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

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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

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 for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.

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 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself,

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 but the one who prophesies 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 than the one who speaks in tongues

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 unless someone interprets so that the church may be built up.

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 Now brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues,

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 how will I benefit you?

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 Unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching.

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 If even lifeless instruments such as the flute or the harp

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 do not give distinct notes, 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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 So with yourselves.

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 If with your tongue you utter speech 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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 There are doubtless many different languages 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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 So this morning we're looking at two spiritual gifts

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 that Paul describes.

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 The gift of tongues and the gift of prophecy.

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 And as we look at those gifts,

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 we're going to consider the two commands that Paul gives.

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 One at the beginning of this passage and one at the end.

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 He says,

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 earnestly desire the spiritual gifts in verse 1.

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 And in verse 12 he says,

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 strive to excel in building up the church.

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 Now this is a challenging topic.

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 Let me say that outright.

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 Because Christians who believe the Bible and love Jesus

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 haven't always agreed on what these gifts are

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 and how we should use them.

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 I grew up in a Pentecostal church

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 which encouraged everyone to speak in tongues.

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 And they said that speaking in tongues

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 was the initial sign of being fully empowered

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 Then for two years in college,

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 I went to a Presbyterian church.

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 The Presbyterian church's leaders believed

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 that the spiritual gifts of prophecy in tongues

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 ended after the New Testament was completed.

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 And then I came to Trinity.

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 By then I wasn't quite sure what to believe.

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 Maybe you can relate to some part or other of that.

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 Some of you, like me,

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 may have come to know Jesus

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 and follow him in a Pentecostal or charismatic church.

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 Maybe you've benefited from tongues and prophecy

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 and you wish that more Christians

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 would experience and know the blessing of these gifts.

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 On the other hand,

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 I know that some of you have had bad experiences

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 in Pentecostal and charismatic services.

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 You might have seen people who place more value

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 on their word from the Lord

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 than on the word of the Lord, the scriptures.

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 Or maybe you've seen worship services

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 that seem to just become chaotic

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 or even emotionally manipulative.

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 Maybe you've been there, done that,

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 and don't want to go back.

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 Now for others of you,

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 all this might seem just a bit unfamiliar.

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 Right?

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 Maybe you grew up in a wonderful church

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 that just said prophecy in tongues

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 were for the first century

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 and that was just fine back then

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 and we don't really need them now.

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 And maybe you're just not sure what to think

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 because you haven't seen or experienced them

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 either one way or the other.

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 Now whatever your church background

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 or lack thereof,

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 I'm convinced that Paul's instructions

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 in this passage can be very helpful

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 for all of us.

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 Because Paul was also writing

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 to a group of people

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 in the church at Corinth

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 who didn't all have the same experience

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 of these gifts

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 and who weren't all on the same page.

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 It seems that some of the Corinthians

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 loved to speak in tongues.

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 They felt it was a sign

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 of how spiritually advanced they were,

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 that they could speak in heavenly languages.

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 And they did it frequently,

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 especially when they gathered together.

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 Other people, it seems,

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 were into prophesying

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 and some of these prophets

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 like to go on and on and on and on.

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 And if anyone tried to stop them,

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 they would say,

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 but the Holy Spirit is speaking through me.

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 I can't stop.

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 Other people in the church at Corinth

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 were not so impressed.

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 Some people felt alienated

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 by all the tongue speaking

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 that they couldn't understand

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 or they felt like second class Christians

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 because they hadn't experienced that gift.

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 It's possible some people were frustrated

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 and wanted to just get rid

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 of these things altogether.

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 Church would be a lot simpler

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 if we didn't have to deal

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 with all this prophesying

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 and tongue speaking.

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 And so,

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 the Christians in Corinth

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 appealed

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 to their beloved apostle Paul

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 for some guidance.

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 Now,

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 as we've seen

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 over the last few weeks,

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 Paul didn't immediately launch

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 into

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 instructions about

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 these particular gifts.

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 We're in the middle of a section.

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 In chapter 12,

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 Paul began by

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 sort of painting the big picture.

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 He says,

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 first of all,

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 we need to understand

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 we're all part of the body of Christ.

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 And in a body,

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 there's many different parts,

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 but we're all connected together

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 and we're all united together.

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 And so,

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 we need to recognize

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 we'll all have different gifts

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 and we need to use those

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 to build each other up.

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 And we need each other.

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 And then,

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 in chapter 13,

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 he said,

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 I'm going to show you

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 the most excellent way.

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 The way of love.

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 Love.

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 Verse 1 to 3

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 of chapter 13,

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 he said,

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 even if you have all the spiritual gifts

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 in the world,

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 if you don't have love,

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 if you don't have love for God,

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 if you don't have love

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 for your brothers and sisters,

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 you're empty.

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 You're nothing.

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 And then he described

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 what love is,

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 how it's tender

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 and kind

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 and patient,

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 how it's truthful

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 and how it's tenacious,

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 how it holds on.

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 And then,

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 at the end of chapter 13,

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 he says,

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 spiritual gifts like prophecy

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 and tongues and knowledge,

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 on the day when we see

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 Jesus face to face,

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 we won't need those gifts anymore.

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 But love is going to continue

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 into eternity.

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 And it will never cease.

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 And so Paul says,

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 pursue love.

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 Notice that at the beginning

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 of verse 1.

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 Before we jump into prophecy

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 and tongues,

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 I want you to notice that.

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 Pursue love,

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 Paul says.

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 That means run hard after it.

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 Don't miss out on it.

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 We need to hear that command

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 loud and clear,

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 to be patient and kind

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 with one another.

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 Not to boast

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 or puff ourselves up

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 with pride

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 before we jump into

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 these topics.

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 Because sometimes people

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 have either fixated

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 on certain spiritual gifts

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 or they have loudly

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 proclaimed their views

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 about them

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 one way or the other

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 and forgot about love.

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 And Paul says,

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 remember love.

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 So having said that,

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 let's jump in.

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 We're going to look

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 at tongues first

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 and then we'll look

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 at prophecy.

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 And for each of them,

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 we're going to look

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 at what it is,

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 what benefits

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 Paul says it has,

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 and then what dangers

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 there might be.

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 So the nature,

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 the benefits,

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 the dangers.

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 First tongues,

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 then prophecy.

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 So tongues.

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 Let's look down,

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 verse 2.

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 Paul talks about

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 the nature of tongues.

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 He says,

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 one who speaks in a tongue

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 speaks not to people

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 but to God.

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 In other words,

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 speaking in tongues

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 is not an encrypted message

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 for another person.

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 It's a form of prayer

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 or praise

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 or thanksgiving to God.

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 If you look down

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 in verse 14 to 17,

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 Paul reaffirms that

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 and uses some of those words.

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 Now verse 2 continues.

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 Paul says,

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 if someone speaks in tongues,

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 no one understands him.

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 He utters mysteries

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 in the spirit.

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 Paul's assumption

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 throughout this chapter

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 is if someone

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 is speaking in tongues,

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 that person won't understand

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 what he's saying

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 and the people around him

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 won't understand

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 what he's saying either

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 unless someone has

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 the gift of interpretation.

