WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SPIRITUAL
I CORINTHIANS 14
HOW DO WE APPROACH THE SUBJECT OF TONGUES AND PROPHECY?
“UNDO DOGMATISM IS UNWISE, WHERE SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY IS VITAL.” J.I. PACKER
TWO EXTREMES:
AN ERROR OF EMBRACING MORE THAN THE SCRIPTURE SAYS;
THE ERROR OF NOT EMBRACING AS MUCH AS SCRIPTURE SAYS …
ONE THING EMERGES FROM THE TEXT:
EDIFICATION, Vv.4,5,12,17
DETERMINATION, Vv.1-3
DESTINATION,
“PURSUE LOVE”
“YET DESIRE EARNESTLY SPIRITUAL GIFTS”
“BUT ESPECIALLY THAT YOU MAY PROPHESY”
DEFINITIONS,
TONGUES – “A FORM OF PRAYER AND PRAISE YOU EXPRESS TO GOD IN A LANGUAGE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.” JD GREAR
PROPHECY – SPIRIT-PROMPTED, SPIRIT-SUSTAINED, REVELATION-ROOTED, BUT MIXED WITH HUMAN IMPERFECTION AND FALLIBILITY AND THEREFORE IN NEED OF TESTING.
INCLINATION, Vv.3-4
“EDIFICATION”
“EXHORTATION”
“CONSOLATION”
(WHY DO PEOPLE “DESPISE PROPHETIC UTTERANCES” I THES.5:20)
EXPLANATION, Vv.5-12
EDIFICATION DEMANDS UNDERSTANDING, 5-6
AN ILLUSTRATION, 7-8
AN OBSERVATION, 9-12
APPLICATION:
