1 Corinthians Chapter 14, Jesus Instructed About Our Private Prayer Language; Unknown Language Is A Judgment; Spiritual Maturity?; Sexist, Signs, mad, insane

1. 1 Corinthians 14
Jesus Instructed About Our Private Prayer
Language;
Unknown Language Is A Judgment;
Spiritual Maturity?; Sexist, Signs, mad, insane

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3. Jesus Instructed About Our Private
Prayer Language
• NAU Matthew 6:5 "When you pray, you are not to
be like the hypocrites [or the cults]; for they love to
…be seen by men. … 6 "But you, when you pray, go
into your inner room [private], close your door and
pray [private prayer] to your Father who is in secret… 7
"And when you are praying, do not use
meaningless repetition [jibberish] as the Gentiles do…
8 "So do not be like them… 9 "Pray, then, in this
way [normal words]: 'Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
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4. No Private Prayer Language
• Every instance in the Bible where God, or
angels, or demons, and even the devil speak to
men, it is always with a known language that
the men understand. God, and angels whether
holy or fallen, always speak in the heart
language of the person (Male or female, young
or old, rich or poor, mighty and powerful, sick
and infirmed, sinner or saint).
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5. Jesus; No Private Prayer Language
[no gibberish]
• NAU Matthew 26:39 And He went a little
beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed,
saying, "My Father…
• NAU John 17:1 Jesus spoke these things; and
lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, "Father,
the hour has come; [no gibberish]
• NAU John 11:41 …Jesus raised His eyes, and
said, "Father, I thank You …
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6. The Disciples; No Private Prayer
Language [no gibberish]
• Steven in Acts 7:55 But being full of the Holy
Spirit… 59 And they went on stoning Stephen
as he called upon the Lord and said, "Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit!”…
• Acts 9:40 But Peter …prayed… “Tabitha, arise."
And she opened her eyes…
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7. 1 Corinthians 14:1, Pursue Love
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue love, yet desire
earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may
prophesy.
• YLT 1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue the love, and seek
earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may
prophecy,
• To “prophecy” simply means to speak God's words.
Reading or quoting Bible
• Caution! NAU 2 Corinthians 11:14 …Satan disguises
himself as an angel of light. 15 …his servants also
disguise themselves as servants of righteousness… 7

8. 1 Corinthians 14:1, Prophesy
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue love, yet
desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially
that you may prophesy.
• <4395> προφητεύω propheteuo
• Meaning: to foretell, tell forth, prophesy
• Origin: from 4396…
• <4396> προφήτης prophetes
• Meaning: a prophet (an interpreter or forth-
teller of the divine will) …
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9. 1 Cor 14:1, Doesn’t the Bible say that Christ
would be the last prophet?
• gracethrufaith.com,"A. Yes. I believe the Bible tells us
that in addition to being His Son, the Lord Jesus was the
last of God’s prophets. Hebrews 1:1-2 explains it this
way; “In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the
prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these
last days he has spoken to us by his Son…” This
statement does not contradict Paul’s teaching that some
in the Church would be given the gift of prophecy (1 Cor.
14:1), because that gift is not the same as being called to
be a prophet of God.Unfortunately, prophecy, like
tongues, is one of the most frequently misused gifts in
the Church today. I caution people against accepting any
word of prophecy, no matter who it comes from, until
they receive independent confirmation from an
unrelated source.”• http://gracethrufaith.com/ask-a-bible-teacher/christ-last-prophet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Gracethrufaith+%28GraceThruFaith%29

10. 1 Corinthians 14:2
Holy Spirit Speaks
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:2 For one who speaks in a tongue
does not speak to men but to God [2316> θεός theos, Meaning:
God, a god] ; for no one understands, but in his spirit he
speaks mysteries.
• C. S. Lewis said, “I don’t doubt that the Holy Spirit guides
your decisions from within when you make them with the
intention of pleasing God. The error would be to think
that He speaks only within, whereas in reality He speaks
also through Scripture, the Church, Christian friends, and
books.”
• NAU James 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture speaks
to no purpose…? 1
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11. 1 Corinthians 14:4, The Church?
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:4 One who speaks in a
tongue edifies himself; but one who
prophesies edifies the church.
• To learn we must go outside of ourselves to
teachers, books, experiments, or other
means.
• Proclaiming God's word builds up the
church.
• NAU Ephesians 4:12 for the equipping of the
saints for the work of service, to the building
up of the body of Christ;
• But what is the church?

