1 Corinthians 14vv26-end handout

Order! Order!

Further principles for orderly public worship

(Genesis 2:15-end) 1 Corinthians 14:26-end (p1155)

 

·       Issues with the public worship at Corinth – chapters 11-14

·       Using spiritual gifts in the more excellent way of love

·       Last time: The principle of intelligibility (understandability – does it make some sense even to outsiders?) for edification – the building up of the church – v26

 

Orderly use of tongues (vv27-28)

 

Orderly use of prophecy (vv29-32)

 

Take it in turns nicely! (v27, v30) – cf. maturity not like toddlers (v20)

 

Weigh what is said (v29)

 

The orderly nature of God himself (v33)

 

Orderly relationships between men & women / husbands & wives (vv34-35)

 

On women speaking in church see 11:5 (cf. 1 Timothy 2 esp. v11ff – Genesis 1-2, the teaching office in the Old Testament church)

 

Don’t squabble in public!

 

Orderly consensus of the churches (v36)

 

Orderly obedience to the Word of God and Apostolic instruction (vv36-37)

 

How should the good of the whole church and her witness affect how we act and what we pray for?