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 Now at the same time,

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 I think Paul's saying

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 that speaking in tongues

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 is not just

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 meaningless gibberish.

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 Paul says he utters

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 mysteries in the spirit.

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 That could mean

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 he utters hidden

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 or secret truths of God

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 or it could simply mean

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 he speaks to God

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 in a mysterious way,

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 in a way that isn't

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 obviously understandable

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 by others.

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 Now many people have wondered

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 when Paul speaks

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 about tongues,

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 is he talking about

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 speaking in

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 another human language,

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 is he talking about

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 speaking in a heavenly language

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 or something else?

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 And in answer

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 to this question,

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 I don't think

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 we can be certain

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 because Paul doesn't define

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 what kind of tongue

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 or languages

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 he's talking about precisely.

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 In fact,

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 if you look at

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 1 Corinthians 12 verse 10,

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 Paul refers to

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 various kinds

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 of tongues.

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 Now in the book of Acts,

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 if you look in the book of Acts

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 in chapter 2,

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 the believers,

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 the disciples of Jesus

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 were praying in the upper room,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 came upon them,

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 they started speaking

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 in tongues,

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 and people

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 from other parts

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 of the world

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 who were there

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 in Jerusalem

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 on the day of Pentecost

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 heard them speaking

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 in their own languages.

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 In that instance,

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 God miraculously

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 empowered believers

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 to speak in

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 foreign human languages

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 that they had never learned,

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 but other people

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 understood perfectly.

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 That also seems to be

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 what happened

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 in Acts chapter 10

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 when Cornelius,

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 the first Gentile convert,

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 came to faith in Jesus.

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 It says,

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 people heard him

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 speaking in tongues

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 and extolling God.

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 So in Acts,

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 we see that

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 this was a sort of reversal

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 of the confusion

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 that resulted from

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 the Tower of Babel

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 when people in their pride

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 tried to build a tower

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 to heaven

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 and God confused

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 their languages

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 and when God sent

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 the Holy Spirit

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 as people were praying

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 and humbly waiting on God,

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 there was a reversal

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 of that curse

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 and a sign of the gospel

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 going to all nations.

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 Now that seems to be

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 what's going on

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 with tongues

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 primarily in the book of Acts

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 because when people

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 speak in tongues

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 in the book of Acts,

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 you don't see

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 every single Christian

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 speaking in tongues

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 in the book of Acts,

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 but you do see

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 as the gospel moves outward

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 in Jerusalem

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 on the day of Pentecost,

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 then to Samaria,

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 then to the Gentiles,

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 then to the province

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 of Asia and Ephesus,

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 you see groups of people

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 who speak in tongues

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 as an expression

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 of the Holy Spirit's work.

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 So in Acts,

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 it seems to be

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 speaking in human languages

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 that people haven't learned.

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 But is that always

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 what tongues is?

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 And the answer

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 would seem to be no.

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 If you look again

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 at 1 Corinthians 13,

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 verse 1,

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 Paul refers to

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 the tongues of men

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 and of angels.

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 Now that's the only reference

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 to speaking in

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 angelic languages

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 in Scripture

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 so we shouldn't

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 build too much

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 on one reference,

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 but it seems to be

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 at least a possibility

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 in Paul's mind.

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 And also,

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 in this chapter

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 we're reading,

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 1 Corinthians 14,

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 Paul's writing

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 to a church

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 that included people

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 from many different

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 languages

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 and cultural backgrounds.

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 But he doesn't say,

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 sure,

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 go ahead and speak

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 in tongues

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 because maybe

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 your international neighbor

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 will understand you

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 speaking in their own language.

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 Paul assumes

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 that if someone

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 speaks in tongues,

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 probably nobody's

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 going to understand them

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 unless somebody has

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 what he calls

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 a gift of interpretation.

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 So Paul doesn't

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 seem to be assuming

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 that tongues

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 are always

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 foreign human languages.

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 It seems like

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 they could be

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 human languages,

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 they could be

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 some kind of

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 heavenly languages,

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 or perhaps even

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 something else.

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 There's one other verse

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 that makes a similar point

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 in the New Testament

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 that believers

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 can at times

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 communicate to God

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 in prayer,

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 in the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 in a way that

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 goes beyond

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 normal human language.

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 If you look at Romans

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 chapter 8,

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 verse 26,

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 Paul says,

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 likewise,

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 the Spirit,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 helps us

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 in our weakness.

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 For we do not know

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 what to pray for

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 as we ought,

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 but the Spirit himself

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 intercedes for us

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 with groanings

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 too deep

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 for words.

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 Now groanings

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 isn't exactly

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 the same thing

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 as tongues,

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 but it's similar.

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 It's the idea

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 that in our human weakness,

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 in our perplexity,

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 when we don't know

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 what to pray,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 can prompt us

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 to pray to God

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 in a way that goes

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 beyond normal

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 human words.

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 Sometimes we might

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 not understand

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 exactly what we're

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 praying for

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 or what we need,

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 but God hears

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 and God knows.

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 And we put it all

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 in his hands.

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 So I think

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 that's what tongues is.

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 Speaking to God

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 in a language

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 that's not

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 normally understood

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 by the person

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 who's speaking

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 or the people

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 who might be hearing.

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 Second,

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 the benefits

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 of speaking in tongues.

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 Paul describes

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 some benefits

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 of speaking in tongues

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 in this chapter.

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 Verse 4,

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 he says,

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 the one who speaks

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 in a tongue

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 builds up himself.

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 Some people have wondered,

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 is Paul being sarcastic there?

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 All you people

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 speaking in tongues,

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 you're just building

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 yourself up,

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 puffing yourself up,

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 rather than building

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 up the church.

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 But I don't think

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 that's what Paul's doing.

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 In Jude,

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 actually,

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 Jude 20,

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 says,

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 build yourselves up

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 in your most holy faith

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 and pray in the Holy Spirit.

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 And in the very next verse,

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 verse 5,

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 Paul says,

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 I want you all

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 to speak in tongues.

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 Now,

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 that was a favorite verse

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 when I was growing up

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 in the Pentecostal church.

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 I want you all

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 to speak in tongues.

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 I heard a few sermons

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 on that one.

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 Now,

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 the emphasis

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 is actually

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 the second half

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 of the verse

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 where Paul says,

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 but even more,

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 to prophesy.

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 And it's also possible

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 to translate verse 5,

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 I'm willing

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 or I'm happy

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 for you all

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 to speak in tongues.

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 Paul isn't saying

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 that every Christian

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 must speak in tongues.

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 But he is saying

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 that speaking in tongues

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 can be personally edifying.

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 In fact,

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 in verse 18,

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 Paul says,

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 I speak in tongues

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 more than you all do.

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 He wouldn't say that

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 if he thought

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 that speaking in tongues

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 was just foolish

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 and useless.

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 So it's true,

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 tongues can be abused

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 or overemphasized

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 or wrongly made

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 into the measure

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 of spiritual maturity.

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 That was happening

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 in Corinth,

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 but Paul's response

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 was not

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 to prohibit tongues

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 and get rid of them.

