500
 of utterance

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:07.240
 in understandable ways

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.980
 for the upbuilding

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.559
 of the church.

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.759
 And this is not only

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.759
 for the sake of believers,

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.740
 which Paul's talked about

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.340
 up to this point.

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:15.420
 In verses 20 to 25,

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.620
 he tells the Corinthian church

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.400
 why it's essential

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.420
 that the spiritual gifts

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.539
 are understandable,

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.680
 not only for the sake

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.059
 of believers,

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.180
 but also for the sake

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.940
 of unbelievers

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.539
 in their midst.

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.960
 He says,

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.339
 Brothers,

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.940
 do not be children

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.599
 in your thinking.

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.519
 Be infants in evil,

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.379
 but in your thinking

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.240
 be mature.

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.839
 Paul's bringing

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:35.119
 the prideful Corinthians

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:36.059
 down a notch.

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.460
 He's telling them

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.940
 that even though

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.440
 they boasted

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.779
 in their spiritual maturity,

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:41.139
 Paul compares them

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:42.359
 to an immature child.

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:46.240
 And this is

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.659
 Theodoret of Cyrus.

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.200
 He's a 5th century

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.819
 Christian pastor.

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.879
 He summarizes

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.539
 really helpfully.

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.940
 Do not emulate

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:54.019
 children's ignorance,

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:55.019
 but their innocence.

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.319
 Do not possess

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.680
 grown-ups' wickedness,

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.599
 but their shrewdness.

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.359
 When it comes

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:02.220
 to their thinking

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.240
 about prophecy

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.839
 and tongues,

00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:05.139
 they should be mature,

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.119
 not children.

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.500
 And Paul's about

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:10.119
 to quote Isaiah 28,

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.180
 11 to 12,

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.259
 as his final argument

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.259
 for why the Corinthians

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.700
 should not speak

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.000
 in tongues

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.879
 without interpretation

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.359
 in the context

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.059
 of corporate worship.

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:19.619
 And in that same passage,

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:21.159
 just before those verses

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.680
 that he quotes.

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.759
 In Isaiah 28, 9,

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.240
 the Jewish leaders

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.620
 mock prophet Isaiah

00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:27.640
 by saying that

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.779
 his message to them

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.920
 is infantile.

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.400
 He says to them

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.519
 that his audience

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.120
 must be,

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.500
 quote,

00:31:33.560 --> 00:31:34.580
 those who are weaned

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.180
 from the milk,

00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:36.920
 those taken from the breast.

00:31:37.560 --> 00:31:38.560
 So by comparing

00:31:38.560 --> 00:31:39.200
 the Corinthians

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.980
 to children,

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.580
 I think he already

00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:42.140
 has Isaiah 28 in mind,

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.340
 he's warning them

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.600
 that they are treating him

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:45.620
 like the Jews

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:46.840
 treated prophet Isaiah,

00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:48.680
 in thinking that

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.279
 he's immature

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.980
 because he doesn't

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.980
 teach them about tongues

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:52.460
 and things like that

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:54.079
 with the Corinthian church.

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.359
 And then he quotes

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.119
 the actual verse.

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.359
 He says,

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:58.660
 By people of strange tongues,

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:00.379
 by the lips of foreigners

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.940
 will I speak to this people,

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.279
 and even then

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.779
 they will not listen to me,

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.559
 says the Lord.

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.859
 In this original context,

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.799
 God was declaring

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.779
 to his people

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:11.579
 that since they refused

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.500
 to listen to him

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.859
 when he spoke to them

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.319
 in a language

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.279
 that they understand,

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.399
 that they will hear

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.880
 the voice of God's judgment

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:19.660
 in the barbarian languages

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:21.460
 of the Assyrian invaders.

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:23.460
 Israel will be conquered

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.420
 by Assyria,

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:25.800
 and the foreign language

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.540
 that they hear

00:32:26.540 --> 00:32:27.540
 in their own land

00:32:27.540 --> 00:32:28.800
 will be a sign for them

00:32:28.800 --> 00:32:29.560
 of judgment,

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.840
 alienation,

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:32.000
 and exclusion.

00:32:33.040 --> 00:32:33.660
 Do you follow

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.680
 the original context?

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.540
 In Isaiah,

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:37.880
 because this foreign nation

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.800
 has occupied them,

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.620
 and they're speaking

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.040
 a language

00:32:40.040 --> 00:32:40.820
 that they don't understand,

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.519
 that will be a sign

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.220
 to the Israelites

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:44.340
 that God has rejected them,

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:46.459
 that they're alienated.

