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Originally Posted by Rico
Brother Strange, if you really believe what that scripture says then you are obligated to go to him and tell him what you felt.
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The setting of I Co 14:29-32 does NOT seem to make the obligation you are stating, it does NOT instruct that the 2nd or 3rd call for a private meeting.
We read that:
The first one (that is now expected to hold his peace) if something is revealed to another:
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If [any thing] be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
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This counsel is offered for the setting that is described as being;
"If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, ..."
If the whole church heard the first guy, the whole church should have the benefit of "anything that be revealed to another that sitteth by".
The problem is we NEVER conduct our assemblying in this manner. So, instead, a poor substitute of this scriptural admonition is being clumsily engaged on a discusssion board.
In this discussion we are not partaking in God's designed remedy or protection. We are just exploring and learning and growing and maturing in the components that would need to be in operation if I Co 14:28-32 was generally in operation when ..."the whole church be come together into one place".
We are much more skilled and in tune with a good dog-fight among humans. That is why we need threads like this to help us get acquainted with the witness and considerations that should be at work in mature servants who have God's Spirit indwelling them.