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UTAWALA BAPTIST CHURCH
To Build /HIS/ Church
08-11-09
Scripture reading Ephesians 4:11-14
When considering Spiritual gifts we must consider the Great Commission
Matthew 28:19-20
Two purposes for the church
Evangelism reaching the lost!
Edification maturing or teaching the brethren.
Introduction: remember that 1 Cor.
12 through 1 Cor.
14 is dealing with the spiritual gifts which God gives to His followers for the work of the ministry.
Believers are gifted to minister and to help people in their desperate need for life, both life abundant and life eternal.
However, when men focus upon their gifts and abilities, the problems of pride, arrogance, superiority, and super-spirituality /always/ arise.
There are always some people who feel that their gifts and abilities make them better and more favored and privileged than others.
This is exactly what happened to the Corinthian church, and it is what has happened to multitudes of believers since that day.
The gift of tongues is especially subject to pride and super-spirituality because it involves an utterance as opposed to ordinary human language.
The point is this: all gifts are given by the Lord as HE will!.
\\ Each gift had its place in fulfilling the mission of the Lord
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The present passage is a contrast of the gift of tongues with prophecy.
/Prophecy?/
proph•e•cy /also/ proph•e•sy \ˈprä-fə-sē\ /noun/
/plural/ proph•e•cies /also/ proph•e•sies
[Middle English /prophecie,/ from Old French, from Late Latin /prophetia,/ from Greek /prophēteia,/ from /prophētēs/ prophet]
(13th century)
1 : an inspired utterance of a prophet
2 : the function or vocation of a prophet; /specifically/ : the inspired declaration of divine will and purpose
3 : a prediction of something to come
Revelation 22:18-19
1.
GIFTS are to be coveted—especially prophecy (v.1).
2. The difference between tongues and prophecy (v.2-5).
3. The problem with tongues (v.6-14).
4. The gift of tongues and Paul’s personal worship (v.15-20).
5.
The purpose of tongues and prophecy (v.21-25).
1.
(14:1) Gifts, Spiritual— Prophecy: gifts are to be coveted, especially prophecy.
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Note two points.
/1.
Love is to be pursued above all else in life.
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Gifts, abilities, and service are important; but they pale into insignificance in comparison with love
Pursue, to persist, to continue on and on, never giving up until love is possessed.
2.
Spiritual gifts are to be desired.
We are to pursue love first!
3. We are to use and develop the spiritual gifts of God.
The more we love God and men, the more we covet the gifts of God so that we can minister and help the world of men more effectively.
4.
The word “desire” means to covet earnestly; to be zealous and ambitious for.
2.
(14:2-5) Tongues, Gift of— Prophecy: the difference between tongues and \\ prophecy.
The differences between tongues and prophecy are threefold.
1.
Tongues are addressed to God, whereas prophecy is addressed to men (1 Cor.
\\ 14:2-3).
Very simply stated, Scripture declares that tongues do not edify or benefit men as much as prophecy.
There are reasons for this.
a.
Tongues are directed toward God; they are for God, for communion with Him, for sharing the mysteries (secret things) of God with God.
b.
Tongues are not understood by men.
Scripture is clear: “no man understands,” that is, hears, gets the sense, grasps the meaning of what is being said.
c.
The believer who prophesies edifies, exhorts, and comforts men 1 Cor.
14:3.
Note the importance being laid upon proclaiming the message of the gospel in understandable terms.
Men can be reached and helped only as they can understand the message of believers.
The point is clear: the primary message upon our lips must be the gospel, and it must be understandable to all men.
2.
Tongues edify self, whereas prophecy edifies the church (1 Cor.
14:4).
The point \\ is clear: tongues are useful; they edify self.
But prophecy is of much more benefit.
The believer who prophesies edifies the /whole/ church; he builds up far more people.
Note something else as well: the gift of tongues is focused upon self-edification, but the gift of prophecy is focused upon the ministry, upon the edification of others.
Self-edification is, of course, important; but the ministry of edifying others is far more important.
3.
Tongues were commendable, but prophecy is more commendable.
This is a verse \\ that needs to be given close attention both by those who emphasize and by those who \\ minimize and deny tongues.
Paul would have liked for all to speak with tongues.
But it is far more important for all to prophecy and proclaim the gospel.
The prophet is far more important than the man who speaks in tongues.
Again, note that the stress is edification.
3.
(14:6-14) Tongues, Gift of: the problem with tongues.
There are two specific \\ problems with tongues that are discussed in these nine verses.
1.
The first problem: tongues do not communicate in the church, not apart from some other gift (interpretation, 1 Cor.
14:13).
a.
Paul himself, if he were to visiting /Utawala Baptist Church/, would not speak with tongues.
\\ Why?
Because his speaking in a tongue would not profit us.
We would not be \\ able to understand what he was saying.
His visit and proclamation would do us \\ no good.
The only way his visit and words would help us would be if he \\ shared...
some revelation.
some knowledge.
some prophesying.
some teaching.
b.
Musical instruments also illustrate the fact.
Pipes (Greek, wind instruments) and harps (Greek, string instruments) must have a distinctive sound or else their sound is meaningless, confused, and nonsense—just not understood.
Musical instruments must communicate or else the music is unknown and fails to inspire the listeners.
c.
A military trumpet illustrates the point.
When the soldier blows the trumpet, he \\ must communicate or else the army is unprepared for the battle.
d.
A person’s own speech is a fourth illustration.
A person must speak words that \\ are understood or else the listeners do not know what he is saying.
e.
Different foreign languages are a fifth illustration.
Very simply, there are many \\ different voices (languages) in the world, and each language has its own \\ distinct speech.
If a foreigner speaks to men and I do not understand what he is \\ saying...
I am as a barbarian, that is, as a dumb and senseless man to him.
He is as a barbarian, that is, as a dumb and senseless man to me.
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