I Corinthians 13:4
"Charity suffereth long and is kind:"
"Charity envieth not ; Charity"
"vaunteth not itself, is not"
"puffed up"
Paul taught in I Corinthians 13 about the noblest kind of of love, agape love. This is love which finds it's source in God. It is a self-sacrificing love. It puts another's interests ahead of personal interests. It is generated by the Holy Spirit and outshines all other Christian virtues, as important as they are. There is no substitute for agape love. Without agape love eloquent speaking is pointless. Preaching at it's best falls short, and faith without love amounts to nothing. A person could go as far as offering there body to be burned for a sake of a cause, but if love- agape- love isn't back of it all the act is worthless.
We Christians need to stop long enough once in a while to examine what we profess to be doing for the Lord. It's so easy to say what we are expected to say without having love as the motive behind our words. Testimonies may be offered, Sunday School lesson taught, an outline of salvation presented, and sermons preached without love. Quite possibly a Christian may care a great deal for speaking and not care at all for those whom he speaks. If we do not have the "Love - Agape - Love in our words , our work in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and in the obedience of Our Living God; There will be no eternal reward for speaking or doing them. We Must Love As God Love's All Of Us!
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry
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