Sermon Notes 7/7 – The Holy Spirit

                                    First Corinthians 14

verse 4 – Tongues & Prophecy

***Tongues edifies the believer – builds them up

***Prophecy – edifies the church because it is in a persons native language

verse 5 – The Lord and Paul want every believer to speak in tongues

-the enemy cannot understand what we are praying

-we have a free will to accept or reject things

***It is better to prophesy because it is given in your native tongue & is understandable

Prophecy = Tongues + Interpretation of tongues

(Private Tongues vs Public Tongues)

verse 6 – Understanding

-this verse is not a put down of tongues, but speaking in tongues alone cannot be understood

-the other ways to speak in v6 can be understood as they are in a person;s native language

verse 7 – the illustration of musical instruments

-they must give off a clear sound so the song can be understood

verse 8 – the illustration of a military trumpet

-the sound must be clear to gather the troops

vs9-11 – the illustration of languages and communication

-we must understand what is being spoken

verse 12 – ZEAL

zeal – means to have an enthusiastic devotion for/a fervent desire for/a red hot fire & passion for God/a want to

1. ZEAL IS PRODUCED BY ABIDING – John 15:4-7,9

-this is spending daily time with Jesus

-this takes time

-Matt 6:33

-this passion and God enthusiasm becomes contagious

            As we abide in Jesus, we acquire a zeal for many things:

     1. There will be a zeal for God’s House – church – Hebrews 10:25

-make one choice to be in church @ salvation

-it’s a priority

-we need to be around other sheep – sheep are found in flocks

     2. There will be a zeal for salvation – ISAIAH 59:15-17

V15 – the spiritual state of Israel was not good – the Lord was displeased

v16 – no one stood up to make righteous changes – so the Lord did something

v17 – Luke 19:1-10 – Jesus has this zeal to save & judge those who reject Him

cloak – an outer garment that covered the entire body

-Christianity is all about redemption

       3. There will be a zeal for spiritual gifts – 1 Corinthians 14:12

-the gifts are only for edification – to build people up – a construction term

verse 13 – this is the spiritual

personal vs public tongues…….

Public Tongues always needs an interpretation

-the person giving the tongues can interpret

-someone different than who gave the tongues can interpret

verse 14 – our spirit man prays when we receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit – Romans 8:26-27

-our minds do not understand what we are praying

verse 15 – spirit is tongues…understanding is english

-we need to pray in our native tongue & in tongues – balance

vs16-17 – if we just speak or sing in tongues, there will be no understanding

The ungifted or those uninstructed are:

– a believer who has not been taught about tongues

– an unbeliever

v17 – there is no edification when there is no understanding

v18 – Paul spoke in tongues

-Paul is our pattern to follow in many ways – 1 Timothy 1:16

verse 19 – it is better to speak in our native language for understanding purposes

verse 20 – all believers need to mature and grow up

-do not act like preschoolers who cannot walk or talk yet

-live for the Lord and do not be carnal – stay away from evil and carnality

***Understand the spirituals, study tham and be used in them in the right way…….