12. 1 Corinthians 14:4, The Church
• Acts 9:31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee
and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on
in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy
Spirit, it continued to increase.
• Acts 11:22 …the church at Jerusalem…
• Acts 11:26 …they met with the church and taught…
• Acts 12:5 …prayer for him… by the church…
• Acts 14:27 …they …gathered the church together…
• Acts 15:3 …sent on their way by the church…
• Acts 15:4 …they were received by the church…
• Acts 18:22 …he …greeted the church…
• Romans 16:5 also greet the church…
• Ephesians 5:24 …the church is subject to Christ…
• Colossians 4:15 …the church that is in her house.

14. 1 Corinthians 14:5
Understandable Language
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:5 Now I wish that you all spoke
in tongues [γλώσσαις], but even more that you would
prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one
who speaks in tongues [γλώσσαις], unless he interprets,
so that the church may receive edifying.
• NAU Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak with other tongues [γλώσσαις],
as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
• The exact word in Acts 2! Paul travelled in foreign
countries and apparently God gave him the gift of
languages to communicate the gospel.

15. 1 Corinthians 14:6
Understandable Language
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:6 But now, brethren, if I come to
you speaking in tongues [γλώσσαις], what will I profit you
unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of
knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching?
• If you don't understand the words and the meanings of
the words and language, communication is impossible.
• Philip Pare said, “Language can easily be a barrier
rather than a bridge, whereas in every language the
smile, the gentle touch, the embrace are the same- and
in every century, too.”

16. 1 Corinthians 14:9
Our Words, Speech
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:9 So also you, unless
you utter by the tongue speech that is clear,
how will it be known what is spoken? For you
will be speaking into the air.
• Quaker proverb says, “Of your unspoken
words, you are the master; of your spoken
words, the servant; of your written words, the
slave.”
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17. 1 Corinthians 14:10
Explaining Biblical Language to Kids
• 1 Corinthians 14:10 There are, perhaps, a great
many kinds of languages in the world…
• Kathie Erwin was “Explaining Biblical Language to
Kids. While helping my 5-year-old twins rehearse
"Away in a Manger" for their Christmas concert, I
struggled to explain the lyrics, "the cattle are
lowing ..." When I told them that people spoke
differently in Old Testament times than they do
today, my daughter, Robin, piped up,
• "Old Testament cows low—and New Testament
cows moo!"

18. 1 Corinthians 14:11
Unknown Language Is A Judgment
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:11 If then I do not know the
meaning of the language, I will be to the one who speaks a
barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to
me.
• NAU Jeremiah 5:15 "Behold, I am bringing a nation
against you from afar, O house of Israel," declares the
LORD… A nation whose language you do not know, Nor
can you understand what they say.
• NAU Genesis 11:7 "Come, let Us go down and there
confuse their language, so that they will not understand
one another's speech.”
• NAU Deuteronomy 28:49 "The LORD will bring a nation
against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the
eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall
not understand,
• Daniel 1:4, Acts 2:6, Psalm 114:1, 81:5

19. 1 Corinthians 14:19
NAS James 3:1 Let
not many of you
become teachers, my
brethren, knowing
that as such we shall
incur a stricter
judgment.

