1 Cor 14
[sup]26 [/sup]How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. [sup]27 [/sup]If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret. [sup]28 [/sup]But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God. [sup]29 [/sup]Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge. [sup]30 [/sup]But if anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep silent. [sup]31 [/sup]For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. [sup]32 [/sup]And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. [sup]33 [/sup]For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
Apparently there is a move in some circles to apply a Scripturally based model in the gathering of Christians, where the brethern (and sisteren) are actually part of the worship service. -- They no longer pay someone to do their thinking.
It seems the difference is analogous to a gym membership. In one instance you pay your fees, watch the trainer demonstrate exercises, and then walk out as weak as when you walked in. In the other instance, you pay your fees, actually do the exercises, and go home strengthened.
Excercise is hard work, and I expect most are happy paying someone else. But when adversity comes, will these be able to hear from God? Will these be sufficiently strong in the faith? Or will these be part of the Great Falling Away?
... I think I already know the answer ...
[sup]26 [/sup]How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. [sup]27 [/sup]If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret. [sup]28 [/sup]But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God. [sup]29 [/sup]Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge. [sup]30 [/sup]But if anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep silent. [sup]31 [/sup]For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. [sup]32 [/sup]And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. [sup]33 [/sup]For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
Apparently there is a move in some circles to apply a Scripturally based model in the gathering of Christians, where the brethern (and sisteren) are actually part of the worship service. -- They no longer pay someone to do their thinking.
It seems the difference is analogous to a gym membership. In one instance you pay your fees, watch the trainer demonstrate exercises, and then walk out as weak as when you walked in. In the other instance, you pay your fees, actually do the exercises, and go home strengthened.
Excercise is hard work, and I expect most are happy paying someone else. But when adversity comes, will these be able to hear from God? Will these be sufficiently strong in the faith? Or will these be part of the Great Falling Away?
... I think I already know the answer ...
