Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Stop thinking like children, But thinking be adult.

I Corinthians 14:20-40
Paul encouraged, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adult.
Tongues, then are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.
Unbelievers come in , whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, they will say that you are out of mind.
When you come together, everyone has a hymn or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church. If there is not interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God.
For God is not God of disorder but of peace.
Women should remain silent in the churches, they are not allowed to speak?
Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached. If anybody thinks he is a prophet or spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. If he ignores this, he himself will be ignored.
Why?
In regard to evil be infants, so do not try to learn doing evil and do not know think it. But our think should be adult, smart in serving the Lord, to help, to encourage others, with the wisdom from God through the gifts of Spirit.
In contemporary religions, trances or strange, ecstatic speech showed a person's spiritual status. It was therefore not surprising that the Christian church at Corinth, to whom God gave a variety of gifts by his Holy spirit, should have been taken up with the more spectacular ones, among which was the ability to speak in unknown 'tongues'
Paul does not underestimate these gifts. He would have them all speak in tongues, he says. But it does not top the list on his scale of values. Those seeking experiences for themselves need to be reminded that the life of the church is more important.
How?
To be an adult thinking, don't like an infant think. Get more knowledge and wisdom from God, learn through His word and Holy Spirit.





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