KINGDOM LIVING: How to exercise Spiritual Gifts pt.2

LIVING UNDER KINGDOM AUTHORITY

January 12, 2025

HOW TO EXERCISE SPIRITUAL GIFTS Pt. 2

1 Corinthians 14:1-40

 

 

1 Corinthians 14.

INTRODUCTION:

1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV)Love never fails. 

 

1 Corinthians 12:31 (NIV)And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

 

1 Corinthians 14:1 (NIV)Follow the way of love…

 

 

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 14:1-40 (NIV) Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.² For anyone who speaks in a tonguedoes not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit.³ But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort.⁴ Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.⁵ I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.

⁶ Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction?⁷ Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes?⁸ Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?⁹ So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.¹⁰ Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.¹¹ If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.¹² So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.

¹³ For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.¹⁵ So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding.¹⁶ Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?¹⁷ You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.

¹⁸ I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.¹⁹ But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

²⁰ Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.²¹ In the Law it is written:

“With other tongues
    and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
    but even then they will not listen to me,
says the Lord.”

²² Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.²³ So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind?²⁴ But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all,²⁵ as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”

²⁶ What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.²⁷ If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret.²⁸ If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.

²⁹ Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.³⁰ And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop.³¹ For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.³² The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.³³ For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.

³⁴ Womenshould remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.³⁵ If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

³⁶ Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?³⁷ If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.³⁸ But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.

³⁹ Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.⁴⁰ But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

 

 

 

Highlights:

What the gifts are not:

 

1)     They are not of anything

 

2)     Gifts are not

 

3)     Spiritual gifts are not for anything.

 

 

 

FOUR TEACHINGS TO APPLY TO SPIRITUAL GIFTS: 

 

1.  

 

1 Corinthians 14:1 (NIV) Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit…

 

 

 

James 4:2-3 (NIV) says, You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. ³ When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

 

 

 

Luke 11:13 (NIV) “If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

 

 

Genesis 32:26 (NIV)But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”

 

Genesis 32:28 (NIV) And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

 

 

 

 

2.  

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:12 (NIV)So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.

 

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:1 (NIV)Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:3-4 (NIV)But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort.⁴ Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesiesedifies the church.

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:24-25 (NIV)²⁴ But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all,²⁵ as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So, they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:2 (NIV) For anyone who speaks in a tonguedoes not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit.

 

1 Corinthians 14:13 (NIV) For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. 

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:5 (NIV) I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.

 

 

 

 

 

3.  

 

1 Corinthians 14:39-40 (NIV)Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.⁴⁰ But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

 

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:32-33 (NIV)The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.³³ For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:37-38 (NIV)If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.³⁸ But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.  (GW)If anyone supposes he is God’s messenger or has a spiritual gift, he must realize that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.  But whoever ignores what I write should be ignored.

 

 

 

What kind of parameters are mentioned in 1 Corinthians 14?

 

·        The of messages…

 

1 Corinthians 14:27 (NIV) If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. 

 

1 Corinthians 14:29 (NIV) Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

 

·        Every message in tongues

 

1 Corinthians 14:13 (NIV)For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.

 

1 Corinthians 14:28 (NIV)If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.

 

1 Corinthians 14:9 (NIV)So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

 

1 Corinthians 14:11 (NIV) If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.

 

·        Every manifestation of spiritual gifts

 

1 Corinthians 14:29 (NIV) Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

 

 

·        The manifestation of spiritual gifts

 

1 Corinthians 14:4-5 (NIV) Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. ⁵ I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.

 

Let me tackle one more parameter in our service.

 

·        Women in the church…

 

1 Corinthians 14:35-36 (NIV)³⁴ Womenshould remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. ³⁵ If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 11:5-6 (NIV)⁵ But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved.⁶ For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.

 

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:33 (NIV)For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.

 

 

 

 

 

4. 

 

1 Corinthians 14:26 (NIV) What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

 

 

 

 

CONCLUSION:

 

 

How to act in a Pentecostal Church:

 

1.   to show up.

 

 

2. to be overcome.

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:32-33 (NIV)³² The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.³³ For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.

 

 

 

3. Come to

 

 

4. not be seen

 

 

5. Come

 

 

6. testimony

 

 

7. Practice

 

 

 

PRAYER:

 

INVITTATION:

 

ALTAR:

 

WORSHIP: