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Tongues were languages

Tongues were languages. Inspiration (2; 32; 12:3-4, 7-9; 2:13) If tongues are ecstatic utterances of human spirit, they are not from God Languages in the world (10) Foreigner languages (Barbarians spoke another language, 11) Interpretation ( 5,13,26-28 ; 12:10, 30).

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Tongues were languages

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  1. Tongues were languages • Inspiration(2; 32; 12:3-4, 7-9; 2:13) • If tongues are ecstatic utterances of human spirit, they are not from God • Languagesin the world (10) • Foreigner languages (Barbarians spoke another language, 11) • Interpretation(5,13,26-28; 12:10, 30)

  2. I wish you allspoke w. tongues, 14:5 • Not all spoke with tongues (12:30) • Holy Spirit decided who received what (cf. 12:11) • If one gift remains today, all do (tongues – prophecy) • Goal is edification (3-5, 12, 17, 26) • God’s building / temple (3:9, 16)

  3. If hungry, eat athome(11:34) • Paul ate when traveling (Ac.27:33-35) • Other places: 1 Co.10:27-29; Ac.2:46; 11:3 • Synecdoche: 11:22, houses • Illustration: Prayer, Mt.6:6 • Church did not provide social or recreational activities; these were done “at home” • 1 Co.14:35, at home = outside assembly • Assembly determined by intent

  4. Lessons • Christians must be childlike, not childish, 20 • Assemblies are spiritual in nature, 26 • Assemblies must be orderly, 26-40 • Power resides in the Word, not the man, 36 • Respect role of women, 34-35

  5. “I make known to you” (1 Co.15:1) • “Now concerning matters about which you wrote” (7:1) – includes • Married, 7:1-24 • Unmarried, 7:25-40 • Food offered to idols, 8:1-11:1 • Spiritual gifts, 12:1-14:40 • Contribution for saints, 16:1-4 • No such formula in 1 Co.15

  6. Graeco-Roman world view of afterlife • Epicurean: materialism; n afterlife (Ac.17:18…32) • Epicurus, Gk. philosopher (342?-270 BC) • Goal of life: pleasure regulated by morality • Stoic: soul merges w. deity, loses its personality (Ac.17:18…32) • Platonic: immortal soul, no bodily resurrection

  7. Outline – 1 Co.15 • Connection between resurrection of Christ and general resurrection, 1-34 • Some questions raised by this subject, 35-49 • The death of death, 50-57 • Exhortations based on resurrection, 58

  8. Arguments For GeneralResurrection of the Dead, 15:1-29 1. Attested by Scripture, 1-4 2. Attested by witnesses, 5-11 3. Consequences of denial, 12-19 4. Christ, the Firstfruits, 20-23 5. God’s glorification, 24-28 6. Baptism for the dead, 29

  9. Baptism for the dead, 15:29 Certainties: 1. No one can obey gospel for others (Ezk.18:20; 2 Co.5:10) 2. Corinthians were baptized (Ac.18:8) • Buried w. Christ, raised… (Ro.6:4) • Their practice expresses a view of the dead: they are raised • Their preaching contradicts this view • If resurrection is fiction, baptism for the dead is absurd

  10. A Comparison (15:42-44)

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