CHARISMATIC CHAOS (34 OF 53)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:1-2
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Charismatic Chaos (34 of 53)
Series: Straight up Truth for a Messed-Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 14:1-25
You may recognize my title is borrowed from a popular book by Pastor John MacArthur. When that book was written 25 years ago it quickly became a classic doctrinal expose on the excesses of the modern Pentecostal and Charismatic movement.
Whether you agree with the findings of the book, the title is still appropriate for this chapter. For the word ''charismatic'' merely refers to spiritual gifts. The Greek is charis, or charisma.
And the last verse in this chapter commands that the congregational use of spiritual gifts should be done ''decently and in order.'' That is, God does not want there to be any CHAOS in our use of the CHARISMATA. Or, no ''Charismatic Chaos.''
I heard about three professional men who were arguing one day about which of them had the older profession. The politician, the architect, and the surgeon were really going at it! The surgeon said, ''God put Adam to sleep in Genesis 2. That was surgery!' The architect said, ''Yes, but before that, God designed and built everything out of nothing but confusion and chaos. That was architecture!'' The politician proudly asked, ''Where do you think the chaos and confusion came from?''
In the case of Corinth, the confusion didn't come from a politician. It came from an improper use of spiritual gifts, particularly the gift of speaking in tongues.
QUESTION: What was tongues? Tongues was the God-given ability to speak in an earthly language, not previously known to the speaker, for the purpose of proclaiming and picturing the gospel.
I want you to see one very important truth or you will not understand 1 Corinthians 14.
Acts 2:4-6 - ''And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues (languages) as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven...and the multitude ca ...
Series: Straight up Truth for a Messed-Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 14:1-25
You may recognize my title is borrowed from a popular book by Pastor John MacArthur. When that book was written 25 years ago it quickly became a classic doctrinal expose on the excesses of the modern Pentecostal and Charismatic movement.
Whether you agree with the findings of the book, the title is still appropriate for this chapter. For the word ''charismatic'' merely refers to spiritual gifts. The Greek is charis, or charisma.
And the last verse in this chapter commands that the congregational use of spiritual gifts should be done ''decently and in order.'' That is, God does not want there to be any CHAOS in our use of the CHARISMATA. Or, no ''Charismatic Chaos.''
I heard about three professional men who were arguing one day about which of them had the older profession. The politician, the architect, and the surgeon were really going at it! The surgeon said, ''God put Adam to sleep in Genesis 2. That was surgery!' The architect said, ''Yes, but before that, God designed and built everything out of nothing but confusion and chaos. That was architecture!'' The politician proudly asked, ''Where do you think the chaos and confusion came from?''
In the case of Corinth, the confusion didn't come from a politician. It came from an improper use of spiritual gifts, particularly the gift of speaking in tongues.
QUESTION: What was tongues? Tongues was the God-given ability to speak in an earthly language, not previously known to the speaker, for the purpose of proclaiming and picturing the gospel.
I want you to see one very important truth or you will not understand 1 Corinthians 14.
Acts 2:4-6 - ''And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues (languages) as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven...and the multitude ca ...
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