Spiritual Gifts and the Church
Lessons for the Church
by Scott Goodwill (Mar 14 2010)
Series: Spiritual Gifts and the Church
This is the final message of a series challenging us to a "fresh vision" of the church. The series examined 1 Corinthians 12-14. This particular message looks back at that study and challenges our church in five ways.
Lessons for the Church from 1 Corinthians 14
by Scott Goodwill (Mar 7 2010)
Series: Spiritual Gifts and the Church
With the biblical foundation we now have regarding the church and Spiritual gifts, we can look at what God tells the church to do with two gifts in particular, tongues and prophesy. There are three lessons or principles we can learn and apply to the church in our day.
The Gift of Tongues, Acts 2
by Scott Goodwill (Feb 28 2010)
Series: Spiritual Gifts and the Church
The tongues given in Acts 2 were known syntactical languages spoken by Jews who attended the feast of Pentecost. They were spoken miraculously and therefore those languages were not able to be duplicated by human means. The tongues were spoken instantaneously without copying sounds they had heard before or had attempted to learn. The gift of tongues in 1 Corinthians 12-14 is the same as the tongues spoken at Pentecost for the language of both passages is the same and there is no indication that something different is happening. There is no reason to believe there is a difference in the tongues of the two passages unless you are trying to defend an experience by reading an experience into the text of Scripture.
The Spiritual Gift of Tongues
by Scott Goodwill (Feb 21 2010)
Series: Spiritual Gifts and the Church
1 Corinthians 14 reveals the biblical nature, the biblical purpose, and the biblical practice of the gift of tongues.