GUIDELINES FOR CORPORATE WORSHIP (PART 1)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:26-40
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Guidelines for Corporate Worship (part 1)
Series: Guidelines for Corporate Worship
Bob Ingle
1 Corinthians 14:26-40
(Video of crazy worship service of YouTube) Some of you are saying, 'What in the world was that?' Others of you are saying, 'Now that's what I'm talking about. That's worship. Where are my tennis shoe? I want to run!' So who is right? Was that craziness camouflaged as worship or was that genuine, Spirit-filled worship?
Well, before we can answer that question we have to first know what is acceptable and appropriate in public worship. Of course, that's not for us to decide, but for God to determine. We don't make the rules; we simply keep the rules. Fortunately for us the Apostle Paul addresses this very issue at the end of 1 Corinthians 14. The whole chapter is an attempt to correct the corporate worship services of the Corinthian Christians. Apparently, because of immaturity and the abuse of spiritual gifts, their worship services were getting a bit wild, chaotic, and out of control. Maybe it looked a little like what we just saw. I don't know. But whatever was happening, their services weren't building up the church; but tearing it down. And they no one to blame but themselves.
It's like the story I heard about a surgeon, an engineer, and a politician who were debating which of their professions was the oldest, and therefore the most necessary. The surgeon said, ''Eve was made from Adam's rib, and that, of course, was a surgical procedure. So obviously, surgery is the oldest profession.'' The engineer countered and said, ''Yes, but before that, order was created out of chaos, and that was definitely an engineering job.'' The politician smiled and said triumphantly, ''Aha! And who do you think created the chaos?''
Well, we know exactly who was creating chaos in the Corinthian church services. It was the Corinthians themselves. It had gotten so bad that unbelievers who were visiting the church and investigating the Gospel thought th ...
Series: Guidelines for Corporate Worship
Bob Ingle
1 Corinthians 14:26-40
(Video of crazy worship service of YouTube) Some of you are saying, 'What in the world was that?' Others of you are saying, 'Now that's what I'm talking about. That's worship. Where are my tennis shoe? I want to run!' So who is right? Was that craziness camouflaged as worship or was that genuine, Spirit-filled worship?
Well, before we can answer that question we have to first know what is acceptable and appropriate in public worship. Of course, that's not for us to decide, but for God to determine. We don't make the rules; we simply keep the rules. Fortunately for us the Apostle Paul addresses this very issue at the end of 1 Corinthians 14. The whole chapter is an attempt to correct the corporate worship services of the Corinthian Christians. Apparently, because of immaturity and the abuse of spiritual gifts, their worship services were getting a bit wild, chaotic, and out of control. Maybe it looked a little like what we just saw. I don't know. But whatever was happening, their services weren't building up the church; but tearing it down. And they no one to blame but themselves.
It's like the story I heard about a surgeon, an engineer, and a politician who were debating which of their professions was the oldest, and therefore the most necessary. The surgeon said, ''Eve was made from Adam's rib, and that, of course, was a surgical procedure. So obviously, surgery is the oldest profession.'' The engineer countered and said, ''Yes, but before that, order was created out of chaos, and that was definitely an engineering job.'' The politician smiled and said triumphantly, ''Aha! And who do you think created the chaos?''
Well, we know exactly who was creating chaos in the Corinthian church services. It was the Corinthians themselves. It had gotten so bad that unbelievers who were visiting the church and investigating the Gospel thought th ...
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