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Corinthians, Chapter 14, Verse 32-33
32 Indeed, the
spirits of prophets are under the prophets’ control, 33 since he is not the God of disorder but
of peace.
Peace is not maintained in anarchy.
Paul is expressing the need for order in church meetings and for rules of
order. Paul
concludes with specific directives regarding exercise of the gifts in their
assemblies and enunciates the basic criterion in the use of any gift: it must
contribute to “building up.”
He that hesitates is lost. Yet, to
act to quickly is also to be rash. Paul wrote to bring order to a church in
chaos. Like our modern world churches can be in chaos when there is no
leadership. The Corinthian’s were abusing their gifts and calling attention to
themselves rather than to Christ. Paul therefore suggests for them to do
everything “decently and in order.” John Maxwell submits that there is a
leadership lesson that can bring peace to chaos.
- Identify
and pursue your top priorities (v.1).
- Seek
to practice what will benefit the most people (v.2-12).
- Communicate
clearly (v. 7-8).
- See
things through the eyes of an outsider (v. 23-25).
- Order
activities simply for the purpose of adding value to others (v. 26-33).
- Make
sure everything is done in an appropriate manner (v. 40).
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