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Introduction
Tool illustration – attempt to tackle a job or project and grab your tools.
Get there and realize that you don’t have everything you need.
Forgot the saw blades or drill bits.
Socket handle but no sockets.
or maybe you forgot extension cord or battery.
No power to run the tool.
The tools are useless.
Today we’re starting a series to learn what Paul had to say about power tools that lack the power.
The Greatest
We’ve just finished the series Sold Out that showed us through and parallel passages that salvation is more than just a prayer, than just going to heaven, than just following some rules/law.
Salvation is coming to Jesus, denying ourselves, turning over our life and rights to Jesus, and then following Him wherever He goes and doing whatever He does obediently and faithfully.
We wrapped up with and to show that we are dead to ourselves, now living the life of Christ in and through us, so putting off our old nature and putting on the nature of Christ.
The new nature comes from Christ living in us.
The life of Jesus in us and coming through us transforms our heart and changes our behavior.
His foundational and most important “task” that He modeled and commanded was love.
love God, love others.
Greatest commandment.
new command – love
our key verse: a new command – love
Points
Dig deeper into what it means to love.
Lots of places we could go, but we’ll turn to “the love chapter” .
Turn to 1 Corinthians 13
Contrary to popular usage, this chapter is not intended to be a wedding passage.
Paul wrote to the church at Corinth to correct sin, answer questions, and give some teaching.
One question was about the spiritual gifts
Spiritual Gifts
C12 and 14 are about spiritual gifts.
C13 is not a break in the teaching, it really is the main teaching in this section.
C12 and 14 are about spiritual gifts.
C13 is not a break in the teaching, it really is the main teaching in this section.
For background
Read and give Brief c12 background vv.1, 4-7 (v.7 revealing), 12-14, esp.
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tongues
tongues
speak in tongues or languages, both earthly/human and angels.
Greatly gifted in speaking, in language skills, in communication.
But what are you communicating?
Does what you say mean anything to the hearers if you do not speak out of a heart filled with the love of Jesus Christ?
And how can you speak out of a heart filled with the Holy Spirit if you are not yielded to Jesus?
noisy gong, clanging symbol.
not much beauty in those sounds.
crashing, noisy, not pleasant.
Can the Holy Spirit still accomplish something even if we do with wrong motives or do not have love?
Even those who do evil accomplish God’s purposes.
What’s the difference?
They do not benefit from knowing God and obeying him.
Example – Jonah.
Jonah ran but eventually obeyed.
God used him in Nineveh but his heart was not there, he did it out of obedience only and not love.
He lost out.
v.2 prophecy, mysteries, knowledge, faith
v.2 prophecy, mysteries, knowledge, faith
prophetic powers - able to prophesy, give inspired message,
understand all mysteries - nothing hidden or secret.
all knowledge - omniscient like God. know everything.
all faith - believe enough to change anything
All of these great powers, but still missing one thing.
I am nothing.
All the rest is in vain, meaningless.
Inconsequential.
Give away all I possess, own, have.
Donate to poor or needy.
Something we are definitely commanded to do as followers of Jesus
Give away all I possess, own, have.
Donate to poor or needy.
Something we are definitely commanded to do as followers of Jesus
Greek has sense of piece by piece helping others
Sacrifice wealth.
Also, sacrifice health and life.
Give up, submit, hand over, or sacrifice my body (to be burned?)
put myself in harm’s way.
reminds of the soldiers who sacrifice, or missionaries who go to remote places.
Martyrs.
Greek on reason for sacrifice = Literally - brand, mark, (to be burned)
Figuratively - to confidently mark as noteworthy, possibly in a negative way.
Could potentially boast about how much you gave up.
Maybe showing the marks of suffering.
Going to the extreme of sacrifice - all wealth, all health, but still have not gained anything.
All is lost.
In these first 3 verses, Paul is emphasizing the gift that is of greatest importance.
Greatest Importance
– lay down life, meet a need.
But if we don’t God’s love does not reside in us.
However, in even if we do these things but God’s love is not residing in us, it is useless.
Nothing.
(v18) lay down life, meet a need.
But if we don’t God’s love does not reside in us.
However, in even if we do these things but God’s love is not residing in us, it is useless.
Nothing.
What’s the difference?
not doing the right thing because love is missing, vs. doing the right thing with the wrong motives - love is still missing.
Real, Christ-like fruit of the Spirit love is unconditional.
Loving not based on who or what the person is or has done, but based on the understanding that this person is one for whom Christ died.
Seeing all humans as created in God’s image and needing (the love of) Jesus Christ.
Reaching out to others as the good neighbor.
doesn’t mean we condone or excuse the evil they do, doesn’t mean we have to vote for them or invite them into our home, necessarily.
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