When the church GATHERS, leaders are shooting for something. Their goals are order, building up, learning and encouragement. This doesn't happen by accident.
A theme of how this is accomplished is by LIMITATION. In today's passage, Paul is going to put limits on the gathering:
- it is limited by purpose (to get to order, learning, encouragment, conviction, etc.)
- it is limited by command (Paul says this stuff is not opinion, but is from the Lord)
- it is limited by preparation (I like that everybody is getting ready beforehand)
- it is limited by time (too much of any one thing does not serve the purpose)
- it is limited by discernment (leaders are discerning what is being spoken)
- it is limited by office (leaders are putting their efforts toward this)
- it is limited by gifting (prophets should be doing the prophesying. We are not flying by the seat of our pants here)
- it is limited by gender (there are defined male female roles)
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