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“ Love Never Fails”

“ Love Never Fails”. Matthew 22:35-40; 1 Corinthians 13:1-8. Without the Greatest Thing Great Things Mean Nothing! 1 Corinthians 13:1-3. Without love I am nothing even though… “I speak with the tongues of men and of angels”

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“ Love Never Fails”

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  1. “Love Never Fails” Matthew 22:35-40; 1 Corinthians 13:1-8

  2. Without the Greatest Thing Great Things Mean Nothing!1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Without love I am nothing even though… • “I speak with the tongues of men and of angels” • “I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge” (1 Corinthians 12:8; Romans 12:16; 2:19; Revelation 2:2-4) • “I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains” (Matthew 17:20) • “I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and…give my body to be burned”

  3. The Definition and Demonstration of Love • Our definition of love is typically much different from God’s definition. • God demonstrated His love to us (Romans 5:8). • Love can be demonstrated. • It is not extended on the basis of worth. It is unconditional and underserved. • It is FOR the welfare of another.

  4. We are to Share and Show God’s Love • His love is to run through us (1 Thess. 4:9; 1 John 3:16; 4:10-11) • God’s love is stronger than any created thing (Romans 8:35, 37-39) • But God’s love is not perfected until it is shared (1 John 4:12)

  5. How to Enable Electrical PowerThe Switch Completes the Circuit!

  6. “…If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us”. (1 John 4:12) GOD Enabling the Power of God’s Love YOU ME

  7. Love Never Fails1 Corinthians 13:4-8 • Love never fails to suffer long. • Love never fails to be kind. • Love will never envy, parade itself, be puffed up; behave rudely, seek its own, be provoked, think evil, or rejoice in iniquity. • Love never fails to rejoice in the truth. • Love bears all things (Ephesians 4:2). • Love believes all things. • Love hopes all things. • Love endures all things.

  8. Would Love Ever Fail at Anything it is to Do?1 Corinthians 13:4-8; 16:14 • To forgive (2 Corinthians 2:7-8) • To serve (Galatians 5:13) • To persuade men (2 Cor. 5:14) • To speak the truth (Ephesians 4:15) • To treat a neighbor right (Rom.13:10) • To be united with brethren in Christ (Philippians 2:1-2) • To be impartial (James 2:8-9) • To cover a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8)

  9. Love Never Fails -- We Must Not Fail to Love “Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.” -- Thomas a Kempis

  10. Love Never Fails -- We Must Not Fail to Love Paul’s prayer was, “that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” -- Ephesians 3:17b-19

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