1. 1 Cor. 12:1-3

2.  Paul’s argument grows in momentum…  8:1 “Love edifies” – his primary consideration.  Ch.9 – Means sacrificial, purposeful love.  Ch.10 – Means moral love.  Ch.11 – Should be evident in your fellowship.

3.  Paul’s argument grows in momentum…  8:1 “Love edifies” – his primary consideration.  Ch.9 – Means sacrificial, purposeful love.  Ch.10 – Means moral love.  Ch.11 – Should be evident in your meeting.  Ch. 12-14 “Concerning spiritual things…”  Love is also exhibited on a spiritual level.

5. 1 Cor. 14:23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who do not understand or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 1 Cor. 11:17 But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

6. Abraham Maslow: “…all mystical or peak experiences are the same in their essence and have always been the same, therefore all religions are the same in their essence, and they’ve always been the same…” Abraham Maslow: “ The experience of surrender, of reverence, awe, and the feeling of smallness…we find that these experiences – which organized religions have always tried to make possible – are also common enough in the peak experiences of non-religious people…” Abraham Maslow: “…Whatever is different about these religions is therefore peripheral, expendable, and not essential.”

7. …No longer be immature like children… tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching…. influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Ephesians 4:14

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10. 1 Cor. 14:18-19 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

11. 1 John 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;

12. 1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

13. Romans 12:11 “…not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;  Rev. 3:16 “So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.”

14. groundedresults grounded “But I have this against you, that you have left your first love!” Revelation 2:4

16. 1 Thes. 5:21 …but examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man… 1 Corinthians 10:13

17. Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. 1 Thessalonians 5:19-20

18. So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17-19