WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:04.839 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, episode forty four. 2 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:06.679 I am your host, Josh Minde. If you don't know me, 3 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:09.759 I'm a Christian rapper, the voter, husband, father, and NOMY veteran. 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:11.960 And thank you so much for joining me. This is 5 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:15.599 brought to you by Cult of Conspiracy podcast. And yes 6 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:19.280 we are on episode forty four. Now, wow, we're moving 7 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.800 right along. And yeah, so this episode we're going to 8 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:28.920 be in First Corinthians chapter fourteen to start. And before 9 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:31.199 we start, I like to always go back and kind 10 00:00:31.239 --> 00:00:35.359 of give a shout out to people that commented on 11 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:39.359 the last Wednesday Service. Whiskers White, thank you so much. 12 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:47.000 I appreciate you. And prayers please, Yes I'm listening. Father, Okay, 13 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:49.520 prayers up. I think people prayed for you last week 14 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:51.679 on Sunday Service. We'll have to pray for you. I'll 15 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:53.280 have to remember to pray for you as well. Okay, 16 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:56.600 Whiskers White, j Con forty four twenty. I tune in 17 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:00.280 when you were on vacation. Great shows. Thank you, Brad Gillis. Yes, 18 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:02.520 you said that Mike Winger had a six hour episode 19 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:05.079 on Haad Combs. I remember that, Okay, and Angela Kelly, 20 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:07.359 this is one of my favorite books of the Bible. Awesome, 21 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:13.200 amen to that. Also we have for Sunday service. We 22 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:19.159 have five comments already. Awesome Catalyst Jones, big shout out 23 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:23.519 to you, my brother. So armored up, prayed up. Yeah, 24 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:26.439 God is great. Yes, amen, Amen, stay armored up, bro 25 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:29.879 for sure. All right, resist the devil and he shall flee. Okay, 26 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:32.799 it's written James four to seven. So if it's written 27 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:35.599 in the Bible and it says that, then you know 28 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:37.680 that if you resist the devil, he will flee, you know, 29 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.120 So stay armed up and prayed up and you will 30 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:43.439 be awesome. Whiskers White, hope he had a great vacation. 31 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:46.920 I was in my feelings. I just needed to hear 32 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:49.599 the word. Yes amen, Oh yeah yeah about that comment. 33 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:53.840 It's okay, man, I understand. Brad Gillis, thank you, Angela Kelly, 34 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:55.840 thank you. Yeah, Whiskers White, no worries, man, I know 35 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:59.400 that we need the word. Some people. I know honestly. 36 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:04.840 When I was during during COVID, I had a my 37 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:11.439 sister's ex boyfriend. He he was going to the gym, 38 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:15.120 he was working out and he was basically a heroin 39 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:18.400 attic and what happened was he was going to church 40 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.240 and he was working out in the gym, and he 41 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:25.039 was doing good, and then COVID hit and it literally 42 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.159 tanked him to the point where it because he couldn't 43 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:30.719 go to church at that time, just in his city 44 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:33.199 in Ohio, they were they shut down the churches and 45 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:36.240 they shut down the gyms, so he wasn't hearing the word, 46 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:39.280 and it literally tanked him to a point where he 47 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:44.599 ended up not making it, you know, and very sad, 48 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.159 very sad stuff. But he was doing good for a 49 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:50.560 while and he told me, I remember when I was 50 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.000 on the phone with him. He said, Josh, when the 51 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:56.039 churches were open and the gyms were open, I was 52 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:59.000 doing so well. And as soon as they closed and 53 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:01.599 I had no outlet, I went right back to drugs. 54 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.879 So I understand whiskers wipe. It is very important to 55 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:09.879 keep the word going. And that was the word served 56 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:13.199 in a different format. But we're back now, and we're 57 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:17.960 back strong. We're gonna do our very best. Man. This light, man, 58 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:20.039 it kind of brings out the darkness in my eyes 59 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:23.879 when I'm tired. I could see it. Man, we have 60 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:29.280 this HD camera too, But anyways, that doesn't matter. We're 61 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:31.120 all good though. But yeah, thank you guys so much 62 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:33.520 for joining me. I'm ready to go now. So I 63 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:36.599 got my notes pulled up and this is gonna be 64 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:44.080 h interesting chapter. We're gonna be talking about speaking in tongues, okay, prophecy, tongues, 65 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:48.680 and worship. So one Corinthians fourteen is a powerful reminder 66 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.280 that in the pursuit of spiritual gifts, our focus should 67 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.960 be on the edification of the church and the glory 68 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:59.240 of God. The gifts of the spirit are given not 69 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:05.039 for personal elevation, but for communal edification. As we exercise 70 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:09.439 our gifts, may we be guided by the