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Roots of the Faith – “The Gifts of the Holy Spirit – 1 Corinthians 12-14 part 2”

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My notes for Wednesday night, March 13th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. Our study over the next few months will be “The Roots of the Faith.” This study will focus on key biblical truths that will transform our thinking and allow us to faithfully live out the Christian life. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Resources for this Study

1 Corinthians 12:4-11

Utterance of Wisdom

  • Ceased as utilized in NT – Direct Word from God to guide the church. (apply prophecy)
  • Local Church today – The application of biblical truth into the circumstances of life.

Utterance of Knowledge

  • Ceased as utilized in NT – Direct Word from God to provide insight to the church. (understanding prophecy)
  • Local Church today – Ability to discover and communicate the truths of Scripture.

Faith

  • Gift of seeing God at work and trusting in His divine will. Encouraging others to trust.

Healing

  • Gift has ceased – Divine ability to restore the sick to immediate health.

Working of Miracles

  • Gift has ceased – Divine ability to perform works of power… beyond the normal.

Prophecy

  • Gift has ceased – The receiving and communicating a direct Word from God to man.
  • Some view this as the gift of preaching the Word today.

Distinguish between Spirits

  • Gift has ceased – Discerning between true and false statements by people (prophecy).
  • Some view this as a gift of discerning true and false teaching within the church today. (Word of God is key)

Tongues

  • Gift has ceased – The ability to speak in a real language to bring praise to God.  Not a holy utterance, but a real language.

Interpretation of Tongues

  • Gift has ceased – The ability to interpret the tongues… the real language.

1 Corinthians 12:27-31

Apostles

  • Ceased – Men sent out from Christ to establish the church. Given the authority of Christ.

Prophets

  • Ceased – Individuals who received and communicated a direct Word from God to the Church.

Teachers

  • Take the word of God and explain it clearly and accurately. Instructs and motivates others to believe and obey.

Miracles

Healing

Helping

  • Coming alongside others to help. Serving others in a physical way. Meeting the need of others.

Administration

  • Give guidance, steer, direct.  Direct the spiritual life and order of the church. (Accomplishing God’s will for His Church)

Tongues

A cessationist is someone who believes that certain spiritual gifts, typically those of a more overtly supernatural nature, ceased to be given by God to the church sometime late in the first century AD (or more gradually through the course of the next few centuries). Cessationists do not deny that God can on occasion still perform miracles, such as physical healing. But they do not believe the spiritual gift of miracles or the gift of healing is given to believers today. Whereas “healing” still exists in the life of the church, “healers” do not. God’s people may still experience miracles, but God no longer empowers “miracle workers.”

A continuationist, by contrast, is a person who believes that all the gifts of the Spirit continue to be given by God and are therefore operative in the church today and should be prayed for and sought after.

Most cessationists and continuationists concede that at least some gifts continue and at least one gift has ceased. Cessationists believe that gifts such as teaching, evangelism, mercy, service, and giving are designed by God to continue until the end of the age. And many (perhaps most) continuationists believe that at least one spiritual gift, that of apostleship, has ceased or has been withdrawn from the life of God’s people. Needless to say, this latter point will depend entirely on how one defines apostleship and whether it is a spiritual gift or an office or perhaps an appointment to a particular kind of ministry.

zondervanacademic.com/blog/understanding-cessationism-from-a-continuationist-perspective

Roots of the Faith – “The Gifts of the Holy Spirit – 1 Corinthians 12-14”

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My notes for Wednesday night, March 6th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. Our study over the next few months will be “The Roots of the Faith.” This study will focus on key biblical truths that will transform our thinking and allow us to faithfully live out the Christian life. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Resources for this Study

50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith – Gregg R. Allision

Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine – Wayne Grudem

Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth  – John MacArthur & Richard Mayhue

Basic Christian Doctrines – Curt Daniel

1 Corinthians 12:1-14:40

Let’s take a quick survey through these 3 chapters to see the purpose and importance of the gifts to the church. (next week we will walk through the specific gifts listed in these chapters)

To each is given – 1 Cor 12:7

For the common good – 1 Cor 12:7

Empowered by the Holy Spirit – 1 Cor 12:11

Apportions to each… as He wills – 1 Cor 12:11

Body is one…many members…so it is with Christ – 1 Cor 12:12

God arranged… each one… He chose – 1 Cor 12:18

Same care for one another – 1 Cor 12:25

God has appointed n the church – 1 Cor 12:28

A more excellent way – 1 Cor 12:31 Chapter 13

Never ends… passes away – 1 Cor 13:8

Church built up – 1 Cor 14:5

Strive to excel in building up church – 1 Cor 14:12

Let all things be done for building up – 1 Cor 14:26

All things decent and in order – 1 Cor 14:40

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Sept 25th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

1 Corinthians 14:26-40 – Word Centered Worship

INTRO

  • Remember… Chapters 11-14. Worship in the church
  • Guidance for worship
  • Practical applications: Tongues, Prophecy, Gender Roles
  • EDIFICATION AND ORDER
  • BOOK END VERSES 26 & 40 – BUILDING UP
    • All things done
    • Building up
    • Order

THE IMPORTANCE OF EDIFICATION AND ORDER – vv. 26-28

Brothers… Come together

  • FIRST…. Notice that the church is to come TOGETHER
  • Corporate.  No such thing as an online church
  • Online can strengthen, but it cannot be THE CHURCH

1 Thess. 5:11 – Each believer. “Build one another up”

Eph. 4:11 – Church leadership. “He gave…for building up”

Each one has…

  • Not a specific list of what is done during the gathering.
  • Would appear that it is a list of how they had gotten off track
  • Notice… all speaking/verbal
  • Can you imagine the impact… confusion/chaotic

THE MISUSE OF TONGUES – vv. 27-28

  • Two or three at most
  • One at a time
  • SOMEONE INTERPRET
    • Known tongue
    • Heavenly utterance

THE MISUSE OF PROPHECY – vv. 29-33

  • Two or three
  • Weigh what is said
    • Prophet to Prophet
    • Word interprets the Word
  • God is not a God of Confusion

THE MISUSE OF GENDER ROLES – vv. 34-35

  • Both men and female were at fault
  • NT context women had very few rights (much like today in the Middle East)
  • In the church they found a voice and purpose
  • Here… they were being a little overzealous.  Men and Women were both creating chaos and confusion
  • In this context… Speaking during the gathering
    • Imagine the confusion… prophecy, women questioning the prophecy
    • Imagine today if women (anyone) started questioning the preaching during the message
  • Men and Women are both gifted and crucial for the ministry of the church
  • God has called and gifted us for specific roles
    • In the home
    • In the church
  • The role and responsibilities of men and women
  • 1 Cor. 11:3-5; Eph. 5:22-25; Col. 3:18-25; 1 Tim 2:8-12

THE IMPORTANCE OF EDIFICATION AND ORDER – vv. 36-40

Paul sarcastically addresses the potential of their resistance.

  • He reminds them of divine authority
  • Word came – v. 36
  • Command of the Lord – v. 37

Today… we must keep the Word the main thing.

  • Remember, then tongues and prophecy were the means of communicating God’s truth to his people.
  • We now have the Bible
  • The importance of the authority of the spoken word
    • Preaching and teaching
    • We should desire to “be under” the preaching and teaching of the Word
    • Fellowship is great, Groups are great… but the WORD is foundational for growing as a person and as a church.

Concluding Encouragement

  • Utilize your gifts… BUT ONLY IF IT IS BENEFICIAL TO BUILD UP THE CHURCH – v. 40