And with that, let's get into 1 Corinthians. Today, chapter 14 and verses 21 through 25.

Once you find your way there, if you're able, I'll ask you to stand, as we always do, and you can follow along as I read.

The Apostle Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit says verse 21, in the law it is written with other tongues and through the lips

of foreigners I will speak to this, but even then they will not listen

to me, says the Lord."

Tongues, verse 22 then, are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers.

Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers, but for believers. So if the whole church comes

together and everyone speaks in tongues and inquires or unbelievers come in, will they not say

that you're out of your mind? They say that anyway here sometimes, but verse 24, if an

unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of

sin and are brought under judgment by all as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God,

exclaiming God is really among you. Let's pray. We'll ask God's blessing on our understanding.

Loving Heavenly Father, we want to posture ourselves before you this morning, asking you

humbly to minister to us in and through your word.

Lord, we want to hear you speak clearly into our lives and we don't

want anything that would distract us from that. We don't want anything to keep us from that

which you have for us today. So Lord, would you now get our attention and keep our attention

as you speak, we pray. In Jesus' name, amen. You can be seated. Thank you.

Today's teaching is going to be part one of a new series I've titled, What the Church

should be like.

I made the decision to turn a corner of sorts in teaching through the rest of this chapter

because I sensed from the Holy Spirit that I needed to address maybe the bigger picture,

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