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Playing baseball in junior college, I will never forget one player.
This player was the total package.
He was super fast.
The guy could fly.
He had tremendous speed.
His dad played at a professional level.
He was a middle infielder.
He had extremely quick hands.
Some of the quickest I have ever seen.
He could turn a double play like not other.
He was excellent at fielding the ground ball.
The guy was super talented.
One problem...
This guy lacked work ethic.
He was so talented that everything just came naturally to him.
He did not have to work to get to where he was.
This guy was the laziest guy on the team.
When it came to put the tarp on the field or clean up after practice he would just stand around.
He had all the talent you could ask for but he didn’t have a work ethic.
How do you think this went for the rest of the guys on the team?
It didn’t go well at all.
Guys were constantly yelling at him to help out and be a part of the team.
I have no doubt the guy could have played professionally but never did because he lacked this.
Today we come to and this is one of the most popular passages of scripture.
It is known as the love chapter.
We have learned about hermeneutics (The interpretation of scripture) perhaps no other passage of scripture is used out of context than this passage.
In context, this passage has so much power for the local church.
Who is Paul writing too in 1 Corinthians?
He is writing to the church in Corinth.
What is this church dealing with?
The culture of the city of Corinth has come into the church and Paul is addressing this.
Chapter One divisions in the church
Some say I follow Paul or I’m with Apollos and some say I’m with Cephas and some say I’m with Christ.
Chapter three Selfishness and pride
1 Corinthians 3:
Chapter six Lawsuits
Chapter 8 giving up rights for the rest of the Body
Chapter 11 Some are dressing improperly
Also in chapter 11 some are taking of the Lord’s supper and won’t wait for their brothers and sisters in Christ.
Chapter 12 we talked about unity in the Body of believers among Spiritual gifts
Chapter 14 We see that he again discusses Spiritual gifts and sandwich between these two chapters and in context of the whole letter is this beautiful chapter.
Pray
My teammate in College had all the talent you could ask for.
He could turn a double play in no time.
He was so fast getting to first base.
He had quick hands so this meant he could also swing the bat really quickly.
He lacked one thing: Work Ethic
Imagine this in ministry.
Imagine in the church a member is the total package, they can speak, they can sing, they can serve, they have it all but they lack one thing
LOVE
1 Corinthians 13:1-
v. 1
I speak in Human or angelic languages
This amazing speech or heavenly languages.
It sounds amazing to the ears.
but don’t have love
result
Sound like a gong or clanging cymbal
Notice the contrast angelic languages contrasted with clanging symbol.
I could sound amazing but if I lack love in the Body of Christ it is all for nothing.
v.2 Prophecy
1 Corinthians 12:
He list prophets second and here in chapter 13 if I have this gift and understand all mysteries and all knowledge.
If you recall a lot of emphasis in this letter has been put on knowledge and wisdom because of the philosophical city of Corinth.
and have all faith but I don’t have love I am nothing
v.3 If I donate all my goods, If I give my body
If I give everything I have to feed the poor
The imagery here is piece by piece little by little I spread everything I have to feed the poor.
If I disperse everything I have to feed the poor.
If I give my body to be burned
If I self mutilate myself or give of my total self so that my body is burned.
I make the ultimate sacrifice of giving my body to be burned and I don’t have love I am nothing.
Spiritual gifts are useless without love.
You can have all the talent in the world and if you lack love it is for nothing.
Love is elevated and the importance love in the Body of Christ is shown as essential.
Don’t make the mistake of believing we should not pursue Spiritual gifts and we should only seek to love.
Remember how he finished with chapter 12
1 Corinthians 12:
Imagine what type of player this guy in college would have been if he would have had the work ethic.
You combine his talent with a work ethic then lookout.
Likewise you take the gifts and talents of the church and root them in love then the church becomes an unstoppable force.
What does this love in the church look like?
We often think the opposite of love is hate.
According to the opposite of love is Pride.
Notice Love does not envy it is not boastful
Love is selfless
We love people who love us.
We like people who build us up.
We like when people acknowledge our work.
We say we love others but what we really like is when people love us and are about what we are about.
Paul writes and says Love is not selfish
Love seeks its happiness in the good of others.
Love is active
Paul uses 15 verbs here for love.
Paul does not use adjectives or words to describe but he uses verbs.
This is what love does and this is what love does not.
Paul is not just trying to paint a picture of what love is but he wants the Body of believers or the church to do these things and not do do some of them to show what love is.
What love is and what love is not
Love is patient
Patient is the opposite of short-tempered.
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