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Hi @PatrickRock, that's true, and apart from love, we can do nothing, especially as Christians.
It's also interesting to note what the "ingredients" (so to speak) of Godly love are, as well the order that the Apostle chose to list them in.
The first two "ingredients", patience and kindness, which are clearly and continuously demonstrated by God 'towards' us, seem to be seldom demonstrated 'by' us
However, they are good indicators for us as they help us know when we are .. and when we are not .. being loving towards others!
Another ingredient that I think is VERY important to consider is that, "love .. does not seek its own" (especially when understood in the light of v6).
There we are told that, "love .. does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth", so we know that we can never truly love someone apart from God's truth (even if we are simply trying to hide the truth from them to make them feel better about themselves in the moment). We end of "hating" others instead of loving them (and drive them farther away, rather than towards God), because even our silence (about another's unbelief and/or sinful lifestyle) can be problematic ... especially if they know that we are Christians ... because our silence will most often be understood as a kind of tacit approval.
Finally, if we are normally/consistently liked/loved by those who are part of this world, especially when the Bible tells us things like this .. John 15:18-20; 2 Timothy 3:12, what should that tell us about ourselves as Christians, about how we are "loving" others?)
Thanks!
~Deut
1 Corinthians 13
1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
It's also interesting to note what the "ingredients" (so to speak) of Godly love are, as well the order that the Apostle chose to list them in.
1 Corinthians 13
4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,
5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,
6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails.
The first two "ingredients", patience and kindness, which are clearly and continuously demonstrated by God 'towards' us, seem to be seldom demonstrated 'by' us
However, they are good indicators for us as they help us know when we are .. and when we are not .. being loving towards others!Another ingredient that I think is VERY important to consider is that, "love .. does not seek its own" (especially when understood in the light of v6).
There we are told that, "love .. does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth", so we know that we can never truly love someone apart from God's truth (even if we are simply trying to hide the truth from them to make them feel better about themselves in the moment). We end of "hating" others instead of loving them (and drive them farther away, rather than towards God), because even our silence (about another's unbelief and/or sinful lifestyle) can be problematic ... especially if they know that we are Christians ... because our silence will most often be understood as a kind of tacit approval.
Finally, if we are normally/consistently liked/loved by those who are part of this world, especially when the Bible tells us things like this .. John 15:18-20; 2 Timothy 3:12, what should that tell us about ourselves as Christians, about how we are "loving" others?)
Thanks!
~Deut
I was thinking how Jesus went to the cross, he was probably in agony and pain and suffering, yet he was able to love those who put him there, like you and I if we were crucfied and people were yelling insults and mocking us we might have hit back or defended ourselves but Jesus didnt open his mouth.
Love is not easily provoked. He didnt scream out and even say ow its hurting me. And he had no personal thoughts of revenge, even after he had arisen he didnt go after his crucifiers. He didnt tell them my disciples will make you pay for what youve done.
What love is this? Let us consider the way Jesus loved.
Love is not easily provoked. He didnt scream out and even say ow its hurting me. And he had no personal thoughts of revenge, even after he had arisen he didnt go after his crucifiers. He didnt tell them my disciples will make you pay for what youve done.
What love is this? Let us consider the way Jesus loved.
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