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 In fact,

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 in verse 39,

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 he says,

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 don't forbid

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 speaking in tongues.

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 So let me encourage you,

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 if you've had bad experiences

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 in the charismatic movement,

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 don't react

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 by throwing everything out,

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 throwing the baby out

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 with the bathwater,

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 as they say.

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 All right,

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 Paul says,

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 don't forbid

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 speaking in tongues.

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 Now,

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 some of you might say,

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 well,

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 but help me understand,

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 how could it be

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 spiritually beneficial

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 to pray

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 in a way that

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 I don't even know

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 what I'm saying?

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 Well,

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 let me say this.

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 it seems that God may

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 and sometimes does

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 edify individual believers

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 in ways that transcend

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 our rational,

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 cognitive processes.

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 And that our spirits,

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 indwelt by the Holy Spirit,

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 can sometimes respond to God

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 in ways that

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 can't completely fit

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 in our rational,

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 cognitive processes

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 through groanings

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 that words can't express

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 or tongues

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 that our minds

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 can't understand.

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 And maybe this is meant

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 to humble us,

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 just to remind us

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 that God is far greater

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 than our minds

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 can conceive.

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 Sam Storms,

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 who happens to be

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 the new president

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 of the Evangelical

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 Theological Society,

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 no scholarly lightweight,

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 wrote about his experience

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 of praying in tongues.

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 And he said,

00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:43.320
 I found this gift

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 profoundly helpful

00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.240
 to my prayer life.

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 It doesn't diminish

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 one's capacity

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 for rational thought

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 or one's commitment

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 to the authority

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 of the written word

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 of God.

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 It has served only

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 to deepen my intimacy

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 with the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and to enhance

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 my zeal

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 and joy

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 in worship.

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 Those are some benefits

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 of speaking in tongues.

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 But Paul also points out

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 some dangers

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 of speaking in tongues.

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 This is what Paul addresses

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 in verses 6 to 11.

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 Verse 6,

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 he says,

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 If I come to you

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 speaking in tongues,

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 how will I benefit you?

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 It seems like some

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 of the Corinthians

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 wanted Paul to come

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 and basically put on a show

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 to show how spiritual

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 he was by displaying

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 his gift

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 of speaking

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 in tongues.

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 And Paul

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 had refused.

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 Paul said back

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 in 1 Corinthians 2,

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 When I came to you,

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 I didn't come

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 proclaiming to you

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 the mystery of God

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 with lofty speech

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 or wisdom.

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 And he didn't come

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 and stand up front

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 and put on a public display

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 of all his speaking

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 in tongues.

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 He said,

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 I came and I proclaim

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 Christ and him crucified

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 with weakness

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 and fear

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 and trembling.

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 You see,

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 in this whole chapter,

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 Paul places no restrictions

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 on speaking in tongues

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 privately.

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 But he says,

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 There are some things

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 that are wonderful

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 to do when you're alone,

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 but aren't always

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 so helpful

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 when you're gathered

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 with God's people.

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 Sometimes,

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 several years ago,

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 I used to drive

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 up to Boston a lot.

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 I was taking seminary

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 classes part-time up there.

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 And before my wife

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 and I were married,

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 she was living up there.

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 And sometimes,

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 I would be driving

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 back late at night.

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 And sometimes,

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 I would sing and pray

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 at the top of my lungs

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 in my car.

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 It helped me stay awake.

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 It helped me intercede

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 for people.

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 I was probably releasing

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 all kinds of emotions

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 to God.

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 And I wasn't bothering

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 anybody.

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 I was edifying myself.

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 But if I walked

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 into church

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 and immediately started

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 yelling at the top

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 of my lungs,

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 prayer and praise to God,

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 I wouldn't be loving you all.

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 Paul wants us all

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 to ask the question

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 that he asked in verse 6.

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 How can I benefit you?

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 And this is a principle

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 that applies much more

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 broadly than tongues.

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 Not, Paul's saying,

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 the question is not,

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 how can I display

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 my gifts in the church

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 and be recognized

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 for them?

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 The question is,

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 how can I benefit you

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 even if that means

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 restraining myself

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 in some ways?

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 And so,

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 Paul's point here

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 is that speaking in tongues

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 without interpretation

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 publicly

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 isn't beneficial

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 because the hearers

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 won't benefit

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 from what they can't understand.

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 Verse 7 to 11,

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 Paul uses three analogies

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 to make the point.

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 Musical instruments

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 only produce pleasing melodies

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 if they're played

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 according to some kind

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 of orderly pattern, right?

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 If the musicians

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 all came up here

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 and just started playing

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 on their own

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 without listening to each other,

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 we would not have

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 a very pleasant worship service

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 this morning.

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 The Corinthian church

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 sort of sounded like that,

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 like the sympathy orchestra

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 when they're all tuning

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 their instruments

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 before the conductor

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 comes on stage.

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 They're all doing

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 their own thing,

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 making a ton of noise

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 and nobody quite knows

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 what's going on.

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 Verse 8,

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 Paul says,

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 the military trumpet

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 only works

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 in rousing the troops

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 to battle

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 if the sounds are distinct

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 and isn't that part

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 of why we gather together

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 as a church?

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 You know,

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 we're fighting

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 a spiritual battle

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 every day of our lives

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 and part of why

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 we come together

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 is to be equipped

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 and empowered

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 to fight that battle

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 for Christ

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 and know the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 being with us.

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 So Paul says,

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 we need to hear

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 a clear and distinct message

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 in order to be equipped

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 for that.

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 Verse 10, 11,

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 Paul uses the analogy

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 of foreign languages.

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 You know,

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 if I suddenly start

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 preaching in French,

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 just because I happen

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 to know French

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 and I think French

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 is a beautiful language,

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 I'll alienate most of you

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 right away.

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 Paul says,

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 so with yourselves.

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 We are brothers

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 and sisters in Christ.

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 In the world,

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 we're foreigners

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 and aliens.

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 You might feel out of,

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 I mean,

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 we should feel out of place

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 in this world.

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 But Paul says,

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 when we come together

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 as a church,

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 this is our home.

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 This is a foretaste

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.079
 of where our true home

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.620
 is in heaven.

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 And when we come to church,

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 we should help each other

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 and remind each other

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 that you belong.

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 If you believe in Christ,

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 you belong.

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 So Paul says,

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 don't alienate each other

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 by how you're behaving.

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 Again,

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.059
 this principle applies

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.799
 much more widely

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.660
 than speaking in tongues.

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 There's all kinds of ways

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 you can speak

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 in ways that people

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 can't understand

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 even if you speak in English.

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 church.

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 And Paul wants you

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 to ask,

00:20:32.040 --> 00:20:32.700
 how can I speak

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.900
 in a way that can benefit

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.660
 you,

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.820
 whoever you're speaking to

00:20:36.820 --> 00:20:38.220
 or speaking with?

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 That's why Paul says,

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 strive to excel

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:43.680
 in building up the church.

