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Reading: 1Cor.14:24-26
24 But
if all prophesy and some unbeliever or unlearned person
enters, he is convicted by all, he is examined by all; 25
The secrets of his heart become manifest; and so fall- ing
on his face, he will worship God, declaring that indeed God is
among you. 26 What then, brothers? Whenever you
come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a
revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all
things be done for building up.
First Corinthians
14 teaches us how we should meet. Verse 26 means that when
we meet, some will have a hymn, some will have a
teaching, some will have a revelation, some will
speak in tongues, and some will have interpretation of
tongues.
Everyone builds up the church with what they have. The question of
supply at the meeting is not settled at the time of the meeting
but in our own house. What we have at home will be what we have at
the meeting. What we do not have at home we will not have at the
meeting.
The "has" in this verse is not the result of personal
preference, personal thought, or sudden emotional impulse.
What a person receives as he exercises daily before God is what he
"has"; they are the things that are constituted in the
spirit. This spiritual accumulation is what we have, and it is
what we can use to supply the need of the church in accordance
with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Hence:
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Those who
have a hymn should supply the church with a hymn.
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Those who
have a revelation should supply the church with a revelation.
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Those with a
teaching should supply the church with a teaching. Every one
supplies the need in the church with what he has, not with
what he does not have.
Whatever you have
is what you can minister to the church.
For instance, you may have a hymn that you want to sing; it keeps
coming to you, and you cannot help it. This means there is music
in your heart; there is a hymn in your heart. This is your hymn.
You do not come to the meeting and look for a hymn. Rather,
through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you supply the hymn you
"have" for the edification of the church.
There may be a few words which have become very precious to you
during the past few days. These are your words. Similarly,
you may have a revelation or a teaching; you just supply the
church with what you have. Brothers and sisters, what has
the Lord done or said to you these days?
Are you willing to share that in our forums ?
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