Understanding Prophecy & Tongues- 1 Corinthains 14:1-19

In this teaching on 1 Corinthians 14 Pastor Keith explains what the gift of prophecy & speaking in tongues is, along with how it's properly used in the church. God has given every Christian the capacity yo build up others in the church through the use of gifts and abilities they possess. And Christian must seek to love and serve those in the church with their gifts. What Should Our Attitude Towards Spiritual Gifts Be? • Desire them earnestly -14:1, 39 • Don’t Despise-1 Thessalonians 5:19-20 • Don’t Forbid them- 1 Corinthians 14:39 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 1 Cor. 14:1 Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 ESV How Should We Use Spiritual Gifts? • In Love -1 Corinthians 13, 14:1 • In Faith- Romans 12:6 • In Submission- 1 Corinthians 14:29-32 • In Humility- Romans 12:3 • In Order & Decency- 1 Corinthians 14:40 What is Tongues? * Tongues is the Spirit-prompted ability to pray and praise God in a heavenly dialect. - Sam Storms * Speaking in tongues is prayer or praise in syllabus not understood by the speaker. - Wayne Grudem What is Prophecy? * Prophecy is the reception and subsequent transmission of spontaneous, divinely originating revelation. Wayne Grudeum, The Gift of Prophecy