00:20:43.760 --> 00:20:43.880
 You know,

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.760
 when we gather together

00:20:44.760 --> 00:20:45.480
 here,

00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:48.660
 the reason we've come together,

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 it's not like

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.140
 we're all supposed

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.800
 to come here

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 and sit here

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 and get out our phones

00:20:52.760 --> 00:20:54.440
 and connect to the same website

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.640
 and be really excited

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.160
 that we're connected

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.180
 to this really cool website.

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:58.960
 Okay,

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.279
 we're not,

00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:00.059
 we haven't come here

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.940
 to have 200 individual

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.940
 private experiences

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.920
 of the same God.

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 We've come here

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.759
 to actually be together

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.660
 in the presence of God

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:09.980
 and build one another up.

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 Like,

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.400
 just like the deacons

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 are looking at those walls

00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:16.380
 that have had some roof leaks

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:17.200
 and they've arranged

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.039
 to fix the roof leaks,

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.539
 thankfully,

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.420
 so there's no,

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.519
 the plaster's not going

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 to keep breaking down,

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 but they,

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.860
 some of them come in

00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:23.779
 on Saturday night

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:26.379
 and make sure

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.339
 that there isn't plaster

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.279
 that's going to fall down

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.599
 as you're walking down

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 the right aisle on Sunday.

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 Right,

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.839
 they're keeping,

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:34.700
 keeping track

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.539
 of the facilities

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 and helping to build up

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.559
 the,

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.399
 keep the facilities moving well

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.460
 so we can meet here

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.279
 and Paul says,

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.440
 build up the church community.

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.700
 Right,

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.700
 just as the building deacons

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.139
 build up,

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.740
 take care of the building,

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.559
 Paul says,

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.440
 we should all take care

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.960
 of each other.

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:53.880
 Let me give one example

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.539
 of this before we go

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:54.960
 on to prophecy

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.960
 that I experienced recently.

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.539
 A few weeks ago

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.440
 I was at a Bible study

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.740
 and a few of us

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.880
 were praying in turn

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:01.100
 for someone who had shared

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:01.799
 a particular need

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.360
 with a group

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:04.319
 and one person began praying

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.940
 and in the middle

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.440
 of her prayer

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.220
 she launched into

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.960
 praying in tongues

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.519
 and I happen to know

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.120
 that this person

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:10.600
 is pretty passionate

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:11.559
 about praying in tongues

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:13.059
 but immediately

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:15.180
 she said,

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.759
 someone say something,

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.579
 someone else go ahead

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:17.960
 and pray.

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.679
 This person felt

00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:21.159
 the freedom

00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:22.159
 to pray in tongues

00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:23.639
 as she was interceding

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.559
 for a sister in Christ.

00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.199
 In the context

00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:25.859
 I thought that was

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.379
 a good thing

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:27.960
 but she was also

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:29.139
 immediately aware

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:30.419
 that it would be

00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:31.359
 unhelpful for her

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.500
 to just go on and on

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.799
 praying in a way

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.399
 that no one else

00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:35.139
 could understand

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:36.319
 and so she was

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.139
 immediately asking

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:37.839
 for someone else

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.639
 to jump in

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:39.720
 and pray

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.679
 in a way that

00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:42.059
 everyone could understand

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:43.659
 while she continued

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.220
 praying in tongues

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.740
 quietly

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:46.279
 and unobtrusively.

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:48.079
 I think that's

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.559
 an example

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.559
 I think it looks

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.180
 different in different

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.539
 places

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.139
 but I think that's

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.440
 an example

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.980
 of someone

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:54.220
 who loves

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 speaking in tongues

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 but who had learned

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 and was learning

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 to consider

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 the others around

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 them

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:04.480
 and be loving

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.759
 to them.

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 Alright,

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 so that's tongues

00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:08.899
 now we go on

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.420
 to prophecy

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:12.359
 again prophecy

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.700
 we'll look at

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.519
 the nature of prophecy

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.079
 the benefits

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.819
 and the dangers

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 so the nature

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:16.819
 of prophecy

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.960
 go back to verse 3

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:19.240
 Paul says

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.240
 the one who prophesies

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.059
 speaks to people

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:23.119
 tongues is primarily

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.960
 directed toward God

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.700
 a form of prayer

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:26.039
 prophecy is primarily

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.220
 directed toward people

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.159
 verse 3

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:29.220
 Paul explains

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.259
 the purpose of prophecy

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.759
 for building us up

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.220
 as a united people

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.599
 of God

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 for emboldening

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 and equipping us

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 for every good work

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 and for consoling

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 or comforting

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 people who are

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 grieving

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 or depressed

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 or hurting

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 now I think

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.400
 it's likely

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.680
 that when Paul

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.839
 talks about prophecy

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:50.360
 in this chapter

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:52.420
 he's using it

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:54.039
 sort of as shorthand

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.519
 for various kinds

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.299
 of intelligible

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.140
 speaking gifts

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 instead of every time

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.339
 saying prophecy

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.220
 teaching revelation

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 or knowledge

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:02.460
 he just says prophecy

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.480
 but it's sort of meant

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.180
 to have a broader

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.680
 reference

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 because if you look

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.400
 at verse 1

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.779
 he says

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.019
 desire especially

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:09.079
 that you may prophesy

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:10.559
 but then in verse 6

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.079
 he says

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.379
 how will I benefit you

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.159
 unless I bring you

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:14.460
 some revelation

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.599
 or knowledge

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.359
 or prophecy

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.139
 or teaching

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:18.579
 I don't think

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:19.319
 Paul is saying

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.859
 desire especially

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.599
 to prophesy

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.919
 and not so much

00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:24.059
 to teach

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.599
 or speak words

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.139
 of knowledge

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:27.399
 he's contrasting

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:27.859
 prophecy

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.419
 that is intelligible

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:29.759
 speech

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.359
 with tongues

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.299
 that is unintelligible

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.859
 speech

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:33.879
 and Jesus is pleased

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:35.139
 if we speak intelligible

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:36.079
 understandable words

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.679
 to one another

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 whether they fall

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:39.039
 into the category

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.679
 of prophecy

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.299
 or teaching

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.180
 or knowledge

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.680
 or wisdom

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:43.440
 I think the reason

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.940
 Paul refers

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.820
 to those different gifts

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.860
 is that speaking

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.660
 to one another

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:48.680
 in an edifying

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:50.259
 and encouraging

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.519
 and comforting way

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 takes a variety

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.660
 of different forms

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:56.180
 right

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 it can be prepared

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:58.320
 you can prepare

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.380
 you can prepare

00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:00.180
 a teaching

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.480
 or you might have

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.340
 a thought that comes

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:03.320
 to mind spontaneously

00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:04.620
 that's helpful

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.240
 and edifying

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.360
 to share with somebody else

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:08.359
 it could be

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:10.679
 focused on explanation

00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.719
 teaching seems to be

00:25:11.719 --> 00:25:12.619
 focused more on explanation

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.819
 or could be more

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.399
 of an occasional

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.299
 exhortation

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:18.219
 having said

00:25:18.219 --> 00:25:19.019
 so I think

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.759
 these words

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.759
 can apply more broadly

