Called Out By God (Page 2)
Growing Out of Childsh Ways
1 Corinthians 14:20-25 Brothers, dont bechildren iyour thinkg. Beinfats inevil, but inyour thinkg be mature. Inthe Law its writen, “By people ofstrange tongues and bythe lips ofreigners wil I speak tohis people, and evn then they wil not listen tome, say the Lord.” Thus tongues are a sign ot fr belivers but for unbelivers, while prohecy isa ign ot fr unbelivers but for belivers. If,therfore, the whole church omes togethr and alspeak intongues, and outsiders or unbelivers entr, wil they not say tha you are out ofyour minds? But ifal prohesy, and an unbeliver outsider nters, heis convicted byal, heis caled toacount byal, the screts of his heart are disclosed, and so,faling onhis face, hewil worship God and eclare tha God is realy among you.
Gifts of Speech and Their Use in the Church
1 Corinthians 14:1-19 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. Now I want…
The Greatest Mark of Christian Maturity
1 Corinthians 13:8-13 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in…
What is Love Like? Part II
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
What is Love Like?
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Everything – Love = Nothing
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I…
What Did the Eye Say to the Ear?
1 Corinthians 12:12-31 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do…
Spiritual Maturity
1 Corinthians 12:1-11 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are…
Division in the Body Dishonors the Head
1 Corinthians 11:17-34 17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, 19 for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. 20 When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper…
What’s Going On Here? (Headship, Femininity, and Coverings) Part ll
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 2 Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, 5 but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is…