principles of 71 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:15.759 mutual edification, understanding, and orderliness. Okay, that's important for this 72 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:20.160 for this chapter, so all so that all things may 73 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:26.040 be done for building up Okay, the orderliness Okay, the 74 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:32.240 orderness of the church is very important. Okay. Uh. Obviously, 75 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:35.439 as we go through this chapter, you'll see that there 76 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:38.600 was a problem with order in the church for the 77 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:43.720 corinth Okay, the Corinthians, Okay, there was a problem with them. 78 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:48.639 So what Paul is obviously writing this letter to them 79 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:54.639 addressing issues that are happening in their church. Okay, so 80 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:57.040 this is not this is not written to us, but 81 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:00.000 it's written for us rights as lessons for us to learn. 82 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:03.160 So we need to keep that in mind as we're reading. Okay, 83 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:07.639 So let's go ahead and pull up share the screen 84 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:15.959 real quick, all right, and let me go ahead and 85 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:25.160 pull up my other notes here. Okay. So one Corinthians fourteen, 86 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:31.399 Verse one, Prophecy and Tongues is the title, now, Okay, 87 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:32.839 So I want to tell you guys something. So back 88 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:34.920 when we were talking about the Book of Acts, when 89 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:39.040 they were speaking in tongues, they were preaching in different languages, okay, 90 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:42.279 and they were speaking the language of the people, and 91 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:45.720 everybody was blown away because it's supernaturally what's happening. It 92 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:48.800 would be like me going into a Thai church and 93 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:53.319 be like Soadi Cop and speaking in Thai, and soadi 94 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:56.079 cop is actually a word Copcoom Cop Sowadi Cop and 95 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:59.519 then Boom starts speaking about Jesus and and uh, you know, 96 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.279 giving a the Gospel in Tie. Even though I don't 97 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:04.920 know it, you know, that's what was happening. So I 98 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.879 think back when I went over that, I was mentioning that, 99 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:13.120 and I think that Kelly, if I'm not mistaken. Kelly 100 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:15.160 was asking, like I thought I was speaking in tongues, 101 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:17.720 was speaking to God? I think? And at that time 102 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:20.199 that's what they were talking about. Now we're talking about 103 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:24.480 the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues to God. Like 104 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:29.600 you know, this is different, okay. So this is different 105 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:35.759 than the speaking in tongues in different languages and having 106 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:39.560 an interpreter or speaking in tongues like spreading the Gospel 107 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:42.279 in somebody's language. This is different than we're talking about 108 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:47.120 hero Okay, So pursue this is a one Corinthians fourteen, 109 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:52.079 Verse one. Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, but especially 110 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:57.720 that you may prophecy. Wait that you may prophesy. For 111 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:00.399 he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to 112 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:05.160 men but to God, for no one understands him. However, 113 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:10.160 in the spirit he speaks mysteries. But he who prophesies 114 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:18.000 speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men. He who 115 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:22.560 speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies 116 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:26.279 edifies the Church. I wish you all spoke with tongues, 117 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:31.839 but even more that you prophesied, for he who prophesies 118 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:36.040 is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed 119 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:42.560 he interprets, and the church may receive edification. Okay, So 120 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:47.079 Paul begins by urging believers to pursue love and eagler 121 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:51.600 desired spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. Love should 122 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:55.079 be the guiding principle and the exercise of spiritual gifts. 123 00:07:55.600 --> 00:08:00.480 We learn that in chapter twelve and thirteen, right, love 124 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:06.199 should be the guiding principle in exercise of spiritual gifts. 125 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:13.240 For sure. So I noticed that pursue love and earnesty 126 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.120 desire of the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 127 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:22.920 So he's he's talking about when you're in church. Okay, 128 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:25.399 He's not talking about like when you're in your prayer 129 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:28.040 life or something, you know, like he's he's this is 130 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:30.879 the context is him talking about when you're in church. 131 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.000 That's why he's saying, edifies the church. I wish you 132 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:36.559 to speak in tongues, but even more prophesied, for he 133 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:39.519 who prophesies greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless 134 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:44.279 indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification. So 135 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:49.919 the context here is that he's speaking about the Church. Okay, 136 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:58.120 so I can also look up the closet. The priority 137 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.600 of love and edification that I was talking about. The 138 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:04.879 concept of love and edification hold a central place in 139 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:10.080 Christian theology and practice, as evidence by numerous passages throughout 140 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:14.120 the Bible. These principles are foundational to the life and 141 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:19.639 growth of the Church, guiding believers in their interpretations or 142 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:23.960 interactions with one another, in their and their spiritual development. 