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Let Me Show You A Better Way 1 Cor. 13

Explore the teachings of 1 Corinthians 13 on spiritual gifts, emphasizing the importance of love. Reflect on the characteristics of love and how it never ends, surpassing all other gifts. Discover the ultimate commandment of loving God and others as yourself.

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Let Me Show You A Better Way 1 Cor. 13

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  1. Let Me Show You A Better Way 1 Cor. 13

  2. Look back to 1 Cor. 12 • “Now concerning spiritual gifts…” 1 • “Various gifts…but, one Spirit, one Lord, one God who empowers them all in everyone.” 5-6 • “Given for the common good…” 7 • “Many members…one body” 12-30

  3. Look back to 1 Cor. 12 • “Earnestly desire the higher gifts, but I will show you a more excellent way.” 31

  4. L-O-V-E 1 Cor. 13:1-2 • All the • Tongues • Prophetic powers • Understanding all mysteries • Understanding all knowledge • Faith • Without love is nothing

  5. L-O-V-E 1 Cor. 13:3 • If I… • Give away all I own • Deliver my body to be burned • Without love is nothing

  6. Because L-O-V-E is… 1 Cor. 13:4-7 • Patient • Kind • Does not envy or boast • Is not arrogant or rude • Does not insist on its own way • Is not irritable or resentful

  7. Because L-O-V-E is… 1 Cor. 13:4-7 • Does not rejoice at wrongdoing • Rejoices with truth • Bears, believes, hopes, and endures all things • Why is love greater than all? Love never ends

  8. L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:8 • Prophecies? They will pass away • Tongues? They will cease • Knowledge? It will pass away

  9. L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:9-10 • Gift of knowledge…only know part • Gift of prophesy…only see part • But when perfection comes.... • “the partial will pass away.”

  10. L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:11 • When I was a child… • Spoke, thought, reasoned like a child • As an adult… • I gave up childish ways

  11. L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:12 • Currently, we see in a mirror dimly… • Currently, I know in part • But, then (later), I shall know fully

  12. L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:13 • So what exists now? • Faith, hope, and love • Which is the greatest? • Love

  13. L-O-V-E 1 Cor. 13 • Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? • “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” • “And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Matt 22:36-39

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