20. 1 Corinthians 14:20, Maturity?
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in
your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking
be mature [not speaking gibberish].
• NAU Ephesians 4:14 As a result, we are no longer to be
children, tossed here and there by waves and carried
about by every wind of doctrine [or false prophets], by the
trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
• NAU 2 Corinthians 11:3 But I am afraid that, as the
serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will
be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion
to Christ.
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21. 1 Corinthians 14:20, Maturity?
• Alfred Armand Montapert asks, “What is
maturity? It is being able to carry money
without spending it; being able to bear an
injustice without retaliation; being able to do
one’s duty even when one is not watched;
being able to keep on the job until it’s finished;
being able to accept criticism without letting it
whip you.?”
• I would add, “Trusting in God’s Word in spite
of our circumstances.” 2
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22. 1 Corinthians 14:20
Press On To Maturity
• NAU Ephesians 4:13 until we all attain to the
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the
Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure
of the stature which belongs to the fullness of
Christ.
• NAU Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the
elementary teaching about the Christ, let us
press on to maturity, not laying again a
foundation of repentance from dead works
and of faith toward God,
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23. 1 Corinthians 14:20
Spiritual Maturity
• NAU Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the
mature, who because of practice have their
senses trained to discern good and evil.
• C. Willard Fetter said, “Spiritual maturity
begins when we realize that we are God’s
guests in this world. We are not householders,
but pilgrims; not landlords, but tenants; not
owners, but guests.”
• Luke 8:14, 1 Corinthians 3:2, 2 Cor 5:20, 1 Peter 2:2, Hebrews 5:12
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24. 1 Corinthians 14:20,
Can children understand the Gospel?
• 1 Cor 14:20 …do not be children in your thinking…
• NAU Luke 18:17 "Truly I say to you, whoever does
not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not
enter it at all.” [Mark 10:15 Matthew 18:3 Luke 18:17 1
Corinthians 14:20]
• Dwight L. Moody said, “It is a masterpiece of the
devil to make us believe that children cannot
understand religion. Would Christ have made a
child the standard of faith if He had known that it
was not capable of understanding His words?”

25. I Gave You Milk
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26. 1 Corinthians 14:20
“children in your thinking”
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, do
not be children [paidion] in your thinking;
yet in evil be infants [nepiazo], but in your
thinking be mature [teleios].
• 3813> παιδίον paidion
• Meaning: a young child
• <3515> νηπιάζω nepiazo
• Meaning: to be an infant
• 5046> τέλειος teleios
• Meaning: having reached its end, i.e.
complete, by ext. perfect

27. 1 Corinthians 14:20
Vern’s Chart On The Growing Of Believers
“If we collect the
various passages
that speak of
spiritual food in
terms of milk and
meat, appropriate
to the various
ages and stages of
spiritual maturity,
we can generate a
chart like this.”

28. Growing Up, A.B. Simpson, from his song "Himself"
• Once it was the blessing, Now it is the Lord;
• Once it was the feeling, Now it is His Word.
• Once His gifts I wanted, Now the Giver own;
• Once I sought for healing, Now Himself alone.
• Once 'twas painful trying, Now 'tis perfect trust;
• Once a half salvation, Now the uttermost.
• Once 'twas ceaseless holding, Now He holds me fast;
• Once 'twas constant drifting, Now my anchor's cast.
• Once 'twas busy planning, Now 'tis trustful prayer;
• Once 'twas anxious caring, Now He has the care.
• Once 'twas what I wanted, Now what Jesus says;
• Once 'twas constant asking, Now 'tis ceaseless praise.
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29. • Once it was my working, His it hence shall be;
• Once I tried to use Him, Now He uses me.
• Once the power I wanted, Now the Mighty One;
• Once for self I labored, Now for Him alone.
• Once I hoped in Jesus, Now I know He's mine;
• Once my lamps were dying, Now they brightly shine.
• Once for death I waited, Now His coming hail;
• And my hopes are anchored, Safe within the veil.
• --A.B. Simpson, from his song "Himself" (Simpson lived from December 15,
1843 to October 29, 1919; a Canadian preacher, theologian, author, and
founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance)
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Growing Up, A.B. Simpson, from his song "Himself"

30. 1 Cor 14:21, “other tongues”
• NKJ 1 Corinthians 14:21 In the law it is written:
"With men of other tongues and other lips I will
speak to this people; And yet, for all that, they will
not hear Me," says the Lord.
• NKJ Isaiah 28:11 For with stammering lips and
another tongue [LXX γλώσσης ἑτέρας] He will speak to
this people,
• Paul quotes Isaiah 28:11, and Isaiah 28:7-15 was a
prophecy of judgment on the the Jews and
Jerusalem.
• LXX uses, γλώσσης ἑτέρας 3
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31. 1 Cor 14:21, “other tongues”
• NKJ 1 Corinthians 14:21 In the law it is
written: "With men of other tongues
[heteroglossos] and other lips…
• NKJ Acts 2:4 …began to speak with other
tongues [heteros glossa]…
• 2084 ἑτερόγλωσσος heteroglossos
• Meaning: 1) one who speaks a foreign
language, Usage: AV - other tongue 1; 1
• 2087 ἕτερος heteros, <1100> γλῶσσα glossa
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32. 1 Corinthians 14:22
• Video clip “Introduction to Ancient Hebrew
Part 3 of 7” by Jeff Benner· says, near the end,
that “all alphabets in all languages descend
from ancient Hebrew.”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=end
screen&v=d4gy8EB-UUI&NR=1