143 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:30.320 Love as the greatest commandment, as Jesus says in Matthew 144 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:34.440 twenty two thirty seven through thirty nine, love the Lord 145 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:37.120 your God with all your heart, with all your soul, 146 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:39.879 and with all your mind. This is the first and 147 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:44.080 greatest commandment. The second is like it, love your neighbor 148 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:48.960 as yourself. This dual commandment encapsulates the essence of the 149 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:53.360 law and the prophets, emphasizing that love for God and 150 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:59.240 love for others are inseparable and paramount. And then, like 151 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:03.720 I was talking about earlier, in one Corinthians thirteen it's 152 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:08.159 often referred to as the Love Chapter, he asserts that 153 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:13.879 without love, all spiritual gifts and acts of service are meaningless, 154 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.399 because if you're doing, if you're speaking in tugs to 155 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:20.480 show off that hey, I know how to speak to God, 156 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.960 I can speak in tongues. Then that's not good. Right. 157 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:26.639 We see that a lot of people are abusing spiritual gifts. 158 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:30.360 But if you're speaking in tongues and then there's an interpreter, 159 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:34.440 then that's different. But Paul was saying that he doesn't 160 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:35.799 want you to be doing it in front of the 161 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:43.000 whole entire church. Whereas where because there's believers there and 162 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:46.440 there's non believers there. So when the non believers come 163 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.399 and they see people speaking in tongues and then not 164 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:52.240 understanding what's going on, they might not be ready for 165 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:56.519 that yet. Right, So that's why Paul is saying this. Okay, 166 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:02.799 so Paul can and now these three remain faith, hope, 167 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:05.519 and love. But the greatest of these is love. This 168 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:09.639 passage highlights love as the enduring and pre eminent virtue 169 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:15.080 that should characterize the life of every believer. And then 170 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.240 edification of the Body of Christ in a pheasanons four, 171 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:21.679 verse eleven through twelve to equip the saints for works 172 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:24.240 of ministry to build up the Body of Christ. The 173 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:27.919 building is not merely structural, but deeply relational, as believers 174 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:31.559 encourage and strengthen one another in faith. And then in 175 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:37.080 one Corinthians fourteen, which we just read, it also talks 176 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.919 about emphasizing all things should be done for the purpose 177 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:43.720 of edifying the church. Right. So, in sum ready, the 178 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:46.639 priority of love and edification is a guiding principle for 179 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:50.919 Christian living, rooted in teachings of Jesus and the Apostles. 180 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:54.039 It calls believers to a life of sacrificial love and 181 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:58.960 intentional edification, reflecting the character of Christ and advancing the 182 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:03.480 mission of the Church. And then the role of tongues 183 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:06.440 and prophecy. So Paul contrast speaking in tongues. This is 184 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.120 obviously in my notes, Okay, Paul contrast speaking in notes 185 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:13.960 with speaking in tongues with prophecies, stating, for anyone who 186 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.720 speaks in tongues does not speak to men, but to God. 187 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:22.600 Indeed no one understands him. He utters mysteries in the spirit. Prophecy, however, 188 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:26.080 is for the edification, encouragement, and comfort of the church. 189 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:29.919 And let me just do something real quick for you. 190 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:35.799 Oops. 191 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:48.279 Okay. So in the Bible, to prophesy means to speak 192 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:53.519 a message from God, which often includes predicting the future, 193 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:58.879 but also involves delivering edification, encouragement, and comfort in the present. 