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:22.240
 to a variety

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.039
 of speaking gifts

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.919
 but having said that

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.699
 let me say a few words

00:25:24.699 --> 00:25:25.359
 about prophecy

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.539
 in particular

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:28.039
 as compared

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:29.000
 to other speaking gifts

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.639
 like teaching

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:32.039
 so when the New Testament

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.959
 talks about teaching

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:35.079
 it mostly means

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:37.079
 preserving sound doctrine

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:39.160
 protecting the church

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.440
 against false

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.539
 and harmful ways

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.460
 of thinking

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.960
 and living

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:45.299
 and so a good teacher

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.940
 can explain

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:47.019
 what Christians believe

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.819
 and how Christians

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.519
 should live

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.840
 and where that's found

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.340
 in the Bible

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:53.220
 now prophecy

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.799
 is a little different

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.640
 what seems to be

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:58.039
 distinct about prophecy

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:59.700
 compared to teaching

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:01.240
 or other speaking gifts

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.519
 is that it's based on

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:04.079
 what Paul calls

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:05.059
 a revelation

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.480
 if you look down

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.119
 at verse 30

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:09.099
 he talks about that

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:11.539
 and by revelation here

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.180
 he means

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.160
 an insight

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.779
 given

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:15.180
 by the Holy Spirit

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:17.639
 so a few examples

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.920
 of New Testament prophecy

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.379
 sometimes

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.859
 it's an insight

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:22.819
 into another person's

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.720
 spiritual condition

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:25.180
 if you read in Acts 13

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:27.460
 Paul perceived

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.519
 by the power

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.339
 he said he was full

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.900
 of the Holy Spirit

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.700
 he perceived

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.500
 that this guy

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.160
 Elymas

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.740
 a magician

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.800
 was full of deceit

00:26:33.800 --> 00:26:34.640
 and wickedness

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.840
 and so he gave

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.940
 a strong rebuke

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.420
 and God used

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.300
 that word of rebuke

00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:41.660
 sometimes prophecy

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.440
 excuse me

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.140
 is an insight

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.860
 of an upcoming

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.740
 danger

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.740
 so the prophet Agabus

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.680
 in Acts 11

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.880
 warned of an upcoming

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:51.000
 imminent famine

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.880
 and the believers

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.000
 responded by sending

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.259
 material help

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.480
 to the believers

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.000
 in Jerusalem

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.720
 who are going to

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.660
 experience that famine

00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:01.240
 at other times

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.060
 it's an insight

00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:03.060
 into what exactly

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:04.019
 the body of Christ

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.720
 needs

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:06.140
 to hear

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:07.360
 at a particular

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.000
 time

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.320
 in a particular

00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:09.900
 place

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:12.340
 so in his commentary

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:13.080
 on 1 Corinthians

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:14.240
 John Calvin wrote this

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.540
 he said

00:27:14.540 --> 00:27:15.140
 prophets

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:16.800
 were those who were

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.560
 blessed with the

00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:18.320
 unique gift

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:19.320
 of dealing with

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.660
 scripture

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.720
 not only by

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.540
 interpreting it

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:24.039
 but by making it

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.559
 meet the needs

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.319
 of the hour

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:28.119
 they were endowed

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.879
 with extraordinary

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:30.299
 wisdom for recognizing

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.299
 the immediate need

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.960
 of the church

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.039
 and speaking the

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.259
 right words

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.339
 to meet it

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:37.319
 you see the church

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.700
 needs Bible teachers

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.879
 who can explain

00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.899
 and expound

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.599
 the scriptures

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.319
 the church also

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.079
 needs prophets

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:45.019
 who can discern

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.659
 the particular

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:47.000
 needs of our times

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.599
 and speak directly

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.500
 and powerfully

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.579
 in accordance

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.259
 with the scripture

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.939
 to them

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:54.659
 some of the benefits

00:27:54.659 --> 00:27:55.359
 of prophecy

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.659
 Sam Storm

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:57.579
 summarizes these

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.279
 so he says

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.119
 prophetic utterances

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.559
 can

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.779
 as verse 3 says

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.319
 edify

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.960
 exhort

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.679
 and console

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:04.539
 they may bring

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.079
 conviction

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:06.599
 as the secrets

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.539
 of a sinner's heart

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.359
 are exposed

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.519
 verse 24 and 25

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.159
 in this chapter

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:11.019
 they may teach

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.659
 verse 31

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.759
 says we can learn

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.899
 from prophecies

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.559
 they may give

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:17.059
 direction for ministry

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.099
 Acts 13

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.659
 1-3

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.799
 they may contain

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.359
 warnings

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:21.079
 Acts 21

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.839
 10-11

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.699
 or present

00:28:22.699 --> 00:28:23.539
 opportunities

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:25.099
 for ministry

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.859
 they may even

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:27.139
 identify and impart

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:28.039
 spiritual gifts

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.559
 1 Timothy 4-14

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.199
 if you want those

00:28:30.199 --> 00:28:30.859
 references I can

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.339
 give them to you

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.919
 later

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:35.779
 so you see

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.479
 Paul is saying

00:28:36.479 --> 00:28:37.179
 prophecy has

00:28:37.179 --> 00:28:38.159
 many benefits

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:39.919
 and that's why

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.519
 he's so eager

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.919
 for us

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:41.179
 he says

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:42.099
 earnestly desire

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.859
 the spiritual gifts

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.339
 especially

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.399
 that you may

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.039
 prophesy

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.879
 earnestly desire

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.299
 them because

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.179
 God earnestly

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:49.459
 desires to bless

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.039
 his church

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.940
 with them

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:52.700
 in the Old Testament

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.740
 Moses longed for

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.000
 the day

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.340
 he said

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:55.140
 I wish that

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.940
 all the Lord's

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.259
 people

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.860
 were prophets

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:59.660
 and the prophet

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.440
 Joel looked forward

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.140
 to the day

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:03.539
 Joel said

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.920
 one day

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.500
 I will pour out

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.940
 my spirit

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.660
 on all flesh

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.880
 and your sons

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.279
 and daughters

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.920
 will prophesy

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.600
 both men and

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:08.840
 women

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:10.559
 and your old men

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.340
 will dream dreams

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:12.059
 and your young men

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.660
 will see visions

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.559
 young and old

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.420
 even on my servants

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.820
 both male and

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.180
 female

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:18.640
 servants were

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:18.980
 sort of

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.700
 the poor

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.380
 in that day

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.480
 the lowest class

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.080
 the least well

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.480
 educated

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.880
 Paul said

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.640
 I'm going to

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.580
 speak through

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.800
 all my people

00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:27.160
 so that

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.920
 my people

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.779
 can be built up

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.539
 and my name

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.140
 can be praised

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.740
 in the world

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:33.880
 and on the day

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.380
 of Pentecost

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.080
 Peter proclaimed

00:29:35.080 --> 00:29:35.620
 that prophecy

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.279
 has been fulfilled

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:38.019
 when the Holy Spirit

