Love in 1 Corinthians: A Study of Pride and Love
Explore the essence of love in 1 Corinthians through a study of pride and humility. Delve into the importance of love and its manifestation in various facets, challenging you to embody true agape love as demonstrated by Christ. Discover the transformative power of love that is patient, kind, and enduring, reflecting the very nature of God's unconditional love for all.
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Blow Up or Build Up the Church A Study of Pride & Love in Responseto Knowledge in 1 Corinthians Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 i. Love is Paramount of first importance, most important ii. Pride and the Message of the Cross ashamed of the cross iii. Pride and Prejudice the flashy vs the faithful iv. Pride and Permissiveness tolerance of sin is not a virtue v. Pride and Perspectives knowing not as they ought to know vi. Pride and Prominence submission, indifference, boasting
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 The Love Chapter the most challenging passage in the Bible Love is of first importance and is most important Agape - Love: Never defined in the Scriptures simply described The 15 descriptions are not adjectives but Verbs Present tense, ongoing, continuous action 15 facets of love - the Love Diamond Other Greek words translated love: Eros; Phileo; Storg
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Leon Morris on agape: It is a love for the utterly unworthy, a love that proceeds from a God who is love. It is a love lavished on others without a thought whether they are worthy or not. It proceeds from the nature of the lover, not from any attractiveness in the beloved
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Before Christ We are leprous with sin Jesus Christ took our leprosy on Himself to give us His righteousness, His life. Have you been cleansed, healed, made new by Christ? Do you know the depth of Christ s Love? Jesus is love This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you Jn 15:12
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is Patient Love is slow to anger The Lord is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 2 Pet 3:9 Robert Ingersoll could not exhaust the patience of God. The Lord s patience with sinners is not acceptance of their sin God s patience does not renounce His wrath, it restrains it
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is Patient Rom 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? 1 Peter 2:23 while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; Imitate God (Eph 5:1) and follow Christ s example (1 Pet 2:23)
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is Patient Patience at Home Marriage Children Patience in the Church - 1 Thess 5:14 The Unruly The Fainthearted The Weak All People
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is Kind Kindness Patience Active, positive counterpart Passive enduring Repaying back good for evil Receive insults without retaliation Kindness is not the great and grand deeds done under ideal circumstances to likable friends, BUT the little acts of self-denial in the muddy trenches of everyday life where others often trample on our feelings and sensibilities
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is Kind Root meaning of kindness is to be useful So it is to do what is helpful to others, beneficial to others The Lord God is Kind Rom 2:4 The Lord Jesus is Kind Mk 6: 31; Mat 5: 44-47 The Word of God teach us to be kind Rom 12:20; cf 2 Kgs 6
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is Kind The Corinthian Church had opportunities to be kind In divisions 1 Cor 1-4 Lawsuits 1 Cor 6 Giving up liberties 1Cor 8-10 Respect and submission 1 Cor 11 Sharing with the less fortunate 1Cor 11 Encourage those with lessor gifts 1 Cor 12, 14
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is Kind Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man - Prov 3:3-4 Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is Not Jealous/Envious Jealousy has the idea of boiling or burning with passion Positive used of God who is jealous for His name (Ezek 29:39); His People (Zech 1:14) and His worship (Deut 32:16) Negative when applied to people Cain and Abel Joseph and His Brothers Saul and David Jesus and the Religious leaders
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is not Jealous/Envious Two kinds of envy Common Envy 1 Kgs 21:1-16 Personal Envy 1 Kg 3:16-28
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love does not brag Love does not praise itself Boasting has the emphasis on verbal praise Corinthians Boasted in their salvation 1 Cor 1:29 In the wisdom of men 1 Cor 3:19 In God s grace gifts 1 Cor 4:7 In Permissiveness 1 Cor 5:6 In their knowledge 1 Cor 8:1-2 In their Spiritual giftedness 1 Cor 12: 21
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love does not brag Scroggie: The very nature and essence of a boast is emptiness. Boasting is always an advertisement of poverty. God s Wisdom Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips Prov 27:2
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is not Arrogant Arrogance to be puffed up; to be blown up Boasting: verbal praise you ascribe to yourself Arrogance: Inflated thoughts/attitude you have of yourself Corinthian arrogance Do not go beyond what is written 1 Cor 4:6 cf 5:2 Knowledge 1Cor 8:1
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is not Arrogant Commentator: Arrogance is devoid of love, and love is devoid of arrogance, they are mutually exclusive. Arrogance is a sin God particularly hates Haughty eyes Prov 6:16-17 The Sin of the Devil - Ezek 28:17 The Sin of those loving the World - 1 Jn 2:15-16 God resists the Proud but give grace to the humble Jam 4:6
Love is Practiced 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is Patient Love is Kind Love is not Jealous Love does not Brag Love is not Arrogant
