Thursday, September 3, 2015

Follow the way of love. 9/3/15

Day 244- Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/1Cor.14

1 Corinthians 14:1-20
Intelligibility in Worship
14 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. 2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue[a] does 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,[b] but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,[c] 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,[d] 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.


Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

Revelation and consecration September 3rd

 “For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may have a walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him.” COLOSSIANS 1:9-10
Paul is praying that the vision of the major things on God’s heart would be opened to the believers. Once we see those things, our life will begin to change to please the Lord. This is because the vision or scene before our spiritual eyes changes us. The change in us is not because we are so victorious in ourselves, but because of the transforming effect the vision has on us. For example, when the vision is a reality within us, it makes a difference whether we carry a grudge or a bad feeling toward a brother or sister. Thus, our inward life is radically changed and regulated by what we see.
The manifestation of the radical change in our life is our personal consecration. Because consecration is our response to revelation and vision, the higher our revelation, the greater and deeper will be our consecration. The lower our revelation, the less will be our consecration. Why are so many believers distracted? They attend church meetings on Sunday, but practically speaking there is not much reality in their daily life. Why? No vision. No revelation. No ministry from Paul’s, Peter’s, or John’s revelation. Brothers and sisters, we need to be in the identical revelation of the apostles. We need to see what they saw. We do not create something new. Rather, in our spirit we see the same things they saw. This is revelation.

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