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.560
 was poured out

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.180
 on the church

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.700
 Paul wants us

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.680
 to desire these

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.960
 earnestly desire

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.480
 these gifts

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.120
 because God

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:45.019
 has promised

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.719
 to give them

00:29:45.719 --> 00:29:46.839
 to us

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.500
 for our good

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:50.319
 so let me say this

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.479
 let me challenge us

00:29:51.479 --> 00:29:51.879
 especially

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:53.239
 if you've come

00:29:53.239 --> 00:29:54.699
 from

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:56.259
 let's say

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.339
 a non-Pentecostal

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.239
 charismatic background

00:29:58.239 --> 00:29:59.019
 right

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.719
 or in a

00:29:59.719 --> 00:30:00.959
 church like Trinity

00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:01.259
 that's

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.059
 that's not

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:03.539
 a Pentecostal

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.959
 church

00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:04.779
 right

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.759
 do we earnestly

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.779
 desire the spiritual

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.459
 gifts that Paul

00:30:07.459 --> 00:30:08.159
 describes here

00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:10.319
 do we desire

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.500
 especially to prophesy

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.039
 that is

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.779
 or more broadly

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.739
 to speak

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.500
 edifying

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.259
 encouraging

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.940
 comforting

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.539
 words to one

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.839
 another

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.579
 do we pray

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:19.120
 that the Holy Spirit

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:20.140
 would give us insight

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:22.980
 when we see someone

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.980
 who needs encouragement

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:26.259
 or when we see someone

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.120
 a brother or sister

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.599
 in Christ

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:27.980
 who's

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.400
 falling into sin

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:31.720
 or when we

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:33.019
 are facing a difficult

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.460
 situation

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.099
 we just don't know

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.480
 what to do

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.079
 do we pray

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.819
 Holy Spirit

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.620
 give us the insight

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.420
 that we need

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:40.740
 of course

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:42.680
 part of how

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.340
 the Holy Spirit

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.779
 does that

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.759
 is pointing us

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.320
 to the scriptures

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:47.080
 but sometimes

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.620
 there are things

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.200
 that the Holy Spirit

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.180
 can sort of highlight

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:51.360
 as being particularly

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.240
 beneficial for us

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.320
 at a given moment

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:55.259
 you know

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.720
 if you're teaching

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.519
 in a Bible study

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:58.580
 pray that the Lord

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.580
 would not only

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.160
 give you insight

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.920
 into the scriptures

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:02.019
 but also insight

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.960
 into what your group

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.860
 needs to hear

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:05.180
 at the present time

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:06.580
 in order to more

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:08.779
 effectively glorify God

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:11.660
 James 4 says

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:13.220
 sometimes

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.840
 he says

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.500
 James 4 says

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.200
 you don't have

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.720
 because you don't ask God

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:18.279
 and that can sometimes

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.400
 be true of spiritual gifts

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.120
 yes the Lord

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:21.320
 sovereignly distributes

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:22.380
 the gifts as he pleases

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:23.700
 but he also says

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.860
 ask for what we need

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:26.460
 ask for what would be

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.140
 most beneficial

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:30.860
 so I think

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:32.240
 Richard Hayes says this

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.259
 the church that ponders

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.220
 1 Corinthians 14

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.920
 seriously

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:36.259
 will be led to pray

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.320
 for the gift of prophecy

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:38.720
 and to welcome it

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.240
 when it's given

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:41.100
 so those are some

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.600
 of the benefits

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.259
 of prophecy

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.400
 finally

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.820
 dangers

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:46.140
 of prophecy

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:48.820
 this is the last section

00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.519
 I know it's hot

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.400
 hang in there

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:52.900
 we said early

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:54.000
 I'm sweating too

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.140
 we said earlier

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.759
 that prophecy

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.759
 is based on

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.460
 a revelation

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:59.560
 that is an insight

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.800
 given by the Holy Spirit

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:02.160
 but here is the danger

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:03.360
 and we need to hear

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:03.900
 this danger

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:06.380
 a genuine insight

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:08.080
 given by God

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:10.080
 may be combined

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:11.980
 with erroneous

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:13.400
 human assumptions

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:15.500
 for an example

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.000
 of this

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.800
 you can look at

00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:17.380
 Acts 21

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.060
 now we preached

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:18.660
 on Acts 21

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.420
 about a year ago

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.140
 I'm not going to

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.900
 repeat the whole sermon

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.860
 you can read it

00:32:21.860 --> 00:32:22.720
 you can listen to it

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.200
 on the website

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.220
 but in Acts 21

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.000
 verse 4

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.460
 it says

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.259
 through the spirit

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.019
 the Christians

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:29.019
 Christians at Tyre

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:31.000
 were urging Paul

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.379
 not to go on

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.240
 to Jerusalem

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:35.559
 and if you read

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.019
 the passage

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:37.180
 what's going on

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.940
 is they rightly

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.920
 discerned

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:40.139
 I think this is

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.480
 the insight

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.180
 from the Holy Spirit

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:42.039
 that there would be

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.960
 danger awaiting

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.900
 Paul in Jerusalem

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:46.319
 they wrongly

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.799
 concluded

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:48.799
 that because

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.279
 there would be

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.799
 danger

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.920
 therefore Paul

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.720
 should not go

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:54.759
 and Paul rightly

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.900
 disregarded

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.920
 there

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:58.259
 what they

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.960
 would have thought

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.860
 was a word of prophecy

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:03.640
 so it's interesting

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.640
 the apostle Paul

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.819
 did not always listen

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.019
 to everyone

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.539
 who said

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.360
 I have a word of prophecy

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:08.839
 for you

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.839
 in fact

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.400
 sometimes he did

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.880
 the opposite

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:12.839
 he used discernment

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:15.559
 there's only one place

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:17.140
 where the Holy Spirit

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:19.220
 has revealed himself

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.079
 through human

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.860
 spokespersons

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:22.119
 and without human error

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.979
 and that is

00:33:22.979 --> 00:33:24.339
 in this book

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:25.619
 in the scriptures

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:28.319
 and the scriptures

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:30.259
 are our final authority

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.879
 in faith

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.659
 and practice

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:33.959
 and so prophecy

00:33:33.959 --> 00:33:35.259
 in the sense

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.259
 that I'm using the word

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.740
 in the sense

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.099
 that I think

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:38.139
 Paul is using the word

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:39.199
 in 1 Corinthians 14

00:33:39.199 --> 00:33:40.379
 and in the sense

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:40.859
 that it seems

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:42.079
 to be most commonly used

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:43.019
 throughout the New Testament

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.799
 is not the same thing

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.319
 as

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:47.379
 God's word

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.919
 without error

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:50.459
 and infallible

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:52.340
 okay

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:52.900
 and this is why

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.460
 the New Testament

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.100
 tells us

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:55.220
 we need to test

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.400
 prophecies

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:58.440
 it doesn't say

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.620
 just listen to anyone

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.640
 who claims to be a prophet

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.779
 or even who has spoken

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.480
 a word of prophecy

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.059
 before

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.380
 that has come true

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:06.779
 1 Thessalonians 5

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.639
 don't despise prophecies

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.039
 again

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:10.659
 don't rule them out