194 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:02.799 The act ofhet signing is the foretelling of divine revelation 195 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:07.080 or what some call fort telling forthtelling as opposed to 196 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:13.080 fortune telling the future. It is the or foretelling the 197 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:16.120 future sorry, and it is understood to be inspired by 198 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:19.480 the Holy Spirit. What are key aspects of prophesying in 199 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:23.360 the Bible? A message from God. At its core, prophesying 200 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:26.840 is conveying a message that originates from God, not from 201 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:32.000 human wisdom. Future prediction, while not the only aspect of prophecy, 202 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:37.679 often involves foretelling foretelling future events, such as the prophecies 203 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:41.000 found in the books of Major and Minor Prophets. Present 204 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:46.279 day inspiration. Prophecy also encompasses declaring present truths, encouraging the community, 205 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:50.440 of providing comfort as emphasizing the New Testament. This discussion 206 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:53.240 of the spiritual gift of prophecy. What's the Holy Spirit's 207 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:56.200 role and prophecy. The Bible states that prophecies are not 208 00:13:56.360 --> 00:14:01.799 the result of human will, but we're delivered by men 209 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:04.879 moved by the Holy Spirit. And then the Old Testament 210 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:07.840 versus the New Testament and the Old Testament prophets were 211 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.759 God's mouthpieces, and the New Testament. The gift of prophecy 212 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:14.120 is described as being for the instruction and encouragement of 213 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:17.840 the church, with regulations in place to ensure order and 214 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:20.600 proper doctrine. Kind of wanted to just go over that, 215 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:25.919 so you know. So it says prophecy, however, is for 216 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:30.360 the edification, encouragement, and comfort of the church, and prophecy 217 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:36.639 is for believers. Okay, And then okay, so we're good there, 218 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:39.360 Pop says the need for order and worshiping. Yet we're 219 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:46.240 not there yet. Okay, so we just get back to 220 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:54.480 my notes here. Okay, so we're in one Corinthians fourteen, 221 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:59.360 verse six. Now tongues must be interpreted. But now, brethren, 222 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:01.919 if I I come to you speaking with tongues, what 223 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:04.320 shall I profit you? Unless I speak to you either 224 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:10.320 by revelation, by knowledge or prophesying, or by teaching. There's 225 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:14.120 another that word right there. Teaching is actually instructing in 226 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:20.080 other Bibles. Okay, so it's like teaching by instructing. Okay. 227 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:23.559 Even things without life, without flute or harp, when they 228 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:26.639 make a sound, unless they make a distinction in the sounds, 229 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:30.440 how will it be what is piped or played For 230 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:34.480 if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare 231 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:38.039 for battle? So likewise you, unless you utter by the 232 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:41.399 tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known 233 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:45.559 what is spoken? For you will be speaking to the air? 234 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:51.960 One second? Real quick? Okay, back, sorry about that, I 235 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:56.559 take a quick break. All right, here we go. 236 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:10.200 Oops, what happened? M something happened? Give me once sick guys. 237 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:21.919 There we go. All right, let's go. Sorry about that trumpet? Okay, 238 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:24.480 For the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare 239 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:27.360 for battle? So likewise you, unless you utter by tongue 240 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:30.240 words easy to understand, how will it be known what 241 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:33.080 is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. 242 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:38.440 There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages 243 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.639 in the world, and none of them is without significance. Therefore, 244 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:44.279 if I do not know the meaning of the language, 245 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.159 I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and 246 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:51.320 he who speaks will be a foreigner to me. Even so, you, 247 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:54.360 since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be 248 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:59.000 for the edification of the church that you seek to excel. Okay, 249 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:05.920 So the importance of understanding. Paul stresses that understanding is 250 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:09.079 crucial for edification, saying, but in the church, I'd rather 251 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:12.839 speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand 252 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:15.680 words in tongue, which is in nineteen which we're not 253 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:20.960 there yet, Okay, So yeah, So, like I said, this 254 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:24.240 is in the context of the church, right. So he 255 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:26.519 argues that spiritual gifts, so like speaking in tongues, are 256 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.319 meaningless to others unless they are understood and beneficial to 257 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:32.039 the church community. So if you're speaking in tongues and 258 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:34.920 then nobody understands it, then how is it beneficial or 259 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.799 how is it edifying anybody? Paul contrast the public intelligible 260 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:42.240 prophecy with private unintelligible gifts of tongue, stating that five 261 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:46.160 understandable words are better than thousands in a tongue. Right, 262 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.440 so that'll be Let me just continue reading here, and 263 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:53.279 we're doing chapter what six through eighteen here, so let 264 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:57.000 me continue. Therefore, let him who speaks in tongue pray 265 00:17:57.079 --> 00:18:00.160 that he may interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, ung, 266 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:05.119 my spirit praise for but my understanding is unfruitful. What 267 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:07.839 is the conclusion? Then I will pray with I will 268 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:10.680 pray with the spirit and I will also pray with understanding. 