1. PROPHECY A special gift 1 Corinthians 14:1-19

2. PROPHETS?

3. PROPHECY: A SPECIAL GIFT 1 Corinthians 14:1-19 1 What is it? (1-4) 2 Why is it special? (5) 3 What can go wrong? (6-17) 4 What can go right? (6,18,19)

4. “Eagerly desire spiritual gifts … - especially that you may PROPHESY!! “Everyone who prophesies speaks to men” (3) Tongues / Prophecy Inward / Outward

5. Tongue + Interpretation = Prophecy What is internal becomes external, and what just edified the speaker can now edify the church (1 Corinthians 14:4, 26-28)

6. PROPHET Moses, Aaron, Nathan, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, John, Agabus …. (= loudspeaker)

7. Speaker Source Connection

8. “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt …” 3 What can go wrong?

9. “I speak with faltering lips … - why would anyone listen to me?” INTERFERENCE

10. NO INTERFERENCE → “ - the exact representation of his being …” “All Scripture is God- breathed and is useful for ….”

11. ‘ - in your own language, distinct, intelligible, meaningful, edifying, fruitful, spiritual, rational, instructive’ (6-19) NOT intellectual or smarty-pants “It’s not how much you’ve got that really matters, but what you do with what you’ve got!” Christ-centred and Biblical …

12. “ - weigh carefully what is said!” (29)

13. SPIRITUAL GIFTS WORKSHOPS Sundays 28 th February & 6 th March 6.00pm-8.00pm St James’ Church 28 th February ADRIAN CLARK (St Andrew’s Chorleywood) “Especially that you may prophesy!”

14. “ - everyone is edified, built up, strengthened through some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction” 1 Corinthians 14:6 “ - speaking the truth in love we will in all things grow up into Him who is the head, that is, Christ” Ephesians 4:15 4 What can go right?