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LESSONS IN LOVE FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 13, PART 8: It is NOT Self-Seeking
"It is not self-seeking . . ." (1 Cor. 13:5) Within this subject of love on which Paul is instructing us, we keep returning to the theme of esteeming others as higher and better than ourselves: "Now he [Jesus] told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed...
LESSONS IN LOVE FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 13, PART 9: Not Easily Angered
"It is not easily angered . . ." (1 Cor. 13:5) Another way of saying this is to say that love is tolerant, not of sin, but tolerant in the matters that do not matter. Pastor James MacDonald of the radio show "Walk in the Word" says that on the majors love takes...
LESSONS IN LOVE FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 13, PART 10: Love Keeps no Record of Wrongs
"It keeps no record of wrongs." (1 Corinthians 13:5) Many times 1 Corinthians 13 (the love chapter) has been studied, commented on, used at weddings, and taught in Sunday School; however, I think that we miss some of the significance of the individual parts in...
LESSONS IN LOVE FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 13, PART 11: Rejoices in the Truth
"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." (1 Corinthians 13:6) If we think of evil as dark and truth as light, then the picture of this concept becomes clearer. We know that Satan is "the evil one" and we know he represents darkness, death and...
LESSONS IN LOVE FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 13, PART 12: love Always Protects
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." (1 Corinthians 13:7) I have a chronic condition that causes pain and fatigue. I have the tools to manage the pain, but the fatigue is much more elusive. Recently when my symptoms began to intensify,...
LESSONS IN LOVE FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 13, PART 13: Love Endures Forever
"Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears." (1...
LESSONS IN LOVE FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 13, PART 14: The Ways of Childhood
"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me." (1 Cor. 13:11) What exactly are "the ways of childhood"? Children depend quite a bit on others to do for them what...
Lessons in Love From 1 Corinthians 13, Part 15: As I am Fully Known
"For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." (1 Corinthians 13:12) You are "fully known" by God. He formed you in your mother’s womb. (Psalm 139:13) He has...
Lessons From David’s Fall, Part 1: We ALL Make Mistakes…What’s the Big Deal?
Much has been written and many sermons have been preached about King David, and specifically about his one big sin. But what about the long term ramifications of sin? Are there lessons that we can learn beyond the obvious? Can what happened to David give us guidance...
Lessons From David’s Fall, Part 2: The Baby Dies
"And Nathan said to David, 'The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.'" (2 Sam 12:13-15 NKJV) 2...