269 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:12.599 I will sing with the spirit, and I will also 270 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:15.759 sing with understanding. Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, 271 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:20.720 how will you well? He who occupies the place of uninformed, 272 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:23.400 say amen to the giving of thanks, since he does 273 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:26.559 not understand what you say, for you indeed give thanks well. 274 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:30.160 But the other is not edified. I thank my God 275 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.960 I speak with tongues more than you all. So that's 276 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:35.599 saying that Paul thanks his God that he speaks in 277 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:38.200 tongues more than you all, which means that Paul has 278 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.480 the gift of tongues. Yet in church, I'd rather speak 279 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.519 five words with my understand with my understanding that I 280 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:50.839 may teach others also than ten thousand words in a tongue. 281 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:53.400 So what he's saying is, when you're in a church setting, 282 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:58.880 he'd rather speak five words of understanding that may teach others, okay, 283 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:04.079 and struct others. That's what other Bibles say, teach to 284 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:08.480 instruct is what that's saying there. Okay. So he's saying 285 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:12.839 that it's more important to teach or instruct others in 286 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:15.440 a church setting than it is for someone to speak 287 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:23.000 ten thousand words in a tongue. Okay. So, so Paul 288 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:25.599 emphasizes the need in order to worship, stating for God 289 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:28.599 is not a god of disorder, but of peace. That's 290 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:31.960 going to be coming up soon. The importance of understanding 291 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:34.160 is what I wanted to click so that we understand. 292 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:38.559 Understanding is an essential theme in the Bible, often with wisdom, discernment, 293 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:40.720 and the fear of the Lord. It is considered a 294 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:45.240 divine gift that enables individuals to comprehend God's will, make 295 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:48.440 righteous decisions, and live a life that is pleasing to him. 296 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:51.880 Hold on spiritual guilt and discernment. I don't really want 297 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:55.960 to just the Bible consistently affirms the importance of understanding 298 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.359 as a divine gift that enriches wisdom, enhances spiritual discernment, 299 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:05.359 it's moral integrity, and equips leaders for righteous governance. Through understanding, 300 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:09.119 believers are empowered to live in accordance with God's will, 301 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:13.960 navigate the complexities of life, and contribute positively to their communities. Now, 302 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.440 I just want to make sure that we're clear here 303 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:18.960 that Paul is not saying that it's better to be 304 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:21.400 a teacher than it is to be someone that speaks 305 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:23.240 in tongues he's not saying that. He's saying in a 306 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:28.079 church setting, it's better to instruct or teach somebody than 307 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:30.039 it is to sit there and speak in tongues. It's 308 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:33.839 more edifying for the church. Okay, what are some of 309 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:40.400 the key key points? Some of the key points hold 310 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:49.680 on some of the key points to this portion is 311 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:53.039 the main purpose of spiritual gift in a church service 312 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:55.799 is to build up the community through understandable communication. So 313 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:59.359 we need to understand that and then speaking in tons. 314 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:01.839 This is a private form of communication with God which 315 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:05.319 edifies the speaker, but not the congregation. Congregation lets it's 316 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:09.279 interpreted prophecy. This is a message for people which encourages, strengthens, 317 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:12.559 and comforts the church. So Paul states that he prefers 318 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:15.359 prophecy over tongues in public worship because it benefits the 319 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:19.039 whole church. He is the analogy of given the unintelligible 320 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:22.079 sound to a person who cannot understand it, which which 321 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:29.519 is you useless to them, and then the priority of understanding. 322 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:31.480 The passage concludes that it is better to speak a 323 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:35.920 understandable words than thousands of unintelligible ones, because the latter 324 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:42.799 provides no benefit to the listener, which makes total sense. Right, Dang, 325 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:48.960 I think there's some mosquitoes in my house. Let's go back, Okay, 326 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:55.319 perfect tongues in a tongues a sign to unbelievers. Brethren, 327 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:58.160 do not be children and understanding. However, in malice be 328 00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:05.720 babes or babies, but an understanding be mature. In the 329 00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:08.680 law it is written with men of other tongues and 330 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:11.720 other lips. I will speak to this people, and yet 331 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:14.640 for all that they will not hear me. So this 332 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:18.799 is actually I believe this is from the book of Isaiah. 