The Movement Blog: 10/18 Snooze Button BFC: "Blurred Lines-Church"

Introduction:

Lesson:

Read 1 Corinthians 12. Verses 1-11: What is your spiritual gift? Verses 12-31: Does our church work this way? Do you think that the body of Christ is like this today? Can it be fixed?
Read 1 Corinthians 13. While this is often used for a relationship (as it should), it is actually talking about the glue that holds the body together. Is there a love like this in our world today between churches? Let us see if The Movement fits the description by putting our name in where it says love.
Read 1 Corinthians 14:1-25. Why is prophecy greater than tongues? Why would the Corinthians prefer tongues to prophecy? Flashier, etc. How much of our worship today is for show, and how much is real?
Read 1 Corinthians 14:26-40. Verses 26-28: Basically this is reiterating what was stated earlier in the chapter. If it is not good for everyone, keep it to yourself. Verses 29-33a: It seems in the early church that if the Spirit moved, you followed. Do we allow for the Spirit to move in our services today? Verses 33b-35: Chances are in this time, women and men were segregated during worship. Also, women were not as educated as men, and would not understand everything the (most likely) Greek orator would say. This would cause them to talk amongst themselves, as well as try to talk across the isle to their husbands. This would cause a disruptance and would hinder worship. Verses 36-41: Does this mean that we have to have a set bulletin and be very serious?

Blurred Lines

Some churches have taken order to an extreme and made Christianity seem boring. They should be punished. We have the greatest news in the world, it should never be boring. We live in an age where the church doesn’t quite know what it’s identity is. Truly, it’s one big blurred line. But reading from Paul today, if you could redefine church as it was supposed to be, both over all and the local church, what would you say?

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