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Dr. David Petts discusses key principles for small group meetings based on 1 Corinthians 14:26.

Talk 5 Key Principles in 1 Corinthians 14:26 Hello again, and welcome to Talk 5 in our series on NT Guidelines for Small Group Meetings. Today we're going to be seeking to identify the key principles underlying our key verse for this series, 1 Corinthians 14:26: What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church. I see three key principles in this verse, Participation, Variety, and Edification. Paul wants everyone to participate in the meeting. This will happen in a variety of ways. And the purpose of it all is to strengthen or edify the church. Participation Paul hardly needed to recommend that the Corinthians participate in their meetings. That was something they were doing already. The problem was not lack of participation, but too much participation in things that did not edify the church, like speaking in tongues without interpretation, and everyone speaking in tongues at the same time. But despite these problems, Paul still wants them to participate. He just wants them to participate in the right way –…

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Host: Dr David Petts

Topics covered

• small group meetings
• New Testament guidelines
• church participation
• edification
• spiritual gifts

Keywords

• small group
• New Testament
• 1 Corinthians
• church strengthening
• spiritual gifts

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Books & works: 1 Corinthians 14:26

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