1 Corinthians 14 - Revision history

Wakefien: /* Tongues As a Sign V. 20-25 */

2018-07-23T14:20:25Z

‎Tongues As a Sign V. 20-25

Wakefien: /* Where the Rubber Meats the Road V. 13-19 */

2018-07-23T14:18:55Z

‎Where the Rubber Meats the Road V. 13-19

Wakefien: /* An Application of the Purpose V. 6-18 */

2018-07-16T13:06:56Z

‎An Application of the Purpose V. 6-18

Wakefien: /* Objectives */

2018-07-11T18:00:41Z

‎Objectives

Wakefien: /* Opening */

2018-07-11T18:00:06Z

‎Opening

Wakefien: /* Women in the Church at Corinth V. 34-38 */

2018-07-03T16:56:13Z

‎Women in the Church at Corinth V. 34-38

Wakefien: /* Women in the Church at Corinth V. 34-38 */

2018-07-03T16:47:22Z

‎Women in the Church at Corinth V. 34-38

Wakefien: /* Order During Worship V. 26-40 */

2018-07-03T15:16:24Z

‎Order During Worship V. 26-40

Wakefien: /* Order During Worship V. 26-40 */

2018-07-03T15:11:40Z

‎Order During Worship V. 26-40

Wakefien: /* Order, not Disorder V. 27-33 */

2018-07-03T15:10:34Z

‎Order, not Disorder V. 27-33

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 ===Tongues As a Sign V. 20-25===
 *If you were to put together a number line with emotion on the left side, what would you place on the right side?
-**Most people would probably put something like logic or reasoning.  In verse 20 Paul calls on the Corinthians to put aside their emotions and experience with evil and instead to think through the use of tongues.  To this end Paul will next quiet from Isaiah 28:11,12 and argue that tongues are a sign to unbelieving Israel.  Perhaps Israel saw tongues as a sin of the impending judgement that would come in AD 70.  If so then this passage is particularly interesting in that tongues served as a sign for the Jews but as Paul addresses in verse 23 for others tongues did nothing more than to further confuse people.  In particular, the Gentiles unbelievers would have been familiar with mystery religions of the time and likely would have associated the babbling of tongues with ecstatic worship of mystery religions.  In this way, the sign of tongues would have served to negatively portray christianity to unbelievers who were not Jews.
+**Most people would probably put something like logic or reasoning.  In verse 20 Paul calls on the Corinthians to put aside their emotions and experience with evil and instead to think through the use of tongues.  To this end Paul will next quote from Isaiah 28:11,12 and argue that tongues are a sign to unbelieving Israel.  Perhaps Israel saw tongues as a sign of the impending judgement that would come in AD 70.  If so, then this passage is particularly interesting in that tongues served as a sign for the Jews, but as Paul addresses in verse 23, for others, tongues did nothing more than to further confuse people.  In particular, the Gentile unbelievers would have been familiar with mystery religions of the time and likely would have associated the babbling of tongues with ecstatic worship of mystery religions.  In this way, the sign of tongues would have served to negatively portray christianity to unbelievers who were not Jews.
 *According to verses 22-25, what difference exists between tongues and prophecy?
 **Tongues served as a sign to the Jews of impending judgement but to other unbelievers tongues seemed like lunacy.  Prophesy, on the other hand, served to edify the body and convict unbelievers.

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 **Truly, verily, so let it be.  The word amen carries the idea that I place my full endorsement behind what was just said.  It is as if I had said it myself.
 *According to verse 16, what measure could be used to decide if an utterance was appropriate?
-**There should be a mechanism by which the utterance is ineligible to the entire congregation so that the conjuration has the opportunity to affirm the utterance.  It is interesting that in a sense this verse also demonstrates that worship is interactive.  We are not to be passive recipients of God's word but actively engaged so that we are processing and evaluating the word.
+**There should be a mechanism by which the utterance is ineligible to the entire congregation so that the congregation has the opportunity to affirm the utterance.  It is interesting that, in a sense, this verse also demonstrates that worship is interactive.  We are not to be passive recipients of God's word but actively engaged so that we are processing and evaluating the word.
 ===Tongues As a Sign V. 20-25===

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 ===4 Illustrations V. 6-9===
 *In verses 6-9 Paul gives four conditionals, what are they?
-**If come speaking tongues => how will I benefit you?
+**If I come speaking tongues => how will I benefit you?
 **If lifeless instruments do not give a distinctly sound => how will anyone know what is played?
 **If the bugle gives an indistinct sound => who will get ready for battle?
-**If with your tongue you utter intelligible speech => how will anyone know what is said?
+**If with your tongue you utter un-intelligible speech => how will anyone know what is said?
 ***Each of these four conditional sentences is in the form of aorist subjunctive protasis followed by a future interrogative apodosis and are hence third class conditional sentences, commonly called "future more vivid".  This is interesting because in the future more vivid construction the writer sees the condition as being likely fulfilled.  This is purely speculation but I wonder I Paul is not telling the people that he knows they are using gifts but currently they are not using them to edify and he expects them to change that behavior.

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		+	*Students will come up with specific ways in which they can be zealous for the edification of the church.

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		+	*What is it that you are most passionate about?
		+	*We tend to be passionate about some things. In Corinth the people seemed to be passionate for particular Spiritual gifts. Paul wanted them to be passionate about the edification of the church.

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 *According to verse 35, when is the appropriate time for a woman to ask questions of her husband?
 **At home.  Note: when looking at this passage we must also keep 11:5 in mind.  1 Corinthians does not appear to prevent women from speaking.  Instead it seems like the passage is saying that church is not the place for a cultural revolution.  At the time the culture heavily favored men.  In 1st Corinthians Paul gives significant authority to women, particularly in relation to their intimate relationship with their husband (1 Corinthians 7:4).  In this passage Paul carefully conveys a message that while he has granted significant authority to women, he has not given them permission to use the church as a cultural revolution.  They are not to use their new-found authority in the church to publicly challenge men (especially their husbands).
 =Closing=
 *What does is look like to be zealous for the edification of the church?
 *What actions can you take this week, month, year to demonstrate your zeal for the church?

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 **Willing to cede
 ====Women in the Church at Corinth V. 34-38====
+*As we look at this passage you must bear in mind that we just talked about judging prophesy.  What command is given in verse 34?
 =Closing=
 *What does is look like to be zealous for the edification of the church?
 *What actions can you take this week, month, year to demonstrate your zeal for the church?