33. 1 Corinthians 14:22, Signs
• 1 Corinthians 14:22 So then tongues are for a sign,
not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but
prophecy is for a sign, not to unbelievers but to
those who believe.
• 2 Corinthians 12:12 The signs of a true apostle
were performed among you with all perseverance,
by signs and wonders and miracles.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9 that is, the one whose coming
is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all
power and signs and false wonders,

34. 1 Corinthians 14:22, Signs

35. 1 Corinthians 14:23, Mad, Insane
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:23 Therefore if the whole
church assembles together and all speak in
tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter,
will they not say that you are mad?
• NAU Acts 2:13 But others were mocking and
saying, "They are full of sweet wine."
• NAU Acts 26:24 While Paul was saying this in his
defense, Festus said in a loud voice, "Paul, you are
out of your mind! Your great learning is driving
you mad."

36. 1 Corinthians 14:23, Mad, Insane

37. 1 Corinthians 14:28, Keep Silent
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:28 but if there is no
interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and
let him speak to himself and to God.
• Silence: often misinterpreted but never misquoted.
• "Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered
wise; When he closes his lips, he is counted
prudent." (Proverbs 17:28)
• NAU James 1:19 This you know, my beloved
brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow
to speak and slow to anger;
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38. • gracethrufaith.com “Q. You have written that you
believe those who believe in a prayer language were
misinterpreting scripture. Could you tell me which
scripture and just how it is misinterpreted?
• A. For the record, I don’t believe there is any scriptural
support for a personal prayer language. But what I think
I said was that those who believe their prayer language
is a manifestation of the gift of tongues are
misinterpreting Scripture. I base this conclusion primarily
on 1 Cor. 14:27-28…
• No one can interpret a prayer language, including the
person speaking it. But throughout 1 Cor. 14 Paul
stressed the need for an interpretation whenever there’s
a public message in tongues, either by the speaker or an
interpreter. Otherwise it doesn’t benefit anyone.
Therefore a personal prayer language cannot be the
same as the gift of tongues.”
• http://gracethrufaith.com/ask-a-bible-teacher/prayer-language-tongues-
different/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Gracethrufaith+%28GraceThruFaith%29

39. 1 Corinthians 14:34
“keep silent”
• NAU 1 Corinthians
14:34 The women are
to keep silent in the
churches; for they are
not permitted to
speak, but are to
subject themselves,
just as the Law also
says.
Titus 1:7, 2 Timothy 2:24, 1
Timothy 3:2, 1 Peter 5:3
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40. 1 Corinthians 14:34, GotQuestions.org
Is God/the Bible sexist?”
• “…The Bible is not sexist in its accurate portrayal of the results of sin
in both men and women. The Bible records all kinds of sin: slavery and
bondage and the failures of its greatest heroes. Yet it also gives us the
answer and the cure for those sins against God and His established
order—a right relationship with God. The Old Testament was looking
forward to the supreme sacrifice, and each time a sacrifice for sin was
made, it was teaching the need for reconciliation to God. In the New
Testament, the “Lamb that takes away the sin of the world” (see John
1:29) was born, died, was buried and rose again, and then ascended
to His place in heaven, and there He intercedes for us. It is through
belief in Him that the cure for sin is found, and that includes the sin of
sexism.
• The charge of sexism in the Bible is based upon a lack of knowledge of
Scripture. When men and women of all ages have taken their
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41. 1 Corinthians 14:34, GotQuestions.org
Is God/the Bible sexist?”
• God-ordained places and lived according to “thus says the LORD,” then
there is a wonderful balance between the genders. That balance is what
God began with, and it is what He will end with. There is an inordinate
amount of attention paid to the various products of sin and not to the root
of it. It is only when there is personal reconciliation with God through the
Lord Jesus Christ that we find true equality. “Then you will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32).
• It is also very important to understand that the Bible’s ascribing different
roles to men and women does not constitute sexism. The Bible makes it
abundantly clear that God expects men to take the leadership role in the
church and the home. Does this make women inferior? Absolutely not.
Does this mean women are less intelligent, less capable, or viewed as less in
God’s eyes? Absolutely not! What it means is that in our sin-stained world,
there has to be structure and authority. God has instituted the roles of
authority for our good. Sexism is the abuse of these roles, not the existence
of these roles.” 41