333 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:22.440 But let me just make sure, and hopefully you guys 334 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:28.640 don't hear the dogs bark barking in the background. Let's 335 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:37.359 see with men of other tongues kjb Isaiah. Yeah it 336 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:45.079 is Isaiah. Okay, So Isaiah twenty eight eleven. And the 337 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:47.480 law it is written with men of other tongues and 338 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:50.480 other lips. I will speak into this people. Yet for 339 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:54.839 that will they will not hear me? Say it the Lord. 340 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:57.200 In context, the first pristan To discussed the spiritual gifts 341 00:22:57.240 --> 00:23:00.440 of tongues of prophecy within the church. The Original Testament 342 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:04.039 passage is a prophecy about the impeding judgment on Israel 343 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:06.799 from God using image of a foreign nation with a 344 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:10.240 different language invading and speaking to them in a way 345 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:13.440 they cannot understand because they have rejected God's own communication. 346 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:16.480 So God sent prophits to them back then. This is 347 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:18.799 what the context is of Isaiah twenty eight to eleven. 348 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:25.200 And they did not listen, so he he sent in 349 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:30.119 a foreign nation with a different language than invaded them. Okay, 350 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:33.400 and they cannot understand because they're rejected God's own communication. 351 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:36.599 So that's what Paul uses this Old Testament phrase to 352 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:39.359 explain how speaking in tongues is a sign from unbeliever 353 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:42.720 for unbelievers, suggesting that God will speak to people through 354 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:45.680 a language that they don't understand as a judgment on 355 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:52.640 their own on their unbelief. Very interesting. And then it says, therefore, 356 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:55.480 tongues are a sign not to those who believe, but 357 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:59.200 to unbelievers. But prophescien is not for unbelievers, but for 358 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:02.400 those who believe. Therefore, if the whole church comes together 359 00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:06.000 in one place and all speak with tongues, and they're 360 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:09.559 coming those who are uninformed of unbelievers, will they not 361 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:13.079 say that you are out of your mind. But if 362 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:17.720 all prophesy and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in. 363 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:20.599 He is convinced by all, He is convicted by all, 364 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:24.000 and thus the secrets of his heart are revealed, and 365 00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:26.480 so falling down on his face, he will worship God 366 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:31.039 and report that God is truly among you. Okay, so 367 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:39.519 very very important, So Paul, important to understanding order. Hold on, 368 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:46.720 this is twenty two, trying to order of worship is 369 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:51.839 going to be in twenty six. Okay, So basically in 370 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:57.039 twenty through twenty five, which we just read, it explains 371 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:59.279 that speaking in tongues as they signed for unbelievers, that 372 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:01.720 points to judge, while prophecy is a sign for believers 373 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:08.200 at least their edification. And then some of the highlights 374 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:11.720 of the passage. Paul begins by telling believers to be mature, 375 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:14.640 and they're thinking not childlike. That's why it says not 376 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:18.319 like babies, especially when it comes to spiritual gifts. And 377 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:21.559 then tongues they signed primarily believers, as stated in Deuteronomy 378 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:26.200 twenty eight forty nine, where God speaks to people through 379 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:30.400 a foreign language and they still do not listen. Prophecy, 380 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:32.920 a sign of believers, is understandable and can convict the 381 00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:36.799 hearts of unbelievers, leading them to acknowledge God's presence, which 382 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:38.839 is what he's saying at the end. There what Paul's 383 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:42.359 saying at the end there, and then a sign of judgment. 384 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:45.160 Paul uses the Old Testament principle that God uses foreign 385 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:50.240 language as a sign of judgment against a disobedient people. Okay, 386 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:53.079 so there we go. Let's go ahead and continue. We're 387 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:57.039 in one Corinthians fourteen, verse twenty six. Order in church meetings? 388 00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:00.880 How is there, brethren, whenever you come together, each of you, 389 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.880 as a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has 390 00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:08.640 a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done 391 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:12.200 for edification. If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there 392 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:16.599 be two or at the most three each in turn, 393 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:19.680 and let one interpret. But if there is no interpreter, 394 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:22.799 let him keep silent in church. Let him speak to 395 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:26.359 himself and to God. So what was probably happening? Can 396 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:29.880 you guys imagine this. I'm going to pause there, We're 397 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:32.440 gonna stop at A twenty eight. So they might have 398 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:34.960 had people speaking in tongues like out of order, a 399 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:37.279 bunch of people speaking in tongues in the church and 400 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:40.559 there's no order in the church. So that must have 401 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:44.440