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Originally Posted by tbpew
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:
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.
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Ok. Let's take a look at that setting of scripture.
1co 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
Honestly, how often do we see this happening? Usually it's just one prophet reading people's beads for them.
1co 14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
I believe the next verse continues this thought and explains what he is saying. I believe he is saying the prophets need to take turns, rather than them speaking at the same time.
1co 14:31 For ye may all prophesy
one by one, that all may learn, and all .
1co 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
I believe this is saying prophets need to be accountable to each other primarily because people not used in prophetic ministry may not understand how this gift operates.
With that said, I believe if Brother Strange truly felt that what was being said was being done via the wrong spirit, he, being a prophet, should have gone to this brother and made his feelings known, prophet to prophet.
What purpose does it serve for him to come to an internet forum and share what he was feeling, rather than go directly to the source of what made him so uncomfortable?