Promoting Fellowship in the Local Body Through Love — 1 Corinthians 12:25 - 13:13

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  1. PRIORITY of Love — vv 1-3 Without love . . .

    1. whatever I SAY is ineffective - v 1

    2. whatever I KNOW is incomplete - v 2a (1 John 4:7-8)

    3. whatever I BELIEVE is insufficient - v 2b

      1. James 2:19

      2. Galatians 5:6

    4. whatever I GIVE is insignificant - v 3a

      1. Acts 5:1-11 — Ananias & Sapphira

      2. "You can give w/o loving, but you can’s love w/o giving."

    5. whatever I ACCOMPLISH is inadequate - v 3b

  2. PRACTICE of Love — vv 4-7

    1. Love requires me to be longsuffering and KIND — v 4

    2. Love requires me to be HUMBLE — v 4

    3. Love requires me to be OBEDIENT — v 5

    4. Love requires me to resist SIN / religious ERROR — v 6a

    5. Love requires me to love the TRUTH — v 6b

      1. John 17:17

      2. 2 John 1-4

      3. 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

      4. 1 Timothy 4:1-5

     

     

  3. PERMANENCE of Love — vv 8-13

    1. Love never FAILS — v 8

      1. Never falls from its position or powerless, without effect

      2. Psalm 136 - "His mercy endureth forever."

    2. Heaven is an eternal home created in love

      1. John 14:1-3

      2. Revelation 21:1-7

      3. Revelation 22:1-5

    3. Ephesians 4:1-3

    4. Romans 12:10-16

    5. 1 Corinthians 12:25-27

  4. PROOF of Love and Fellowship . . . OBEDIENCE!

    1. Romans 8:14-16

    2. 1 John 5:3

    3. John 14:15, 21-23

    4. John 13:34-35 — LOVE

    5. 1 John 3:10-24

 

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