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.240
 It's the language

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.500
 that they're excluded

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.459
 because they don't understand.

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.699
 And using that illustration,

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.619
 historical illustration,

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.939
 Paul argues in verse 22,

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:56.039
 thus tongues are a sign

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.459
 not for believers

00:32:57.459 --> 00:32:58.759
 but for unbelievers,

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.899
 while prophecy is a sign

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:02.059
 not for unbelievers

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:03.459
 but for believers.

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.419
 By speaking

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:07.399
 in unintelligible tongues

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:08.819
 without interpreting it

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.699
 during corporate worship,

00:33:10.959 --> 00:33:11.899
 the Corinthian church

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:13.699
 is unwittingly projecting

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.920
 a sign of judgment,

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.259
 of exclusion,

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.840
 and of alienation

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.960
 to the unbelievers

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.680
 in their midst.

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.660
 Far from being

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.779
 a positive sign

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:25.460
 of their spiritual maturity,

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.880
 oh, we're speaking in tongues,

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:28.200
 look, come look at me.

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.759
 No, it's not a sign

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.160
 for believers,

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.460
 it's a sign for unbelievers.

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:33.319
 You're excluding them

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.519
 and projecting to them

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.840
 a sign of God's judgment.

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.480
 So he says,

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.220
 don't do that.

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.279
 In contrast,

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.600
 prophecy is a sign

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.980
 not for unbelievers

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.759
 but for believers.

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.419
 When there is prophecy,

00:33:46.699 --> 00:33:47.779
 when God's speaking

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.939
 to us in our midst,

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.779
 it's a sign

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:51.399
 that God is with us,

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.419
 that he's speaking

00:33:52.419 --> 00:33:53.199
 through us.

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:53.899
 Therefore,

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.639
 it serves as a positive sign

00:33:55.639 --> 00:33:57.079
 of God's presence

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.959
 and involvement

00:33:57.959 --> 00:33:58.740
 with his people

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.699
 so that unbelievers

00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.299
 who are in our midst

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.639
 say,

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.199
 look at that

00:34:01.199 --> 00:34:01.480
 and say,

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.419
 God is with you.

00:34:02.939 --> 00:34:04.159
 Surely God is in this place.

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.219
 It's a sign

00:34:05.219 --> 00:34:05.980
 of God's presence

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:07.000
 for the believers.

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.959
 That's why it's a sign

00:34:07.959 --> 00:34:09.039
 for believers.

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:11.900
 Then in verses 23 to 24,

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.159
 Paul contrasts

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.219
 the respective effects

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:15.199
 of uninterpreted tongues

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.980
 on the one hand

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.500
 in prophecy

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.619
 and on the other hand

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.360
 for unbelievers.

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.599
 Read with me.

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.300
 It says,

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.119
 if, therefore,

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.360
 the whole church

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.000
 comes together

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:24.199
 and all speak in tongues

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.880
 and outsiders

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:26.239
 or unbelievers enter,

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.539
 will they not say

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.300
 that you are out

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.880
 of your mind?

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.279
 That's pretty

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:31.579
 self-explanatory, right?

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.800
 If all people

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.980
 break out all of a sudden

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:35.079
 in tongues simultaneously,

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.500
 outsiders and unbelievers

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.599
 visiting our service

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.239
 would think

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.619
 that we're all crazy.

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:42.159
 And I think this verse

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:43.420
 effectively prohibits

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.799
 many people simultaneously

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.880
 praying in tongues

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.539
 as happens

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.279
 in some churches.

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.739
 But if all prophesy

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:53.599
 and an unbeliever

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.759
 or outsider enters,

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:56.480
 he is convicted by all,

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.319
 he is called

00:34:57.319 --> 00:34:58.299
 to account by all,

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.639
 the secret of his heart

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.339
 are disclosed

00:35:00.339 --> 00:35:01.480
 and so falling

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.259
 on his face,

00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:03.319
 he will worship God

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:04.679
 and declare that God

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.980
 is really among you.

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:08.099
 Since prophecy

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.500
 is assigned

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.139
 for believers

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:10.039
 of God's presence

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.619
 among them,

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.800
 even unbelievers

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.639
 in our midst

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.860
 would be convinced,

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.719
 convicted,

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.920
 and acknowledged

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.440
 that God

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:18.559
 is really among us.

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:21.300
 Tongues without interpretation

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:22.240
 will drive

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:23.159
 unbelievers away,

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.139
 but prophecy

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:25.000
 will draw them in.

