Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
Theme:
Text: 1 Corinthians 13, Ephesians 4, Galatians 5
Notes:
Ephesians 4:15, We are not to hold to love (at the expense of truth),
nor hold to truth (at the expense of love);
both constitute a false dichotomy.
From 1 Corinthians 13:1-3:
- Being spiritually gifted is not enough
- Exercising gifts apart from love is not beneficial to anyone, not even the one serving
- Being biblically knowledgeable is not enough
- Speaking the Word of God without the heart of God is not beneficial to anyone
- Having great faith is not enough
- Grand gestures are not enough
- Selling all you possess to give to the poor
- Giving your body through martyrdom
- Yet if done without love these gestures are fruitless
- Ministry without love is nothing
- It does not benefit anyone
- It does not glorify God
- It may even be destructive
Biblical love motivated by and empowered by the Spirit is glorifying to God and beneficial to others
–and ourselves.
Anything else is nothing.
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