Love the Secret Sauce
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Measureless: God’s Love / Love the Secret Sauce
1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
“Most excellent way,” the way of love.
1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
Agape: Love that sacrifices for the good of others.
It is a supernatural, Christ-like love empowered by the Holy Spirit, not merely natural human affection.
Tongues of men: Languages
A friend’s, missionary friend in South America spoke the perfect dialect of the ppl he was trying to reach.
I want this gift. To understand and speak to them. - Ladies nail shop?
Video of wht. boy who speaks perfect Mandarin Chinese.
What is the greater gift? Love!
1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
This amazing gift if void of “Love” is useless.
Grandma’s fried chicken: What was the secret to her recipe? One ingredient, I think was love.
1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
Noise: I can’t hear you! I won’t hear you.
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
I am in awe of people who have the gift of knowledge. - Jeopardy Champions.
Do you know any know it all’s? How do they make you feel when they speak?
1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Have you heard about the wealth man that goes around at Christmas time and gives out $100 to random people?
God told me to bless a senior couple once and buy their breakfast.
Tim Keller: If your heart’s motive isn’t (Agape) love it’s just performance.
Agape “Love” is not something we can generate purely through willpower. It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
It requires a deep understanding and experience of God’s love for us in Christ, leading to transformation from the inside out.
You can’t just try harder to love; you must encounter the loving God and let His love transform you.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Are you patient? Be honest. Sometimes or most of the time?
The word is common in the New Testament and is used almost exclusively of being patient with people. Depends who we are dealing with?
How patient has God been with you?
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
I pre-marital counseling “Gold”.
Jesus doesn’t keep a record why do you?
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
I trust you, until you prove you are not trust worthy.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
