* God’s favor gets you in the door, but excellence keeps you there.

* The best testimony you can have is being excellent at what you do.

* Why?

* Because your work is worship - it’s how you say “Thank you” to God.

* Because your work is worth-ship - it’s how others discover if God is worth serving or not.

* Backstory - Paul is talking about order in a corporate setting (church).

* He talks about prophecy vs tongues.

* Vs 6-8 - he pulled in an illustration from battle.

* The Israelites would assemble to battle at the sound of the trumpet.

* Think of the bugler - he’s got ONE JOB!

* If he isn’t excellent at his job, they wouldn’t assemble.

* If they didn’t assemble, they lose.

* Nobody wants to join the losers.

* If he does a good job, they will assemble.

* If they assemble, they win.

* Everyone wants to join the winners.

* Our work should play a clear tune for others to hear.

* It should be the most pleasant sound anyone has ever heard.

* If we aren’t excellent in our work, people suffer.