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HOLD THE LINE

HOLD THE LINE. A study in. I Corinthians. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013. Group Question Share one way you are using one spiritual gift, and what it looks like when you share it in LOVE.

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HOLD THE LINE

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  1. HOLDTHELINE A study in I Corinthians

  2. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Group Question • Share one way you are using one spiritual gift, and what it looks like when you share it in LOVE. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  3. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 1 Cor. 13:8-13 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  4. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  5. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  6. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  7. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  8. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  9. mercy tongues & interpretation prophecy administrating apostle healing teaching pastor leadership hospitality word of wisdom faith evangelist service exhortation helps word of knowledge discerning of spirits working of miracles

  10. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  11. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 1: Verse-by-verse: • LOVE never fails. (v8) • Never = oudepote(oo-dep'-ot-eh) = not even at any time, that is, never at all • Fails = ekpiptō; to drop away; specifically be driven out of one’s course; figuratively to lose, become inefficient: - be cast, fail, fall (away, off), take none effect. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  12. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 1: Verse-by-verse: • 1 Cor. 13:8b-10: • “As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.” HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  13. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 1: Verse-by-verse: • 1 Cor. 13:8b-10: • “As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.” • Perfection: teleios; complete - of full age, man, perfect. • (in) part: meros; a division or share, piece, portion, respect, side, some sort (-what). • “will pass away” (10): katargeō; to be (render) entirely idle (useless) HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  14. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 1: Verse-by-verse: • Review… • Cessation vs. Continuation HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  15. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  16. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 1: Verse-by-verse: • “Perfection” = the Return of Christ and the Reality of Heaven. • “Kingdom of Heaven/God” = 119 times in the NT • Matthew (47) • Mark (16) • Luke (34) • John (2) • Acts (8) • Romans (1) • 1 Corinthians (5) • Galatians (1) • Ephesians (1) • Colossians (2) • 2 Thessalonians (1) • James (1) • Revelation (2) HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  17. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 Part 1: Verse-by-verse: References to any conglomeration of words to describe anything resembling the completion of God’s Word in written form (canon)? HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  18. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 1: Verse-by-verse: • Two illustrations re: “when perfection comes”: • Child vsAdult (v11) • On this earth, in this body, I will never see perfection. • Mirror reflection vs. Face-to-Face (v12) • Exo38:8; Job 37:18 • Mirror = • Esoptron; a glass reflection • Ainigma(enigma); an obscure saying; literal obscureness: - X darkly. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  19. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 1: Verse-by-verse: • Finally… • Knowledge? (v8 & again in v12) HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  20. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  21. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 Part 1: Verse-by-verse: Faith, Hope, and Love (v13) HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  22. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 Part 2: Addressing a critical issue for the church… What stops me from obeying God? HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  23. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 2: Addressing FEAR. • 2 things we’re afraid of: • Fear of being REJECTED… • Fear of being CHANGED… • Jesus said the world would hate you. (Mk 13:13) HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  24. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 2: Addressing FEAR. • You are not alone. • “It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:7-8). HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  25. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  26. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  27. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 Wanting to be Radical Vs. Being Radical HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  28. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 We must not let FEAR of rejection or being forever changed stop us from obedience. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  29. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  30. 1 Cor. 13:8-13 “Hold the Love” August 25, 2013 • Part 3: Commitments to make based on God’s Word: • Pray • Keep with scripture, not with man/tradition • Show exceptional courage • Extend grace • Receive counsel • LOVE above all else HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

  31. HOLDTHELINE A study in I Corinthians

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