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Nov 20, 2016

The First Order of Worship

Passage: 1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: God's Love Letter to an Unlovely Church

Category: 1 Corinthians

Summary:

Main Text - 1 Corinthians 14:26-40; OT Readings - Deuteronomy 13:1-5 & Deuteronomy 18:15-22; NT Reading - 1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Detail:

God’s Love Letter To an Unlovely Church”

“The First Order of Worship”

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

 

  1. All Churches Are Liturgical – vs 26

 

     “Liturgical”  means _______________

 

               Ex 8:1  

               Acts 13:3

               Rom 12:2  

 

     The positive and negative views of vs. 26

 

 

  1. The Liturgy Must Not Interfere with Worship or the Word – 27-33

 

     You mean there are “rules” for worship!!!

 

     Here we have a glimpse into…

              

               28 – Ah Ha  tongues is a devotional language!?

                                              

 

  1. The Word and Not Culture Has the Last Word on the Role of the Worshippers in Our

     Liturgy – 33b - 36

 

                Surprise Surprise – there are at least 8 interpretaions

 

                              It is a gloss – Fee

                              It is to be taken literally and absolutely – RCUS

                              Paul the Jew just couldn’t shake his past – Barkley

                              Calvin – Women stop your chattering

                              The context is “weighing the prophets

 

  1. No Matter the Style of Liturgy, All Worship Must Be Biblical, Fittingly and Orderly

 

     Biblical – Vs 37-39 –  

 

     Fitting and Orderly – vs 40

 

               Decently and in order can look different in diferent cultures

              

               However, there is indecency and disorder in every culture

 

               Ask yourself what your first reaction is to such commands

 

     Remember that the one is whose name we worship…