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:27.000
 Tongues without interpretation

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:28.099
 will convince believers

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:29.119
 that we're all crazy,

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.280
 but prophecy

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:31.179
 will convince them

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:32.219
 that God is real

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:33.360
 and with us.

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:36.220
 A couple weeks ago,

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.340
 I used an illustration

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:39.039
 from Charles Spurgeon's

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.740
 autobiography

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:42.840
 and there's many instances

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.280
 of this

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.340
 and here's another one

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:45.559
 that I can tell you about.

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.420
 I like to quote

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.000
 from Spurgeon

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:48.019
 because he's a very

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.140
 sober-minded guy,

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.320
 not someone that you

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.820
 would expect

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:52.480
 to be using these gifts

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.300
 and he,

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.140
 I think it seems,

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:55.320
 appears to have used

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.660
 these gifts

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.360
 without even knowing

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.880
 that that's what

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.380
 he was doing.

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:59.260
 But this is an account.

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.840
 He says,

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:01.140
 While preaching in the hall

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.900
 on one occasion,

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:04.320
 I deliberately pointed

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.820
 to a man in the midst

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.360
 of the crowd

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:08.000
 and said,

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.980
 There is a man sitting there

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.940
 who is a shoemaker.

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.700
 He keeps his shop open

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.380
 on Sundays.

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.720
 It was open

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:16.079
 last Sabbath morning.

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.800
 He took nine pence

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.840
 and there was

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.760
 four pence profit

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.240
 out of it.

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.740
 His soul is sold

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.119
 to Satan

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:23.160
 for four pence.

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.340
 A city missionary,

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:27.000
 when going his rounds,

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.840
 met with this man

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.559
 and seeing that he was

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.680
 reading one of my sermons,

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.680
 he asked the question,

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:32.339
 Do you know Mr. Spurgeon?

00:36:32.899 --> 00:36:33.259
 Yes,

00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:33.940
 replied the man.

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:35.179
 I have every reason

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.719
 to know him.

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.079
 I have been to hear him

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:38.019
 and under his preaching

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.879
 by God's grace

00:36:38.879 --> 00:36:40.079
 I have become a new creature

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.899
 in Christ Jesus.

00:36:41.379 --> 00:36:41.960
 Shall I tell you

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.519
 how it happened?

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:44.279
 I went to the music hall

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:45.199
 and took my seat

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:46.099
 in the middle of the place.

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.859
 Mr. Spurgeon looked at me

00:36:47.859 --> 00:36:48.699
 as if he knew me

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.639
 and in his sermon

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.399
 he pointed to me

00:36:50.399 --> 00:36:51.440
 and told the congregation

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.659
 that I was a shoemaker

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:54.279
 and that I kept my shop

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:55.159
 open on Sundays.

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.599
 And I did, sir.

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:58.559
 I should not have minded that,

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.659
 but he also said

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.799
 that I took nine pence

00:37:00.799 --> 00:37:01.659
 that Sunday before

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.980
 and that there was

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:04.500
 four pence profit out of it.

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:06.639
 I did take nine pence that day

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.340
 and four pence

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:08.420
 was just the profit.

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:10.199
 But how he should know that

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:11.460
 I could not tell.

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.440
 Then it struck me

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.340
 that it was God

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.960
 who had spoken

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.299
 to my soul through him.

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:18.119
 So I shut up my shop

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.880
 the next Sunday.

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.239
 At first,

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.480
 I was afraid to go again

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.059
 to hear him

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.759
 lest he should tell

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.920
 the people more about me.

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:24.920
 But afterwards,

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:26.440
 I went and the Lord

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.500
 met with me

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:30.519
 and saved my soul.

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:35.420
 The secrets of his heart

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.539
 were disclosed

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:38.300
 and so that shoemaker

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:39.340
 repented of his sins

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:40.840
 and submitted himself to God.

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:43.320
 Don't you long for that

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:44.639
 to happen in our Sunday gatherings?

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:48.680
 I pray for this gift

00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.340
 for myself

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:51.099
 and for our church regularly

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:52.280
 because I imagine,

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.639
 I can imagine so many ways

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.379
 in which this gift

00:37:54.379 --> 00:37:55.460
 could build up our church.

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:58.619
 So pursue love.

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.239
 Earnestly desire

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.839
 the spiritual gifts,

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:02.619
 especially that you may prophesy.

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:03.679
 In fact,

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.420
 I already know

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.639
 that several of you have

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:07.460
 and probably more of you

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:09.159
 have the gift of prophecy.

