Tongues & Intelligibility in Church
In continuing with our sermon series through 1 Corinthians, Pastor Jay Jesuroga preached from 1 Corinthians 14:1-19, a message entitled “Tongues & Intelligibility in Church“.
- Introduction/Biblical Survey On Tongues
- Prophecy Is Greater Than Tongues Because Of Its Immediate Intelligibility (1 Cor. 14:1-5)
- Tongues Speaking Is Not Immediately Intelligible (1 Cor. 14:2)
- Prophecy Is Greater Because Of It Is Immediately Intelligible (1 Cor. 14:3-5)
- (unless there is an interpretation of the tongue)
- Uninterpreted Tongues Are Not Profitable For The Church (1 Cor. 14:6-12)
- Paul Shows This By Three Analogies (1 Cor. 14:7-11)
- The Application of Tongues (1 Cor. 14:13-19)
- Pray You Can Interpret Your Tongue To Edify The Church (1 Cor. 14:13-17)
- Paul Wasn’t Against Their Gift But Their Practice Of The Gift (1 Cor. 14:18-19)
- Only What Is Intelligible Is Allowed During Worship Services
- God Values The Mind
Prophecy and tongues defined (2 minute clip below):
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We see from these verses that intelligibility, being able to understand what is going on, is vital to a worship service. God uses our mind to sanctify us (2 minutes):
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We are to be ever-learning, ever-fathoming our fathomless God. Let us not think we’ve arrived just because we adhere to “The Five Points of Calvinism” (2 minutes):
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We see that knowledge is important, but does that mean there is no subjectivity to the Christian life? (2 minutes):
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Listen or download “Tongues & Intelligibility in Church” from 1 Corinthians 14:1-19 by Pastor Jay Jesuroga (from our sermon series through 1 Corinthians):