Homerton Baptist Church
Morning Service (260125)

      • 1 Corinthians 14:1–5ESV

  • Hymn 177 - GOD, WE PRAISE YOU! GOD, WE BLESS YOU!

      • Psalm 79:1–4ESV

  • Hymn 248 - Immortal, invisible, God only wise

      • Titus 3ESV

      • Ruth 1:19–22ESV

  • Hymn 549 - The heavens declare your glory, Lord!

      • 1 Corinthians 14:1–5ESV

      • 1 Corinthians 2:6–16ESV

  • Psalm 79:1–4 ESV
    1 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 2 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth. 3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. 4 We have become a taunt to our neighbours, mocked and derided by those around us.
    1 Corinthians 2:6–16 ESV
    6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— 10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. 14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
    Introduction
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    1 Corinthians 14:1–5 ESV
    1 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 3 On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. 4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. 5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.
    Paul has made it clear that tongues and prophecies will cease and love will remain supreme. He now applies this to the Corinthian believers so they may learn to use these gifts in he most appropriate way.
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    1. Pursue Love v1

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    1 Corinthians 14:1 ESV
    1 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

    a. Love is Preeminent

    This has already been made very clear. The behaviour of the Corinthians has shown their rejection of this. Paul has had to deal with a number of real problems.
    We must pursue love with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength (compare Mark 12:30). In short, Paul exhorts the readers to put the message of his letter of love (13) into practice. Kistemaker
    Mark 12:30 ESV
    30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

    b. Desire the Spiritual Gifts

    God has given the gifts for our benefit and his glory but each must be seen in its proper place.
    1 Corinthians 12:31 ESV
    31 But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

    c. Prophesy

    1 Corinthians 14:1 ESV
    1 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
    1 Corinthians 12:28–29 ESV
    28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
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    Paul can urge the Corinthians to pray earnestly for the gift of prophecy. Whatever gift the Holy Spirit confers on a believer must be employed in love for the benefit of the church. In addition, we observe that without the Holy Spirit a person is unable to prophesy. While God is calling forth today preachers, teachers, and exhorters of his revelation, Paul is urging them to respond to that call. Kistemaker
    1 Corinthians 12:11 ESV
    11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
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    2. Tongues or Prophesy? v2-3

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    1 Corinthians 14:2–3 ESV
    2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 3 On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.

    a. Tongues v2

    1 Corinthians 14:2 ESV
    2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
    Speaking in a tongue without interpretation does not communicate anything meaningful, because the people are unable to understand the words that are spoken. Kistemaker, S. J.
    When language is not understood, people cannot communicate. And a failure to communicate results in alienation for the people involved. According to the account in Acts 2:4–11, everyone present in the temple courts was able to understand the messages proclaimed in many known languages by those filled with the Holy Spirit. Kistemaker,
    Mysteries
    Through the Holy Spirit, God originates both in prophecies and in tongues mysteries that are incomprehensible (compare 2:6–16; 1 Peter 1:10–12). Nonetheless, the Holy Spirit reveals these mysteries and employs his people to express them. The Holy Spirit, then, is the agent who works within a person and relates mysteries. Kistemaker, S.
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    1 Peter 1:10–12 ESV
    10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 12 It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

    b. Prophecies v3

    1 Corinthians 14:3 ESV
    3 On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.
    The contrast between tongue-speaking and prophecy is obvious: the tongue-speaker fails to communicate, but the person who prophesies addresses people with a message. Kistemaker,
    This message has a threefold purpose: it must be instructive, encouraging, and comforting for the believers (compare 1 Thess. 2:12). It builds people in their faith,
    Moreover, the prophetic message heartens and inspires the hearers to be able to face the burdens of their daily lives. And the spoken words comfort, nurture, and sustain God’s people in periods of depression, sorrow, and heartache. Kistemaker
    Slide
    In I Corinthians, Paul stresses nonpredictive prophecy when he indicates that the work of prophesying consists of edifying, encouraging, and consoling the believers. Anyone who prophesies ministers to the church, proclaims God’s revelation, interprets the plan of salvation, and applies the truth of the gospel. Prophesying “aims to bring God’s truth to bear on human lives with a view to their understanding and growth.” In effect, the work of prophesying and of teaching overlap. Both the first-century prophet and the modern-day preacher and teacher aspire to edify the Christian community. Kistemaker, S

    i. New Testament Prophets

    Acts 11:28 ESV
    28 And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
    Paul at Caesarea
    Acts 21:10–11 ESV
    10 While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11 And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ”
    In the first century some people filled the office of prophet, which had a rank following that of the apostle (Eph. 4:11). The Holy Spirit gave the gift of this particular office to the early church. But when the work of the apostles and the prophets was completed at the close of the church’s foundational period (see Eph. 2:20), there were no successors to fill these two official positions. Kistemaker,
    Ephesians 4:11–12 ESV
    11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
    Slide
    Every believer may ask God to give him or her the right words to speak when the need arises, and God will hear and answer these petitions. Especially preachers and teachers are able to testify that, in response to their prayers, the Holy Spirit has given them the ability to utter fitting words that reflect God’s revealed Word. Yet no one should ascribe infallibility to either the speakers as persons or their messages, for they proclaim nothing that can be added to the Scriptures. Such preaching and teaching of Scripture has been and always will continue to be prophecy. “Prophecy has been and remains a reality whenever and wherever Bible truth is genuinely preached.” Kistemaker,
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    3. Building Up the Church v4-5

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    1 Corinthians 14:4–5 ESV
    4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. 5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.

    a. Tongues v4a

    1 Corinthians 14:4 ESV
    4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.
    Unless the the tongues are interpreted they are of no benefit to anyone other than the speaker. Later Paul deals with this in more detail.

    b. Prophesies v4b

    1 Corinthians 14:4 ESV
    4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.
    Prophecy , in whatever form, builds up the church which is much more significant.

    c. Paul’s Desire v5

    1 Corinthians 14:5 ESV
    5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.

    i. Desire tongues

    1 Corinthians 14:5 ESV
    5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.
    Providing there is interpretation.

    ii. Desire prophecy more

    1 Corinthians 14:5 ESV
    5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.
    This is prophecy in the broad sense. Declaring, proclaiming the living Word of God.

    iii. Prophecy is Greater

    1 Corinthians 14:5 ESV
    5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.
    Acts 5:42 ESV
    42 And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.
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    Romans 1:15 ESV
    15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
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    1 Corinthians 9:16 ESV
    16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
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    2 Timothy 4:1–2 ESV
    1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
    Conclusion
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    Romans 1:16–17 ESV
    16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

      • Psalm 79:1–4ESV

      • 1 Corinthians 14:1–5ESV

      • 1 Corinthians 14:1ESV

      • 1 Corinthians 14:2–3ESV

      • 1 Peter 1:10–12ESV

      • 1 Corinthians 14:4–5ESV

      • Romans 1:15ESV

      • 1 Corinthians 9:16ESV

      • 2 Timothy 4:1–2ESV

      • Romans 1:16–17ESV

  • Hymn 540 - Revive your church, O Lord
  • Doxology 1145 Chorus

      • 2 Peter 3:18ESV

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