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Is it possible to love someone you dont know?
What is a loving thing a stranger has done for you?
1 Corinthians 13:1-
Pretty sure we cant get what we need from Paul’s exhortation on love without understanding the previous instruction on spiritual gifts and the body of Christ.
Ch 12 Pretty good list of spiritual gifts and great description of body of Christ.
So this explanation of love is built on the foundation of how we relate to one another as the church.
To view it only as one believer relates to another would be missing the bigger (better) picture.
Consider vv.
1-2 and v. 8 If I have these things but not love, its useless.
All ‘these things’ will pass away except FAITH.
All mysteries - What mysteries?
Many!
Yet to be revealed by the Spirit of God.
Yet to unfold in the fabric of time.
Those which God has chosen to reveal.
They are given through divine revelation.
A mystery to the prophets of old was Christ’s redemptive work at Calvary.
They looked to it, prophesied about it, but it was a mystery.
A mystery to the Jews in Jesus’ day was the gospel to the Gentiles.
They taught scripture about it, but couldnt see it.
‘we will not all sleep, but will all be changed’
And Paul recounts this short list of gifts of the spirit to bring it into focus with the fruit of the spirit (RECIPE) and there is but one conclusion: these three are eternal - faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.
He doesnt stop at just saying these gifts are less when absent of love, he says HE is NOTHING absent of love.
No matter how ‘spiritual’ the gifts.
Here’s why: what the Lord wants us to know is that we are made for ‘this’.
Love is the way of life in the church.
Yes, for the sunday morning version of this.
But, much more, the everyday version of this.
We were made for life in relation to one another.
That’s the church.
But we are also known as the bride of Christ.
In us, He is preparing something that is eternal.
We will live in eternal relationship together!
Lest you be discouraged by some part of that idea, be encouraged by part of what this says.
When the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
He is talking about the use of spiritual gifts not being necessary in glory.
The Corinthians apparently though they were speaking in the tongues of angels when exercising that gift.
Paul lets them know tongues will pass away!
There will be no need.
We will communicate perfectly.
And in the same train of thought, we will live in relationship perfectly.
I will never taste my feet again!
If love is that powerful, then what is love?
Patient, kind, rejoices in truth.
Bears, believes hopes and endures all things.
Eternal.
It is not however envious or boastful.
Arrogant or rude.
Narcissistic, irritable or resentful.
It does not rejoice in wrongdoing.
Knowing more what love is, let’s look at Paul’s illustrations:
A child growing up - spoke, thought, reasoned.
How does a child speak?
Think?
The difference between a cloudy mirror and face to face - their mirrors were made of polished bronze.
But it was also a reference to Moses experience of being ‘face to face’ with God and other prophets only hearing from God.
That experience also points to when we will see God as He is and know Him in the way He knows us.
John 13:33
Love is… a command?
How can that be?
How can we be commanded to love?
That seems incredibly counter-intuitive.
We have the odd idea that the things we HAVE to do can only be done out of duty.
But can they be done out of love?
We have a system at our house: Melo does laundry.
Laundry has to be done.
If laundry isnt done… So is it out of duty or love that she does?
BOTH
Let’s make that jump to our spiritual lives.
Can we love God because of His command or out of love?
Both.
Love our neighbor?
Both!
Share the gospel?
BOTH!!
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