42. 1 Corinthians 14:34
“keep silent” in Humility
• NAU Ephesians 5:21 and be subject to one
another in the fear of Christ.
• NAU Ephesians 4:2 with all humility and
gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance
for one another in love,
• John Andrew Holmes said, “It is well to
remember that the entire universe, with one
trifling exception, is composed of others.”
• Philippians 2:3, Romans 12:10

43. 1 Corinthians 14:28-34, Keep Silent
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:34 … keep silent in the
churches…
• Church Enforcers, Gusty Chartrand tells about,
“Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old
brother Joel were sitting together in church.
Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud. Finally,
his big sister had had enough. "You're not
supposed to talk out loud in church.” "Why?
Who's going to stop me?" Joel asked. Angie
pointed to the back of the church and said,
• "See those two men standing by the door?
They're hushers."

44. 1 Corinthians 14:37,
Understandable Writings
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone thinks he is
a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that
the things which I write to you are the Lord's
commandment [not gibberish].
• NAU 2 Corinthians 1:13 For we write nothing
else to you than what you read and
understand [not gibberish], and I hope you will
understand until the end;
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45. 1 Corinthians
14:37,
Understandable
Writings
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46. THE END
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Romans 3:23 for
all have sinned
and fall short of
the glory of
God,
Romans 6:23
…but the free
gift of God is
eternal life in
Christ Jesus …

47. 1 Corinthians 14:34, Is God / the Bible
sexist?”, sexist, sexism
GotQuestions.org
• NAU 1 Corinthians 14:34 The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to
subject themselves, just as the Law also says.
• Question: "Is God / the Bible sexist?"
• Answer: Sexism is one gender, usually male, having dominance over the other gender, usually female. The Bible contains
many references to women that, to our modern mindset, sound discriminatory towards women. But we have to
remember that when the Bible describes an action, it does not necessarily mean that the Bible endorses that action. The
Bible describes men treating women as little more than property, but that does not mean God approves of that action.
The Bible is far more focused on reforming our souls than our societies. God knows that a changed heart will result in a
changed behavior.
• During Old Testament times, virtually every culture in the entire world was patriarchal in structure. That status of history
is very clear—not only in Scripture but also in the rules that governed most societies. By modern value systems and
worldly human viewpoint, that is called “sexist.” God ordained the order in society, not man, and He is the author of the
establishment principles of authority. However, like everything else, fallen man has corrupted this order. That has
resulted in the inequality of the standing of men and women throughout history. The exclusion and the discrimination
that we find in our world is nothing new. It is the result of the fall of man and the introduction of sin. Therefore, we can
rightly say that the term and the practice of “sexism” is a result of sin. The progressive revelation of the Bible leads us to
the cure for sexism and indeed all the sinful practices of the human race.
• To find and maintain a spiritual balance between the God-ordained positions of authority, we must look to Scripture.
The New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old, and in it we find principles that tell us the correct line of authority and
the cure for sin, the ill of all humanity, and that includes discrimination based upon gender.
• The cross of Christ is the great equalizer. John 3:16 says, “Whoever believes,” and that is an all-inclusive statement that
leaves no one out on the basis of position in society, mental capacity, or gender. We also find a passage in Galatians that
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48. BIBLE IN FIVE
Pastor Dave Kooyers
Valley Bible Fellowship
Box 433
Boonville CA 95415
http://www.slideshare.net/dkooyers
www.ValleyBibleFellowship.org
(707) 895-2325
God bless you as you examine His Word,
Your servant in Christ, 2Cor. 4:5
These Microsoft PowerPoint presentations are provided "for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ"
(Ephesians 4:12-15). To help Christians to "to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ." So that "we are no longer...tossed here and
there...by every wind of doctrine." They may be downloaded and modified free of charge.
Matthew 10:8 …Freely you received, freely give.