Is something a teaching from God merely because someone who claims to be a prophet or to have the gift of tongues saying it? Must the church credulously accept every appeal made to 'religious experience?'
The Apostles certainly didn't think so. They counseled the churches to 'test the Spirits' and gave Christians solid biblical criteria by which to judge what was said and done in the worship of the Lord.
Throughout 1 Corinthians Paul has been dealing with restoring order to a grievously disordered and doctrinally confused church. In chapter 12 Paul begins the process of dealing with the confusion in worship associated with a misuse and misunderstanding of the miraculous sign gifts.
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I was converted out of paganism and the occult in 1993 and while I was initially Charismatic/Arminian in my theology, I became Reformed and Presbyterian through bible study and the influence of ministries like Ligonier. After teaching in local bible studies, and taking seminary...