“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #166 “There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a …
Tangled Blatts
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #165 “And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who …
Private Edification Kept Private
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #164 “Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?” (1 Cor. 14:6). Paul allows …
The Point of Prophecy
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #163 “But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. I would that ye all spake with tongues, but …
An Unknown Known Language
“For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries” (1 Cor. 14:2). The gift of tongues is an exercise in mystery. A man speaking in tongues is a man who is speaking mysteries in his spirit. It …
The Testimony of Jesus
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #161 “Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy” (1 Cor. 14:1). The justly famous thirteenth chapter of Corinthians has firmly established the ranking of the fruit of the Spirit over against the gifts …
Piecemeal Revelation
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #160 “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, …
Which Question Is It?
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #159 “Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when …
No Theological Schadenfreude
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #158 Charity “beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things” (1 Cor. 13:7). In this verse, we see that love does four things. Two of them are active, and two are responsive. In the middle …
Love and Truth Link Arms
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #157 Charity “rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth” (1 Cor. 13:6). This verse comes right to the point. There is one verb, used twice. Charity does not rejoice in one thing, and does rejoice in another. …