"The Gift of Spirit"(1 Corinthians 14:1-12)

1 Corinthians 14:1-12

In 1 Corinthians 14, Paul addresses the gift of tongues and prophecy. In the past the church witnessed manifestations of the Holy Spirit, and these days we still see the manifestations of tongues and prophecy.  Many of us want to experience the Holy Spirit and Paul advices that we should seek love and genuinely want spiritual gifts.

Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

1 Corinthians 14:1 ESV

Later, Paul explains that tongues is used to speak to God and not to members of the congregation. Although we can speak to God in our normal language, we can also use tongues to speak to God in spirit.

For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:2 ESV

Paul goes on further to explain that prophecy is used to edify the church. When we prophesy, it is to encourage and strengthen the members of the church.

On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.

1 Corinthians 14:3 ESV

Paul seems to further explain that prophecy is better because it is for the church; however, Paul is not explaining the two gifts but rather explaining gifts in general. We can use gifts from God just for ourselves or use them for the community. Paul tells us gifts used for others is better than using it for ourselves.

The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.

1 Corinthians 14:4‭-‬5 ESV

Paul encourages us to use our gifts for others and not just for ourselves because unless our gifts are used in a proper way, they are meaningless.  It is not to say that speaking in tongues is useless,  but if we do not have concern for others and the speaking in tongues is not interpreted,  the gift of tongues is made meaningless and only adds confusions. 

If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played? And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle? So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.

1 Corinthians 14:7‭-‬9 ESV

For Christian, freedom is to serve others for God's glory and not ourselves for our glory. 

So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

1 Corinthians 14:12 ESV

These days it is not uncommon for parents to try to teach their children to pray in tongues. Yet, if you want to learn tongues, pray with love and have a heart for others. To have the Holy Spirit, understand that you already have the gift of the Holy Sprit. We just need to use the spirit in love and for others. We need to think how we can use our own gifts for others. 

Worship Songs

Still

Your Grace Is Enough 

How Great Is Our God 

226 Your Grace Is Enough

 Your Grace is Enough

CCLI Song # 4477026 Matt Maher

Your Grace is Enough

CCLI Song # 4477026 Matt Maher

Verse 1
Great is Your faithfulness oh God
You wrestle with the sinner's heart
You lead us by still waters into mercy
And nothing can keep us apart

Pre Chorus
So Remember Your People
Remember Your Children
Remember Your Promise
Oh God

Chorus
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough for me

Verse 2
Great is Your love and justice God
You use the weak to lead the strong
You lead us in the song of Your salvation
And all Your people sing along

Pre Chorus
So Remember Your People
Remember Your Children
Remember Your Promise
Oh God

Chorus
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough for me
[x2]

Pre Chorus
So Remember Your People
Remember Your Children
Remember Your Promise
Oh God

Chorus
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough for me

 
Chorus 2
Your Grace Is Enough
Heaven Reaching Down To Us
Your Grace Is Enough For Me
 
Chorus 3
Your Grace Is Enough
I'm Covered In Your Love
Your Grace Is Enough For Me
 

For Me

(1) YOUR GRACE IS ENOUGH CHORDS (ver 2) by Chris Tomlin @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

(1) YOUR GRACE IS ENOUGH CHORDS (ver 2) by Matt Maher @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

주님의 은혜 넘치네

 Your Grace Is Enough

주님의 은혜 넘치네

 

