TAINTED TONGUES PT 2 (20)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14
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Tainted Tongues Pt 2 (20)
Series: 1 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 14
A couple of months ago I was scouring the internet in search of vacation rentals in the mountains. I was looking for a place that mom and dad could get in and out of easily, which means minimal stairs and a bedroom on the main floor. I found a nice little cabin on a creek that also allows fur babies to go, which was important because mom and dad are usually our dog sitter when we travel.
On the website, it listed all the amenities, the extras, that come with the cabin. Things like, pool tables, foosball tables, DVD players, dishes, grills, fire-places/pits and hot-tubs. Everything seemed great and rather simply until I read the rental agreement. Then I discovered an extremely long list of rules, directions, cautions and qualifications concerning the rental of the house and use of the amenities that seem so prohibitive it almost makes you afraid to use them.
If you don't strip and wax the floors-$100 fine.
If you set the A/C below 78-$100 fine.
If you leave ashes in the fire pit-$100 fine and a visit from Smokey the Bear
If you don't alphabetize the inhouse DVD's when finished - $100 fine
If you leave behind one strand of dog hair or pile of poop in the yard - $100 fine.
Between the rental fee and possible fines, you could almost buy the house! You start to wonder if it is even worth it.
By the time Paul finishes his explanation, disclaimers and cautions concerning the use of tongues that's how the Corinthian believers should have felt...it's not hardly worth it. Chapter 14 ''is not a long list of reasons or exhortations to speak in tongues but a list of cautions and restrictions against it'' (W.A. Criswell). They should have looked at that list and said, ''It's just not worth it.''
Last time we were together, which has been a while, we worked through some broader questions concerning the miraculous gifts such as prophecy, miracles, healing and of course tongu ...
Series: 1 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 14
A couple of months ago I was scouring the internet in search of vacation rentals in the mountains. I was looking for a place that mom and dad could get in and out of easily, which means minimal stairs and a bedroom on the main floor. I found a nice little cabin on a creek that also allows fur babies to go, which was important because mom and dad are usually our dog sitter when we travel.
On the website, it listed all the amenities, the extras, that come with the cabin. Things like, pool tables, foosball tables, DVD players, dishes, grills, fire-places/pits and hot-tubs. Everything seemed great and rather simply until I read the rental agreement. Then I discovered an extremely long list of rules, directions, cautions and qualifications concerning the rental of the house and use of the amenities that seem so prohibitive it almost makes you afraid to use them.
If you don't strip and wax the floors-$100 fine.
If you set the A/C below 78-$100 fine.
If you leave ashes in the fire pit-$100 fine and a visit from Smokey the Bear
If you don't alphabetize the inhouse DVD's when finished - $100 fine
If you leave behind one strand of dog hair or pile of poop in the yard - $100 fine.
Between the rental fee and possible fines, you could almost buy the house! You start to wonder if it is even worth it.
By the time Paul finishes his explanation, disclaimers and cautions concerning the use of tongues that's how the Corinthian believers should have felt...it's not hardly worth it. Chapter 14 ''is not a long list of reasons or exhortations to speak in tongues but a list of cautions and restrictions against it'' (W.A. Criswell). They should have looked at that list and said, ''It's just not worth it.''
Last time we were together, which has been a while, we worked through some broader questions concerning the miraculous gifts such as prophecy, miracles, healing and of course tongu ...
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