Text: I Corinthians 13
I Corinthians 13 is also known as the "love" or "charity" chapter. Jesus said all men would know we are His disciples by the love we show to one another. He called it a new commandment and repeated it many times over. John, James, Peter and Paul, in their letters to the churches, made love a frequent topic. This was not some weak, paltry kind of love, but an all-consuming, self-sacrificing, giving love modelled after Jesus' example. "We love Him because He first loved us."
I Corinthians 13, verses 4 through 8 outline the properties and effects of Jesus' kind of love...
Verse 4
- long suffering - waits, is patient.
- kind - looks for opportunities to do good.
- envieth not - is happy for the success of others.
- vaunteth not itself - doesn't promote itself; it isn't puffed up.
- does not behave itself unseemly - it's courteous.
- seeketh not her own - not out for itself, serves others at its own expense.
- is not easily provoked - it controls itself.
- thinketh no evil - it's not judgmental, or critical.
- rejoiceth not in iniquity - does not condone sin.
- rejoiceth in the truth - lets truth prevail.
- beareth all things - keeps on keeping on.
- believeth all things - believe the best.
- hopeth all things - hope for, expects progress.
- endureth all things - steadfast, stand fast, hold fast.
- charity never faileth - it's always there.
- Love outlasts prophecies, tongues, and knowledge.
- Now we know in part - then we'll know as we're known.
- Now we prophesy in part - then we'll understand all.
- The partial will pass when the perfect comes.
- Children think, speak, understand as a child - Men put away childish things.
- Now we see through a glass darkly - then Face to face.
Editor's Note: Justin is our youth leader here at New Life. The E.D.G.E. youth group seeks to find the leading edge of the move of God and become a part of the flow of the Spirit. We're proud of their accomplishments in life and in the Kingdom of God!
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