Great is Your faithfulness oh God

You wrestle with the sinner's heart

주 신실하심 놀라워

죄인의 마음 흔드네

You lead us by still waters  into mercy

And nothing can keep us apart

자비의 물가로 인도하시니

그 무엇도 끊지 못해

So remember Your people

Remember Your children

Remember Your promise

Oh God

주여 기억하소서 주 백성 자녀들

신실한 주님의 약속

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough for me

주님의 은혜 내게 넘치네

나를 향한 주 은혜

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough for me

주님의 은혜 내게 넘치네

나를 향한 주 은혜

Great is Your love and justice God

You use the weak to lead the strong

공의와 사랑 놀라워

약한 자 들어 쓰시네

You lead us in the song of Your salvation

And all Your people sing along

구원의 노래로 인도하시니

만 백성 함께 찬양해

So remember Your people

Remember Your children

Remember Your promise

Oh God

주여 기억하소서 주 백성 자녀들

신실한 주님의 약속

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough for me

주님의 은혜 내게 넘치네

나를 향한 주 은혜

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough for me

주님의 은혜 내게 넘치네

나를 향한 주 은혜

So remember Your people

Remember Your children

Remember Your promise

Oh God

주여 기억하소서 주 백성 자녀들

신실한 주님의 약속

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough for me

주님의 은혜 내게 넘치네

나를 향한 주 은혜

Your Grace Is Enough

Heaven Reaching Down To Us

Your Grace Is Enough For Me

주님의 은혜 내게 넘치네

나를 향한 주 은혜

Your Grace Is Enough

I'm Covered In Your Love

Your Grace Is Enough For Me

주님의 은혜 내게 넘치네

나를 향한 주 은혜 

For Me

은혜

32 Still

 

Still – Hillsong 

CCLI Song # 3940963 Reuben Morgan

Verse 1

Hide me now Under Your wings

Cover me Within Your mighty hand

 

Chorus

When the oceans rise And thunders roar

I will soar with you Above the storm

 

Father, You are King Over the flood

I will be still Know You are God

 

Verse 2

Find rest my soul In Christ alone.

Know His power In quietness and trust.

 

Chorus

When the oceans rise And thunders roar

I will soar with you Above the storm

 

Father, You are King Over the flood

I will be still Know You are God

[2X]

 

Verse 2

Find rest my soul In Christ alone.

Know His power In quietness and trust.

 

Chorus

When the oceans rise And thunders roar

I will soar with you Above the storm

 

Father, You are King Over the flood

I will be still Know You are God

[Repeat]

주품에

255 How Great Is Our God

 How Great Is Our God

CCLI Song # 4348399 Chris Tomlin | Ed Cash | Jesse Reeves

(1) HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD CHORDS by Chris Tomlin @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

How Great Is Our God Lyrics and Chords | Worship Together

Verse 1
The splendor of the King
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice
 
He wraps Himself in light,
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice
 
Chorus
How great is our God
Sing with me how great is our God
And all will see
How great, how great is our God
 
Verse 2
Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end
 
The Godhead Three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb
 
Chorus
How great is our God
Sing with me how great is our God
And all will see
How great, how great is our God
 
Bridge
Name Above All Names
Worthy Of All Praise
My Heart Will Sing
How Great Is Our God
[2X]
 
Chorus
How great is our God
Sing with me how great is our God
And all will see
How great, how great is our God
 
Ending
How great is our God
How great is our God
How great, how great is our God
[2X]

위대하신 주

How Great Is Our God
위대하신 주

The splendor of the King

Clothed in majesty
빛나는 왕의 왕 영광의 주님
Let all the earth rejoice

All the earth rejoice
온 땅 기뻐하라 온 땅 기뻐하라

He wraps Himself in light,

And darkness tries to hide
광채의 옷 입고 어두움 물리쳐
And trembles at His voice

Trembles at His voice
저 원수는 떠네 저 원수는 떠네

How Great Is Our God

Sing With Me How Great Is Our God
위대하신 주 찬양해 위대하신 주
And All Will See How Great, How Great Is Our God
모두 알게 되리라 위대하신 주

Age to age He stands

And time is in His hands
영원한 주의 주 시간의 주관자
Beginning and the End

Beginning and the End
알파와 오메가 알파와 오메가

The Godhead Three in One

Father Spirit Son
삼위의 하나님 아바 성령 예수
The Lion and the Lamb

The Lion and the Lamb
사자와 어린 양 사자와 어린 양

How Great Is Our God

Sing With Me How Great Is Our God
위대하신 주 찬양해 위대하신 주
And All Will See How Great, How Great Is Our God
모두 알게 되리라 위대하신 주

