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1 Corinthians 14:23-32 How to Have Church - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: May 22, 2011

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 14:25)

God's gifts used in God's way will draw people to God.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 14:26)

We should operate the church service by what God intended, what is based upon the Bible and what is best for the group.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 14:29)

We should be reading our Bibles so we can personally grow in wisdom and discernment.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 14:30)

The time we spend together is so important, it is precious.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 14:31)

It is important for each of us to tell our God story or testimony.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 14:32)

We need to make good and godly decisions.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

1 Cor 14:26 AMP

What then, brethren, is [the right course]? When you meet together, each one has a hymn, a teaching, a disclosure of special knowledge or information, an utterance in a [strange] tongue, or an interpretation of it. [But] let everything be constructive and edifying and for the good of all.

Acts 17:10-11 NKJV

10 Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

1 Thess 5:19-22 NKJV

Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.

1 Thess 5:19-22 NLT

Do not stifle the Holy Spirit. 20 Do not scoff at prophecies, 21 but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. 22 Stay away from every kind of evil.

1 Cor 14:30 NLT

But if someone is prophesying and another person receives a revelation from the Lord, the one who is speaking must stop.

1 Cor 14:32 NLT

Remember that people who prophesy are in control of their spirit and can take turns.

1 Cor 14:32 AMP

For the spirits of the prophets (the speakers in tongues) are under the speaker's control [and subject to being silenced as may be necessary],

1 John 4:1-2 NLT

1 Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. 2 This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God.

Gal 5:22-23 NKJV

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Deut 30:19-20a NLT

19 "Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! 20 You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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