Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000411
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00:16 Hi, and welcome to His Words Are Life
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer. Today we are going to continue reading 00:21 in 1 Corinthians and chapter 14. Before we start, let's just pray 00:26 together. Dear God, when we were last together we read your words 00:31 about love and You've told us that the way that the whole 00:35 world will know that we belong to You is the love that we show 00:38 one for another. Give us the kind of love that we read about 00:42 in 1 Corinthians 13; love that is not envious, doesn't seek 00:46 it's own exaltation, but seeks to build up those around us 00:50 Make us more like You. We want to be like You. We want to see 00:55 You in this time together now and then when we come to the end 00:58 of this time together, we want to be changed - 01:01 to be a little closer to You. We love You so much. Amen 01:05 We are reading from the King James Version, 1 Cor. 14:12 01:12 Even so as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek 01:18 that ye may excel to the edifying of the church, 01:21 wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that 01:26 he may interpret, for if I pray in an unknown tongue, 01:29 my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 01:32 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, 01:35 and I will pray with understanding also. 01:38 I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing 01:41 with the understanding also. else when thou shalt bless with 01:46 the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the 01:49 unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he 01:53 understandeth not what thou sayest? 01:55 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other 01:58 is not edified. I thank my God, I speak with tongues 02:02 more than ye all: yet in the church I had rather speak five 02:06 words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach 02:10 others also, than 10,000 words in an unknown tongue. 02:14 Brethren, be not children in understanding, howbeit in malice 02:20 be ye children, but in understanding be men. 02:23 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues 02:26 and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all 02:30 that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. 02:33 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, 02:37 but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for 02:42 them that believeth not, but for them which believe. 02:46 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, 02:50 and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are 02:53 unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? 02:57 But if all prophecy, and there come in one that believeth not, 03:01 or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged 03:05 of all. And thus are the secrets of his heart made 03:09 manifest; and so falling down on his face, he will worship God, 03:14 and report that God is in you of a truth. 03:18 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of 03:22 you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine hath a tongue, 03:25 hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. 03:27 Let all things be done unto edifying. 03:32 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, 03:36 or at the most, by three, and that by course; 03:39 and let one interpret. 03:42 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence 03:45 in the church. And let him speak to himself, and to God. 03:48 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. 03:52 If anything be revealed to another that sitteth by, 03:56 let the first hold his peace. For ye may all prophesy one by 04:00 one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. 04:03 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 04:07 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in 04:12 all churches of the saints. Let your women keep silence in 04:16 the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; 04:19 but if they are commanded to be under obedience, as also 04:22 sayeth the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask 04:26 their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak 04:30 in the church. What? came the word of God out from you? 04:34 or came it unto you only? If any man think himself to be a 04:38 prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things 04:42 that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 04:44 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 04:48 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not 04:53 to speak with tongues. Let all things be done decently 04:56 and in order. We are reading from 1 Corinthians chapter 15 05:01 This is the King James Version. 05:03 Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel, which I 05:07 preached unto you, which also ye have received and wherein ye 05:11 stand; by which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory 05:15 what I have preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 05:18 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also 05:22 received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the 05:26 scriptures: And that He was buried, and that he rose again 05:29 the third day according to the scriptures: And that He was seen 05:32 of Cephas, then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of about 05:36 500 brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain 05:38 unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 05:42 After that he was seen of James then of all the apostles. 05:46 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of 05:50 due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet 05:55 to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church 05:57 of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace 06:03 which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured 06:08 more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God 06:12 which was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, 06:16 so we preach and so we believed. 06:18 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, 06:22 how say some among you that there is no resurrection 06:25 of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then 06:30 is Christ not risen: And if Christ is not risen, then is our 06:33 preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 06:36 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we 06:40 have testified of God that he raised up Christ: 06:42 Whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 06:45 For if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised. 06:49 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; 06:52 ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen 06:57 asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have 07:01 hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 07:04 But now is Christ risen from the the dead, and become the first- 07:08 fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, 07:13 by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 07:17 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made 07:23 alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; 07:28 afterward they that are Christ's at His coming. 07:32 Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the 07:35 kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all 07:39 rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, 07:43 until He hath put all enemies under His feet. 07:46 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 07:49 For he hath put all things under His feet. But when he 07:52 saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that He 07:56 is excepted, which did put all things under him. 08:00 And when all things shall by subdued unto him, then shall the 08:04 Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under 08:09 him, that God may be all in all. Else what shall they do 08:15 which are baptized for the dead? if the dead rise not at all? 08:18 why are they then baptized for the dead? 08:20 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 08:23 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus 08:27 our Lord, I die daily. If after the manner of men I have fought 08:32 with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead 08:36 rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die. 08:40 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good 08:45 manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not 08:51 the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. 08:54 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? 08:57 and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou 09:01 sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which 09:04 thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, 09:08 but bear grain, it may chance of wheat or of some other grain: 09:12 But God gives it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every 09:17 seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh: 09:20 but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, 09:24 another of fishes and another of birds. There are also celestial 09:29 bodies and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial 09:32 is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 09:35 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, 09:39 and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth 09:43 from another star in glory, so also is the resurrection 09:47 of the dead. 09:48 It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 09:52 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. 09:57 It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 10:02 It is sown a natural body. It is raised a spiritual body. 10:07 There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 10:11 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul. 10:15 The last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 10:19 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, 10:22 but that which is natural. And afterward 10:25 that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, 10:30 earthy. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 10:34 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy. 10:40 And as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 10:45 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also 10:51 bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say brethren, 10:55 that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; 10:58 neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 11:02 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, 11:07 but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling 11:11 of an eye at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the 11:15 dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we 11:18 shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on 11:21 incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality, 11:25 so when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and 11:28 this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be 11:32 brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed 11:36 up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is 11:42 thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin 11:46 is the law. But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory 11:51 through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren 11:55 be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work 12:00 of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in 12:05 vain in the Lord. We are reading from 1 Corinthians 12:10 beginning now chapter 16. This is the King James version. 12:13 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given 12:17 order to the churches of Galatia even so do ye. 12:20 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him 12:24 in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings 12:28 when I come. And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve 12:32 by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality 12:36 unto Jerusalem. And if it be meet that I go also, 12:40 they shall go with me. Now I will come unto you, when I shall 12:44 pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. 12:48 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, 12:52 that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. 12:55 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a 12:59 while with you, if the Lord permit. But I will tarry at 13:03 Ephesus until Pentecost. For a great door and effectual 13:07 is opened unto me and there are many adversaries. 13:10 Now, is Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear 13:15 for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. 13:18 Let no man therefore despise him but conduct him forth in peace, 13:23 that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren. 13:26 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come 13:30 unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to 13:33 come at this time; but he will come when he shall have 13:36 convenient time. Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like 13:42 men. Be strong. Let all your things be done with charity. 13:48 I beseech you, brethren, ye know the house of Stephanas, that it 13:53 is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted 13:56 themselves to the ministry of the saints, 13:58 that ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that 14:02 helpeth with us, and laboureth. I am glad of the coming of 14:06 Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was 14:10 lacking on your part they have supplied. For they have 14:14 refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore 14:19 acknowledge ye them that are such. 14:20 Thank you for reading with me today. 14:22 Let's close by taking these words from Paul 14:25 and putting them in our hearts. Therefore be steadfast 14:29 unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. 14:33 Thank you and Goodbye. |
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