1. Ministry of the church must make edification the priority (14:26).

• When gathered together the church should build each other up.
• There are a variety of means through which the church can be edified.
• But the goal of everything should be edification.

Action: Critically evaluate your role in worship. Are you contributing or taking away from the edification of the body?

2. Careful attention to orderly worship ensures that edification is the priority (14:27‑33).

• The number of voices should not distract from the message (27‑28).
• Public teaching should be in a manner accessible to the general congregation (27‑28).
• Deference and accountability are key aspects of orderly worship (29‑33).

Action: Ask yourself, “Am I willing to defer to others and work to ensure that our worship (which includes instruction) is edifying to others?”

3. Edification takes priority even over my ideas (14:34‑40).

• There are times when it is not appropriate to speak (34‑35).
• Someone might have some really good ideas but those ideas are subject to the authority of Scripture (36‑38).
• Desire to worship in a way that edifies the church (39‑40).

Action: Ask yourself, “Do I value the edification of others over my own ideas?”

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