1 Corinthians 14:33 Display Chapter and Footnotes   33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace and order, as in all churches of the saints.3 |
3 God is not the author of confusion, but of peace and order, as in all churches of the saints. God is a Spirit: and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24. So worship from your carnal mind, speaking from your mind's will, praying from your mind, reciting a previous teaching, singing from your mind, reading from the Bible — they are all out of a worship that is in spirit and truth and an abomination to the Lord. The Apostle Paul and the early Quakers termed such worship: will-worship. So no worship is in the Spirit, unless the Holy Spirit is controlling the sequence of events and the words, be it talk, singing, or prayer.
Regarding 1 Cor 14:26-33. Think about it. How can the Holy Spirit lead a service unless everyone is subject to the Spirit's direction by being simultaneously quiet to listen for the Spirit's teachings and promptings? Unless a person is prompted (at that moment) by the Holy Spirit to preach or prophesy, sing, or pray, the service is without the Spirit's control. If someone is preaching, singing, reading, and praying from a planned agenda, therefore from their carnal mind, etc., the Spirit can not be heard or lead — “Be silent, oh all flesh before the Lord.” Zech 2:13. Paul said, so all can prophesy one by one. Note: there is no one preacher. Every person, as prompted by the Spirit, is to speak; and there will not be multiple people speaking simultaneously, because the spirit is in control. If one man is speaking, and another has something to say; the first is to yield to the second. This is the orderly service described in the Bible, but missed by almost all, due to preconceived notions of what a worship meeting must be.
Even Jesus did not judge, speak, or act without the Spirit's specific prompting. Jesus said:
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