GUIDELINES FOR CORPORATE WORSHIP (PART 2)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:1-25
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Guidelines for Corporate Worship (part 2)
Series: Guidelines for Corporate Worship
Bob Ingle
1 Corinthians 14:1-25
I want to begin this message by saying something I have never said at the start of a message in over 20 years of preaching. Are you ready? Here it is: With what I'm about to teach you...I could be wrong. Aren't you glad you came to church? Do you have confidence coursing through your veins in your pastor? Some of you are saying, 'Can I get my offering back?' Haha. No you can't.
Now, I say 'I could be wrong' not because I haven't studied this passage at length. I have. It's not that I don't believe what I'm about to say. I do. I say 'I might be wrong' because it's true. I might be wrong. The Bible is infallible; but the preacher is not. Any pastor who makes you think he knows everything about everything and is 100% right about everything he knows (which is everything) ought to concern you. Because while all Scripture is entirely correct not all Scripture is easily understood. Amen? If you never changed your mind about some of the things you believe you either haven't studied hard or don't believe much. Sometimes the most honest thing you can say is, ''This is what I believe right now, but I reserve the right to be wrong and change my mind.''
So with that less that stellar introduction, let's open our bibles to 1 Corinthians 14, and see exactly what I may be wrong about. In chapter 14, the Apostle Paul addresses 2 topics that Baptist preachers don't want to touch with a 10 ft pole: 1) speaking in tongues 2) the command all women should keep silent in church. I have such a great job. We'll look at the first one today and, if I survive, we'll try the second one next week.
Remember the crazy Corinthians thought the more visible your spiritual abilities are in the church the more valuable you are to the church. So over time, the believers with the more external gifts in public worship services were greatly admired and envied. Apparently, ...
Series: Guidelines for Corporate Worship
Bob Ingle
1 Corinthians 14:1-25
I want to begin this message by saying something I have never said at the start of a message in over 20 years of preaching. Are you ready? Here it is: With what I'm about to teach you...I could be wrong. Aren't you glad you came to church? Do you have confidence coursing through your veins in your pastor? Some of you are saying, 'Can I get my offering back?' Haha. No you can't.
Now, I say 'I could be wrong' not because I haven't studied this passage at length. I have. It's not that I don't believe what I'm about to say. I do. I say 'I might be wrong' because it's true. I might be wrong. The Bible is infallible; but the preacher is not. Any pastor who makes you think he knows everything about everything and is 100% right about everything he knows (which is everything) ought to concern you. Because while all Scripture is entirely correct not all Scripture is easily understood. Amen? If you never changed your mind about some of the things you believe you either haven't studied hard or don't believe much. Sometimes the most honest thing you can say is, ''This is what I believe right now, but I reserve the right to be wrong and change my mind.''
So with that less that stellar introduction, let's open our bibles to 1 Corinthians 14, and see exactly what I may be wrong about. In chapter 14, the Apostle Paul addresses 2 topics that Baptist preachers don't want to touch with a 10 ft pole: 1) speaking in tongues 2) the command all women should keep silent in church. I have such a great job. We'll look at the first one today and, if I survive, we'll try the second one next week.
Remember the crazy Corinthians thought the more visible your spiritual abilities are in the church the more valuable you are to the church. So over time, the believers with the more external gifts in public worship services were greatly admired and envied. Apparently, ...
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