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.739
 And just like we have

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.799
 the music ministry

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.579
 for people who are gifted

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.119
 in music

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:15.099
 and hospitality ministry

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.379
 for people who are gifted

00:38:16.379 --> 00:38:16.980
 in hospitality

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.980
 and creative ministry,

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.699
 people who are gifted

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:20.059
 creatively and so on,

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:21.099
 we hope to create

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:22.319
 a prophetic ministry team

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:24.039
 with people

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:25.700
 who have the gift

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.260
 with the goal

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:27.280
 of utilizing this gift

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:28.080
 to greater effect

00:38:28.080 --> 00:38:28.620
 in our church.

00:38:29.120 --> 00:38:29.980
 So if you think

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.600
 you might have

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.460
 the gift of prophecy,

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:33.039
 maybe you have

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:34.080
 very vivid dreams

00:38:34.080 --> 00:38:35.019
 that you think

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.840
 might be from God

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:37.140
 or you have

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:38.480
 these spontaneous words

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:38.980
 or phrases

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.460
 or images

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:40.080
 that pop up

00:38:40.080 --> 00:38:40.720
 in your mind

00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:42.280
 and you think

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:43.340
 that might be from God,

00:38:43.700 --> 00:38:45.220
 please meet with me

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:46.240
 over by the piano

00:38:46.240 --> 00:38:46.900
 after the service

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:47.559
 for a few minutes.

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.820
 I have a few books

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:50.920
 that I want to give you guys

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.059
 and also want to

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.860
 get together again

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.400
 to practice

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.099
 and to pray

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.840
 and for the gifts,

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.920
 for strengthening of the gift

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:59.059
 and have a more systematic way

00:38:59.059 --> 00:39:00.179
 of actually using the gift

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:01.480
 so that it just doesn't become

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.299
 a haphazard thing.

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:04.940
 So we should use

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.579
 the spiritual gifts

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.039
 of utterance

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:07.000
 in understandable ways

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.579
 for the upbuilding

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.159
 of the church

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:09.539
 and that's great

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.599
 but of course

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:11.599
 that's easier said

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.239
 than done, right?

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.699
 When we receive

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.619
 a good gift,

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.599
 especially something

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:17.619
 that seems spectacular,

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.179
 right?

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.099
 Like the gift of tongues

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.579
 for example

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.880
 because it's so strange,

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.099
 right?

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.900
 And that's why I think

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.739
 it's fascinated people

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.440
 for so long.

00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:27.819
 Our natural sinful tendency

00:39:27.819 --> 00:39:28.599
 is to be selfish

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:30.579
 and to be self-centered

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:31.659
 and for that reason

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.420
 we could

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:34.380
 and to show it off

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:34.779
 to others

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.940
 even when it doesn't edify

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.759
 or build up anyone.

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.219
 And that's why

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.859
 we can only

00:39:39.859 --> 00:39:41.420
 follow this teaching

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.400
 and use the gifts

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:44.079
 as they ought to be used

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:45.079
 when we follow

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.659
 the pattern

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.460
 of Jesus

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.099
 who,

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.779
 it says in Mark 10 45,

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:51.460
 came not to be served

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.880
 but to serve

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.819
 and to give

00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:54.719
 his life

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.639
 as a ransom

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.559
 for many.

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.119
 Right?

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.559
 Jesus deserved

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.299
 all the credit

00:40:02.299 --> 00:40:03.039
 and glory

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.940
 and honor

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.880
 he could receive

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.400
 the work

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:06.679
 the world could give him

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.400
 but instead

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.719
 he chose to die

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.759
 for our sins.

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.279
 He took our shame.

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.799
 He took our dishonor.

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:15.199
 He died on the cross

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:17.019
 and Jesus lived

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:18.079
 every second

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.679
 of his life

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.759
 not for himself

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:21.719
 for his own glory

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.500
 but for the glory

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.079
 of his father

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:24.380
 so that he could give

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.059
 his life

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:26.000
 as a ransom

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.940
 for us

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:28.840
 and we are saved

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.539
 from our sins

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.739
 not because we earned

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:31.840
 the right to be saved

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:33.400
 but because we freely

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.799
 receive the gift

00:40:34.799 --> 00:40:35.619
 of salvation

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.759
 that Christ

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.699
 procured

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:38.699
 for us.

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.539
 And every

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.460
 spiritual gift

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.039
 received

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:43.340
 tongues

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:44.019
 prophecy

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:45.059
 they all flow

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:46.159
 from that first

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:47.320
 initial gift

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:48.579
 of salvation.

