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Prophecy is Greater than Tongues 1 Corinthians 14 Notes

  Prophecy > Tongues Sermon Notes Open with me to 1st Corinthians 14 and let’s Pray. -The Holy Spirit Teaching Us -Unity of the Brethren -To Pursue Love 1 John 1:5 “God is light: in Him there is no darkness at all.” Of all the light [electromagnetic spectrum] that is whizzing around us.  Humans can only see what we call visible light, and this light makes up less than 1% of all the light, actually less than 35 ten thousandths of a % of all the light.  We see in a mirror dimly but one day we will see Him face to Face.  And so it is with the Holy Spirit Gift of tongues.   There is some small percentage of the Glory that God is due that I am actually able to give in the English language.  But, when praying, it can become overwhelming and we just don’t have the words to express to God what needs to be said, so the Holy Spirit intercedes for us with groaning beyond our understanding… and this exalts God to His True place, this is 100% of the light or 100% of ...

Taking God Seriously [sermon on 1st Cor 10]

  Taking God Seriously [1st Corinthians 10] As we open up to 1 Corinthians 10 today, I want you to notice that there are three verses in this chapter that are fantastic memory verses, they are great for putting on one of those wooden plaques in your house or for posting with a nice background on Facebook… and people will say, “oh that’s so nice.”  But what is so much better is diving into the context, into the nuance of meaning of where they come from and what they are really saying about your life and about God and about eternity.  So, that’s our goal for today, to take God seriously, to take His word seriously… and to get hopefully a deeper conversation about these verses. Memory Verses:  13No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. 23All things are lawful, but not ...