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.920
 but test everything

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.420
 hold fast

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.039
 what is good

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.420
 and abstain

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.019
 from every form

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.440
 of evil

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:19.320
 so prophecies

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.619
 or more broadly

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.539
 any word of advice

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.019
 or warning

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.220
 or encouragement

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:24.240
 from a fellow believer

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:25.119
 must be carefully

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.960
 evaluated

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:27.599
 and discerned

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.039
 so let me speak

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.519
 to you briefly

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.579
 if you have the gift

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.220
 of prophecy

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:32.860
 some people have

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.500
 the gift of prophecy

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.700
 and they don't call it prophecy

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:36.960
 but perhaps

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.320
 the Lord

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.360
 seems to give you

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.900
 insight

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:40.720
 into spiritual dangers

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:42.760
 or ministry opportunities

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:44.220
 or even into

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:45.200
 what seems to be going on

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:45.920
 in someone's heart

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:47.560
 like we see

00:34:47.560 --> 00:34:48.260
 in the book of Acts

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:49.960
 that can be

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.600
 a genuine

00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:51.980
 and very useful gift

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.640
 from God

00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:54.460
 but be careful

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.940
 because recognize

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.940
 that while the Holy Spirit

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:58.280
 may give you insights

00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:00.400
 you might not always

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.200
 see the whole picture

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:05.420
 and so submit

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.160
 the way you can

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:07.120
 express it helpfully

00:35:07.120 --> 00:35:08.240
 is submit your insights

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:09.460
 to the discernment

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:11.480
 of godly spiritual leaders

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:13.139
 and the Christian community

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.639
 as a whole

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:17.719
 if you are on

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.880
 the receiving end

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:20.079
 of a word of prophecy

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:22.539
 or a strong word of advice

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.000
 or warning

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.840
 from a fellow believer

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.800
 take it seriously

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.400
 consider

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.860
 if there are important

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:28.099
 insights from the Holy Spirit

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:29.199
 that you should take to heart

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:30.380
 but test it

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:32.199
 against God's word

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:34.639
 someone else's advice

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:36.159
 even someone else's prophecy

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:37.780
 is not the same thing

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:39.099
 as an absolute command

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:40.159
 from God

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:41.779
 if you look in this chapter

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.539
 verse 37

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.319
 Paul distinguishes

00:35:43.319 --> 00:35:43.879
 prophecy

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.739
 from

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.480
 what

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.179
 what he's

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.199
 from his writings

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.699
 which he says

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.799
 are a command of the Lord

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:51.559
 now let me say

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.159
 one other thing

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.819
 about prophecy

00:35:52.819 --> 00:35:54.599
 before we conclude

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.299
 sometimes Christians

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:56.799
 experience very similar things

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:57.960
 but call them

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.980
 by very different names

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.819
 so some Christians

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.379
 will say

00:36:01.379 --> 00:36:03.299
 I had a revelation

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:05.799
 the Lord gave me

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.500
 a word for you

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.639
 I think the Lord

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.539
 was speaking to me

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:10.059
 other Christians

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.759
 might say

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:13.259
 I had a feeling

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:15.920
 or I had an impression

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:18.300
 I felt a conviction

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:19.380
 or an urge

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:21.739
 or a burden

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:23.579
 or a resolution

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.860
 or I was reading scripture

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.579
 and this passage

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.880
 just

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:27.119
 I just wanted to share

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.079
 this passage with you

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.739
 now the language

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.699
 seems very different

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:32.659
 but the experience

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.519
 is sometimes

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.480
 more similar

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.980
 than we realize

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.740
 right

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:40.059
 if you're in a Pentecostal

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.920
 coming from a Pentecostal

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.159
 background

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.599
 you might say

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.300
 I have a revelation

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.579
 right

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.119
 I've got a word

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.840
 if you're coming from

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.480
 a Presbyterian

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.280
 or a traditional

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:47.079
 Baptist background

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:48.880
 you won't say that

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:50.559
 right

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:52.639
 but it doesn't mean

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.539
 that the Holy Spirit

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:55.579
 isn't doing the same things

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:57.599
 because every Christian

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.240
 Pentecostal

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:58.840
 Presbyterian

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.179
 Baptist

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.840
 on denomination

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.940
 or whatever you are

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:03.679
 has the Holy Spirit

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.460
 living in us

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:06.519
 and the Holy Spirit

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.539
 working through us

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:12.159
 well we've talked a lot

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.940
 about how prophecy

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:14.440
 edifies the church

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:17.000
 but one more pattern

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.940
 I think we can see

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:19.019
 is that gifts

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.760
 like prophecy

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.500
 and miracles

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.500
 and healings

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.619
 are often most prevalent

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.260
 when the gospel

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:24.179
 is moving outward

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.720
 when God's people

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.400
 are crossing

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:26.960
 cultural

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.420
 national

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.440
 and social boundaries

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.840
 when we're

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:30.199
 going to unfamiliar

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.480
 even dangerous places

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.579
 for the sake of Christ

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:34.559
 when we're engaging

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.699
 people from cultures

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.739
 and backgrounds

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.440
 that are hostile

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.539
 to Christianity

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:40.500
 when we get stretched

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.079
 to the limits

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:42.199
 of our human capacities

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:43.500
 we feel our dependence

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.319
 on the Lord

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:45.599
 more acutely

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:47.559
 we know that we need

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.059
 the Lord

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:49.599
 we need his presence

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.420
 we need his power

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.199
 we need his wisdom

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:52.019
 otherwise we know

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.960
 it's all going to flop

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:55.420
 and so we pray

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:57.119
 more earnestly

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:58.139
 and fervently

00:37:58.139 --> 00:38:00.400
 maybe even with groans

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.619
 that words can't express

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:04.519
 and in those very situations

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:06.000
 the Lord tends to show up

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:07.960
 in unmistakable ways

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:09.680
 he gives us the words

00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:10.500
 we need to speak

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:12.500
 he gives us the patience

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.480
 to endure opposition

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:15.619
 he demonstrates his glory

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.800
 through deeds of power

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:20.800
 because what he's doing there

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:22.360
 is he's not just

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:24.240
 building the church

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:25.260
 with the people

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:26.119
 who are already here

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:27.780
 but he's building the church

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:29.280
 by bringing people in

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:30.300
 who are going to become

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:30.960
 part of it

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:33.680
 let me close with one story

00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:36.160
 about how God uses

00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:37.580
 the gift of prophecy

00:38:37.580 --> 00:38:38.780
 or something like it

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:40.340
 in a situation where

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:42.160
 I think people wouldn't have

00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:43.260
 even called it that

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:44.420
 or realized what was happening

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.560
 but God used it powerfully

00:38:45.560 --> 00:38:46.680
 to bring someone to himself

00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:48.280
 and he even used kids

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:50.640
 let me close with this story

00:38:50.640 --> 00:38:51.260
 several years ago

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.840
 I was a counselor

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:53.980
 at a Christian hockey camp

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:55.100
 during the summers

00:38:55.100 --> 00:38:56.720
 one of the coaches

00:38:56.720 --> 00:38:58.640
 was a guy named Bill Butters

00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:00.379
 he had played in the NHL

