Why does the church say that God is not the author of confusion ?

Question

Why does the church say that God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33), when many biblical passages flatly contradict this?

Answer 1

Because as any dishonest businessman knows, there is profit in confusion.

The Bible is just telling you that making a profit off of your fellows is ungodlike.

Now, is there confusion of profits? Sure 8-)

Answer 2

Dear Shadow,

The passage you are referring to is found in 1 Corinthians 14:33, and the context of the passsge is in reference to how believers should act when assembling together.

1 Corinthians 12 and 13 talks about how believers have spiritual gifts given to them by the Holy Spirit. The chapters also describe how these gifts are supposed to be used in love to build up other people.

So in 1 Corinthians 14:33 Paul is telling the Corinthian believers how to utilize the gift of tongues in a proper way.

Paul reminds them that spiritual gifts are to be used to build people up. Tongues is a gift (which some believers have where they are able to speak to God in a "special language"). Some have the gift to speak tongues, others have the gift to interpret tongues. And Paul was reminidng them that these gifts must be used together, or it doesn't profit anyone, and if such is the case those people should remain silent.

Could you imagine being at a church service where a whole bunch of people were speaking in tongues but no one interpretted (it would be quite confusing)? Paul says in 1 Cor. 13 that he would rather prophesy (IE: Better to have someone give a message that everyone can understand.) And hence 14:33- God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

There are definitely other passages in the Bible where God sends confusion to God's enemies to deliver them to victory in battle. (ie: Kings and Chronicles etc.)

In its proper context- i think you'll see that other biblical passages do not contradict what God is saying through Paul in 1 Corinthians 14:33.

Hope that helps,

Nickster

Answer 3

From my understanding, it means that God has his way, which is the only way. Though the free will of man causes him to interpret this differently, causing confusion to which way is the right way. So God did not cause the confusion, but man's inability to clearly see the Truth did.

Answer 4

eligion has been the reason for most wars, tragedies and sufferings of humanity just because every one wishes the other human being to follow his God.

-Animated Dogma

Answer 5

Because they are too confused to answer in any other way.

Answer 6

then what are the other passages?