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.340
 So if you're an

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.940
 unbeliever

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:53.019
 who is hearing

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.420
 this message

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.139
 for the first time

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.779
 you chose

00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:55.639
 quite the service

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.279
 to be with us

00:40:56.279 --> 00:40:57.619
 for learning

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.259
 about these gifts

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:58.639
 that you probably

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.380
 never heard of

00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:01.279
 but

00:41:01.279 --> 00:41:02.900
 before you can

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.420
 receive any

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:04.159
 of these gifts

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:05.679
 you must first

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.860
 receive the giver

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:08.619
 have a relationship

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:09.440
 with the God

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:10.159
 who is the giver

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:11.239
 of all these gifts

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:12.279
 and who is

00:41:12.279 --> 00:41:13.299
 the source

00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:14.460
 it's his generosity

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.359
 his love

00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:16.659
 that is the fountainhead

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:17.519
 of all these gifts

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:19.119
 and the greatest gift

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.559
 of all

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:21.019
 is not these gifts

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:22.359
 but the gift

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:23.319
 of his son

00:41:23.319 --> 00:41:24.399
 Jesus Christ

00:41:24.399 --> 00:41:25.460
 who died

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.139
 for our sins

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:27.079
 to save us.

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:32.899
 And for those of you

00:41:32.899 --> 00:41:33.779
 who are already

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:34.699
 followers of Christ

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:36.899
 I want to give you

00:41:36.899 --> 00:41:37.439
 some hope

00:41:37.439 --> 00:41:40.159
 Romans 8.32

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.839
 says

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:41.879
 He who did not

00:41:41.879 --> 00:41:43.759
 spare his own son

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:45.199
 but gave him up

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:46.299
 for us all

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:47.779
 how will he not

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:48.879
 also with him

00:41:48.879 --> 00:41:49.859
 graciously

00:41:49.859 --> 00:41:51.179
 give us all

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:52.359
 things

00:41:52.359 --> 00:41:56.500
 these are good gifts

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:58.199
 that God tells us

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.879
 to earnestly

00:41:58.879 --> 00:41:59.980
 desire

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:03.240
 when my child

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:03.840
 comes to me

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.619
 and asks for

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.380
 something that's

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:06.099
 good for her

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:07.440
 she knows

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.159
 and expects

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.579
 that I would

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.179
 give it to her

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:11.019
 because I never

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.800
 withhold anything

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.920
 that's bad for her

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:17.300
 that's good

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:17.699
 for her

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.019
 I mean

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:21.199
 it's so funny

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:23.599
 so she knows

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:24.179
 and she would be

00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:24.579
 really

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:26.000
 quite sad

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.440
 if I

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.219
 refused her

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.639
 something that

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:28.240
 is good for her

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:30.759
 so we're God's

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.119
 children

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:32.239
 and he tells us

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:32.759
 these gifts

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:33.639
 are good for us

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:34.539
 he wants us

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.979
 to give them

00:42:34.979 --> 00:42:35.379
 for us

00:42:35.379 --> 00:42:36.099
 and if he

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:37.039
 did not withhold

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:38.500
 his only son

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.739
 for our salvation

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.899
 would he not

00:42:40.899 --> 00:42:41.559
 generously

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.779
 liberally

00:42:42.779 --> 00:42:43.959
 give his good

00:42:43.959 --> 00:42:44.859
 gifts to us

00:42:44.859 --> 00:42:46.379
 so seek it

00:42:46.379 --> 00:42:47.859
 pursue love

00:42:47.859 --> 00:42:48.659
 earnestly

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:49.379
 desire the spiritual

00:42:49.379 --> 00:42:49.659
 gifts

00:42:49.659 --> 00:42:50.299
 especially

00:42:50.299 --> 00:42:51.099
 that you

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:51.939
 may prophesy

00:42:51.939 --> 00:42:56.479
 let's take a

00:42:56.479 --> 00:42:57.079
 moment of

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.679
 silence

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:59.099
 to reflect

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.579
 on this

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.179
 to pray

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:00.699
 for this

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:02.019
 and respond

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.379
 by

00:43:02.379 --> 00:43:03.759
 with the

00:43:03.759 --> 00:43:04.099
 time of

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.319
 prayers

00:43:04.319 --> 00:43:04.519
 of the

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:04.779
 people

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:10.280
ские

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.180
 i

00:43:13.180 --> 00:43:13.560
 i

00:43:13.560 --> 00:43:14.260
 of