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The Need for Intelligibility in Worship
1 Corinthians 14:6-12
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Brothers, suppose I come to you now speaking in tongues. How can I be of benefit to you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
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Even with lifeless musical instruments, such as a flute or a harp, how will anyone recognize the melody if one note can’t be distinguished from another?
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And if the bugle gives an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?
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It’s the same with you: how will anyone know what you are saying unless you use your tongue to produce intelligible speech? You will be talking to the air!
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There are undoubtedly all kinds of sounds in the world, and none is altogether meaningless;
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but if I don’t know what a person’s sounds mean, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.
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Likewise with you: since you eagerly seek the things of the Spirit, seek especially what will help in edifying the congregation.
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