Name Above All Names

Worthy Of All Praise
모든 이름 위에 뛰어나신 이름
My Heart Will Sing

How Great Is Our God
다 찬양해 위대하신 주

Name Above All Names

Worthy Of All Praise
모든 이름 위에 뛰어나신 이름
My Heart Will Sing

How Great Is Our God
다 찬양해 위대하신 주

How Great Is Our God

Sing With Me How Great Is Our God
위대하신 주 찬양해 위대하신 주
And All Will See How Great, How Great Is Our God
모두 알게 되리라 위대하신 주

How Great Is Our God

How Great Is Our God

How Great, How Great Is Our God

"Gathering in His Name"(1 Corinthians 11:17-27)

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20

 

Paul accuses some members of the church of Corinth are doing more harm than good. Although some say they were gathering in the name of Christ, they were assembling for other reasons. Today, we sometime congregate for reasons other than Christ.

 

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

1 Corinthians 11:18-19 ESV

 

There were many heresies in Corinth as this was a city with many beliefs, cultures, and religions. People who brought in their own interpretations of Christianity and then merged these beliefs with the Christian communities. Of course, there other Christians who had a solid understanding of the fundamentals as well as a superior knowledge of the scriptures than others. The ones with superior knowledge could correct those with inferior understanding of the Bible. This did not always have the results that a church would want. In fact, Paul explains that we need to accept our weaknesses and have an understanding that others are weak as well.

 

When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

1 Corinthians 11:20-22 ESV

 

In the early church, it was common for the congregation to bring their own food and wine. The rich could come with much tasty food and often they did not share. The poor might not be able to bring anything and would go hungry. In the world today, the top 10% own 90% of the world's wealth. If you own your home and car in North America, you are in the top 10%. If this is you, then you are rich compared to others. Just as in the past, the rich can afford to help, but often do not see the needs of others. Rich Christians might think they are full of grace

 

We come to church to glorify God. We need to be one with Christ. Therefore, we celebrate communion. The purpose of coming to church us to glorify God and to encourage one another.

 

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 ESV

 

We should come to church with the understanding that we gather as imperfect individuals who draw closer to the truth that makes us perfect. We need to work together, to encourage one another, to learn from one another and to love one another as individuals working in a community as one.

  

so, we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Romans 12:5-8 ESV

 

Our homework is to be able to express our ideas, beliefs, and thoughts in such a way that we can have dialogues and not influence people in a haughty, loveless or terrifying way, but rather with love, understanding and sacrifice.

Mighty To Save 
Here I Am To Worship 
In Christ alone 

"Knowledge without Love"(1 Corinthians 8:1-13)

 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

 

Sacrificing food to idols was quite common a long time ago. Although we may see some cultures still practice food sacrifices, it is not really a concern for Christians these days.

 

God has created all things, and they are all under the sovereignty of God. However, we can use these things in a wicked way. In fact, it is easy for us to corrupt the good purposes that God had intended for all his creation. In the same way, there are Christian song writers who started off as secular musicians but later created music to worship God. The style of music was never immoral, but how that music was used made in sinful. Rich people can use money in a righteous way or a depraved way. It does not make money evil. What is evil is hoarding money through avarice, spending money on vices, using money for bribes and squandering money on debauchery. God gives us resources to live and to help others, and we can glorify God by using our resources in the manner that they were intended for.

 

Idols are objects used in a way that takes away glory from God. The objects are not evil in themselves but are used in way that takes away God’s glory. People put their trust in idols and fall into fearing the idols or worshipping them. Food offered to idols later to be sold to the markets put some Christians at unease whereas other Christians knew that these idols had no power. This knowledge concerning the false and inept idols and our freedom to eat all foods created problems.

 

Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 8:1 ESV

 

But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? And so, by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

1 Corinthians 8:9-13 ESV

 

We have freedom to eat whatever food we want, but we must be aware of others and their struggles with faith. We should practice our freedom to win others to Christ and not be an obstacle for others as they strive to know Christ more.

 

We can anything but sin, however, what good is that if we are not winning others over to Christ. We need love to use our abilities to be able to think of and to care for others. Without love, our knowledge will puff us up. Without love we become arrogant. Knowledge without love will never work. This knowledge is also our abilities.

