Sermons

What’s a Girl to Wear in Church? (1 Timothy 2:9-10)

 

Calvin: ‘We may certainly arrive at a principle which is valid overall’. However, to go further would be ‘impossible’ so ‘we must be realistic here’.

  1. Women are to dress modestly.
    • 2:9a. The niqab and the burkha are not modest or evidence of selfcontrol. But we have largely lost the
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Decently and in Order: Part 2 (1 Corinthians 14:26-40)

 

One wonders if one should have brought one’s retirement date forward!

  1. Men and women have different roles.
      1. Strict feminism calls for interchangeability, a complete opening of all roles to women. It calls itself egalitarian. Logically, this means women in the front line of battle, and women in the State
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The Role of Praying Men (1 Timothy 2:8)

 

William Cowper: What various hindrances we meet, In coming to the mercy seat!

  1. Men are to pray.
    • 2:8. The word used here is for men as distinct from women. The women are to pray too – Acts 1:14; 1 Cor.11:5. But Paul is emphasising that men should lead in
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Decently and in Order: Part 1 (1 Corinthians 14:26-40)

 

There are three groups – the tongue-speakers, prophets, and women (wives of the prophets?). We will look at the gender issue next time.

  1. Build up others in a spirit of peace and order
      1. We are to seek the building up of the church – 14:26 (‘building up’ in ESV;
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Tongues and Prophecy in the Balance (1 Corinthians 14:6-19)

 

14:6. Intelligibility makes for edification.

  1. Music should be understood.
    • 14:7. Distinct notes are needed.
    • 14:8; Num.10:9. The bugle ‘speaks’, as it were, only if those hearing can tell if the message is to wake up, advance or retreat.
  2. Conversation should be understood.
    • 14:9-11. The word is ‘barbarian’ (barbaros) which
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Evaluating Tongues and Prophecy (1 Corinthians 14:1-5)

 

Paul compares two gifts – prophecy and tongues. The medicines in your medicine cupboard are good, if used rightly. Get the proportion wrong, and they can do damage. It is the same with the gifts.

  1. Tongues interpreted have the authority of prophecy.
    • 14:5 (& verse 13). Roy Ciampa and
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The Permanence of Love (1 Corinthians 13:8-13)

 

Jonathan Edwards wrote: ‘Heaven is a world of love.’

  1. Love will outlast gifts.
    • 13:8-10. Prophecies, tongues, and knowledge (I assume he means supernatural knowledge) will cease. The question is ‘When?’ Heaven or when the full revelation is given with the writing of the New Testament?
    • 1 Cor.12:28. Tongues are
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The Character of Love (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

 

Daniel Andrews: ‘Love is love, fair is fair, and equality is not negotiable.’ That is precisely not what Paul is saying.

  1. Love is holy.
    • God is slow to anger – Ex.34:6.
    • Love is not irritable; it has a long fuse – Prov.15:1. It is not rude or coarse or
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