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Dr. David Petts concludes his series on New Testament guidelines for small group meetings with a summary and encouragement for Spirit-led participation.

Talk 6 A Summary, a Reminder, some Suggestions, and a Final Word of Encouragement Hello again and welcome to my final talk in our series where we've been looking at New Testament Guidelines for Small Group Meetings. My purpose in this series, which has been largely based on my book When You Come Together, has been to show that we should take seriously Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 14:26, and to encourage more Spirit-led participation in our meetings. The things that Paul wrote are after all, the commandments of the Lord (14:37). Let's begin with: A quick summary of what we've said so far To put 1 Corinthians 14:26 in context, we began by briefly examining chapters 12-14 and saw that t here's a supernatural dimension to the worship of the church which is expressed in the manifestation of supernatural gifts given by the Holy Spirit (12:1-11). We saw that the church is the body of Christ, that every member of the body is different, and that everybody is needed (12:12-30). This lies behind Paul's teaching in 14:26 that everyone should have opportunity to contribute to the meeting. But for that to work properly, everything we do must be motivated by love (13:1-13) and as an…

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Host: Dr David Petts

Topics covered

• New Testament Guidelines
• Small Group Meetings
• Spirit-led participation
• Supernatural gifts
• Church body

Keywords

• small group meetings
• New Testament
• Paul's teaching
• spiritual gifts
• church participation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: When You Come Together, 1 Corinthians

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