 

Educators are not just those professionals working in schools. We all teach others in different capacities and at various times. Without love, both our formal and informal lessons may result in preventing students from knowing Christ. We need to be intentional with our love, so that we will not fall into arrogance.

Worship Songs

Our God 

113 Open the eyes of my heart

181 I will run to you

181 I Will Run To You

 I Will Run To You 

CCLI Song # 1959901 Darlene Zschech

VERSE 1 
Your eye is on the sparrow  
And Your hand it comforts me  
From the ends of the earth  
To the depths of my heart  
Let Your mercy and strength be seen  
   

VERSE 2   
You call me to Your purpose   
As angels understand   
For Your glory may You draw all men   
As Your love and grace demands   
    

CHORUS   
And I will run to You  
To Your words of truth  
Not by might not by power   
But by the Spirit of God  
    

Yes I will run the race  
'Til I see Your face  
Oh let me live in the glory   
of Your grace  
  

VERSE 2  
You call me to Your purpose  
As angels understand  
For Your glory may You draw all men  
As Your love and grace demands  
  

CHORUS  
And I will run to You  
To Your words of truth  
Not by might not by power  
But by the Spirit of God  
  

Yes I will run the race  
'Til I see Your face  
Oh let me live in the glory   
of Your grace  
(2X)  
  

ENDING   
And I will run to You  
To Your words of truth  
Not by might not by power  
But by the Spirit of God  

Yes I will run the race   
'Til I see Your face  
Oh let me live in the glory  
Oh let me live in the glory  
Oh let me live in the glory   
of Your grace  

CHORUS

ENDING

I Will Run To You

주 말씀 향하여 (하늘의 나는 새도)

Your eye is on the sparrow

And Your hand, it comforts me

하늘의 나는 새도 주 손길 돌보시네

From the ends of the Earth

to the depth of my heart

Let Your mercy and strength be seen

온 땅에 충만한 주 사랑으로 

내 마음을 덮으소서

You call me to Your purpose

As angels understand

주 나를 부르셨네 주의 영광 위해

For Your glory, may You draw all men

As Your love and grace demands

모든 사람 이끄소서 

주의 영광으로

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power 

But by the Spirit of God

주 말씀 향하여 달려가리라

힘도 아닌 능도 아닌 오직 성령으로

Yes, I will run the race

'Till I see Your face

Oh let me live in the glory 

of Your grace

주 얼굴 향하여 달려가리라

오 주의 영광 안에 살게 하소서 

Your eye is on the sparrow

And Your hand, it comforts me

하늘의 나는 새도 주 손길 돌보시네

From the ends of the Earth 

to the depth of my heart

Let Your mercy and strength be seen

온 땅에 충만한 주 사랑으로 

내 마음을 덮으소서

You call me to Your purpose

As angels understand

주 나를 부르셨네 주의 영광 위해

For Your glory, may You draw all men

As Your love and grace demands

모든 사람 이끄소서 

주의 영광으로

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power 

But by the Spirit of God

주 말씀 향하여 달려가리라

힘도 아닌 능도 아닌 오직 성령으로

Yes, I will run the race

'Till I see Your face

Oh let me live in the glory 

of Your grace

주 얼굴 향하여 달려가리라

오 주의 영광 안에 살게 하소서 

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power 

But by the Spirit of God

주 말씀 향하여 달려가리라

힘도 아닌 능도 아닌 오직 성령으로

Yes, I will run the race

'Till I see Your face

Oh let me live in the glory 

of Your grace

주 얼굴 향하여 달려가리라

오 주의 영광 안에 살게 하소서 

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power 

But by the Spirit of God

주 말씀 향하여 달려가리라

힘도 아닌 능도 아닌 오직 성령으로

Yes, I will run the race

'Till I see Your face

Oh let me live in the glory

주 얼굴 향하여 달려가리라

오 주의 영광 안에

Oh let me live in the glory

Oh let me live in the glory 

of Your grace

오 주의 영광 안에 

오 주의 영광 안에 

살게 하소서