00:39:00.379 --> 00:39:01.239
 for a few years

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:02.579
 in the 70s

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.940
 and he was what is known

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:05.539
 in hockey as an enforcer

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:07.639
 which means he had

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:08.940
 far more penalty minutes

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:10.519
 for roughing and fighting

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:12.079
 than goals or assists

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:14.219
 he was a tough guy

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:15.099
 he was angry

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.940
 he was volatile

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:17.239
 he had no interest

00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:17.679
 in religion

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:19.119
 he had some terrible experiences

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.619
 in churches

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.480
 when he was a kid

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:22.559
 but one of his buddies

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.839
 invited him to volunteer

00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:26.699
 at this Christian hockey camp

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.799
 the first Christian hockey camp

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.480
 in the United States

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.300
 back in 1980

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:31.400
 and at first he said

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:32.920
 I have no interest

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.820
 in this Christian stuff

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:35.100
 first he said

00:39:35.100 --> 00:39:35.940
 how much are you going to pay me

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.539
 the guy said

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.440
 well it's a Christian camp

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.820
 the coaches all volunteer

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:41.500
 and he said

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.380
 you've got to be kidding

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:44.880
 the guy just kept pestering him

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:47.320
 and he came

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:48.019
 because he literally

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.780
 he said

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:50.240
 I don't even know why I came

00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:51.760
 I literally had nothing to do

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:52.940
 now right before he came

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.480
 to the camp

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.680
 he didn't tell anybody

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.399
 this at the camp

00:39:55.399 --> 00:39:57.579
 except I think

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.319
 his close friend knew

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:59.339
 but he didn't tell anybody

00:39:59.339 --> 00:40:00.179
 else at the camp this

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:01.639
 he had just got cut

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.239
 from his team

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:03.759
 told he wouldn't play

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.739
 pro hockey ever again

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:06.960
 his marriage was falling apart

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:08.599
 mostly because

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:10.059
 he had become an alcoholic

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:13.279
 and he had anger issues

00:40:13.279 --> 00:40:16.219
 so he goes to the camp

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:18.739
 first he says

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:20.339
 I'm just doing the on ice staff

00:40:20.339 --> 00:40:22.199
 forget the chapel stuff

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:25.079
 so that works for two or three days

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.739
 then one of the kids

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.779
 invites him to come to chapel

00:40:26.779 --> 00:40:27.480
 he goes to chapel

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.519
 had an experience there

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.719
 I'll skip that part

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:31.059
 but after the evening chapel

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:33.359
 the 12 year old boys

00:40:33.359 --> 00:40:34.539
 say

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.739
 Coach Bill

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:37.259
 would you come to our huddle group

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:39.439
 this is where they would

00:40:39.439 --> 00:40:40.199
 like discuss

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:41.619
 what was shared

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.579
 at the chapel service

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:44.419
 and have a little bible discussion

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:45.919
 do a little prayer time

00:40:45.919 --> 00:40:46.500
 they say

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.319
 would you come with us

00:40:47.319 --> 00:40:48.419
 of course you can't refuse

00:40:48.419 --> 00:40:49.219
 12 year old kids

00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:52.659
 at the end of the huddle group

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:53.279
 he said

00:40:53.279 --> 00:40:55.119
 each boy began to pray for me

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:57.739
 one prayed for a job

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:59.579
 he had no idea

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:00.779
 I had just been cut from my team

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:03.539
 one prayed for peace in my life

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:05.159
 he had no idea

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:06.500
 that my marriage was breaking apart

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:09.239
 one prayed that I might find joy

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:09.839
 and happiness

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:11.639
 he had no idea

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:13.919
 that I had turned to alcohol

00:41:13.919 --> 00:41:15.299
 in my despair

00:41:15.299 --> 00:41:16.879
 and finally

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.820
 one 12 year old boy

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.640
 prayed that I could know

00:41:18.640 --> 00:41:19.320
 Jesus Christ

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:21.240
 as my personal Lord and Savior

00:41:21.240 --> 00:41:22.599
 that night

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.559
 I got down on my knees

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.980
 and asked Christ

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.960
 into my life

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:28.500
 you see how the Holy Spirit

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:30.079
 can use

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:31.880
 12 year old boys

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:34.099
 probably don't even

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:35.099
 wouldn't even call it

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:35.700
 the gift of prophecy

00:41:35.700 --> 00:41:37.240
 but he gave them insight

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:38.380
 into what to pray for

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.940
 and use them

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:41.220
 to lead this

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.800
 tough

00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:42.420
 hardened

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:43.860
 NHL player

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.740
 to Christ

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:46.699
 and then he worked

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.279
 for this ministry

00:41:47.279 --> 00:41:47.659
 for the last

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.799
 30 years

00:41:48.799 --> 00:41:51.299
 that's how I got to know him

00:41:51.299 --> 00:41:54.559
 let's pray

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.519
 that the Lord

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:56.959
 would pour out his spirit

00:41:56.959 --> 00:41:57.519
 upon us

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.959
 so this church

00:41:58.959 --> 00:41:59.439
 would be built

00:41:59.439 --> 00:42:03.279
 Holy Spirit

00:42:03.279 --> 00:42:04.659
 we pray that you would

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.359
 pour out

00:42:05.359 --> 00:42:07.859
 your presence

00:42:07.859 --> 00:42:09.279
 among us

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:10.879
 and your gifts

00:42:10.879 --> 00:42:11.559
 among us

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:14.719
 Lord we want to

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.840
 earnestly desire them

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:18.259
 we want to earnestly

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:19.579
 desire every good gift

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:20.880
 that you give

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:24.420
 for the good of your church

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.059
 and for the glory

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:25.599
 of your name

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:29.259
 we pray that you would

00:42:29.259 --> 00:42:30.039
 protect us

00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:31.139
 and forgive us

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:32.679
 for ways that we have

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:33.440
 used gifts

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:35.820
 in selfish

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:37.139
 or self-promoting ways

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:38.779
 or unedifying ways

00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:41.019
 Lord give us love

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.780
 give us the love

00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:42.099
 that would

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:43.079
 make us strive

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.759
 to excel

00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:44.500
 in building up

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:45.039
 your church

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:46.739
 and we pray

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.119
 that you would

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:47.940
 use these gifts

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:51.259
 Lord not only

00:42:51.259 --> 00:42:51.759
 to build up

00:42:51.759 --> 00:42:52.159
 one another

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:53.019
 who are gathered here

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:54.139
 but to bring in

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:56.039
 the people

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:56.599
 who would one day

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.780
 become part of your kingdom

00:42:57.780 --> 00:43:00.579
 and who would

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.420
 worship you forever

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:02.579
 and who would

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:04.000
 join their voices

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:05.360
 in the song

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:06.019
 of praise

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:07.659
 to Jesus Christ

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:08.400
 the Lamb of God

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:11.700
 pray these things

00:43:11.700 --> 00:43:12.320
 in Jesus name

00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:12.920
 Amen

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.420
 Amen

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:13.820
 Amen