Tag: Love
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Power Of Love
(1 Corinthians 13:1-3) Over my last few posts I have discussed the ministry gifts and spiritual gifts that are given to both individuals and to the church. These gifts are given for the purpose of building up either the individual or the church body as a whole. The spiritual gifts are very important. They are…
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Desire The Higher Gifts
(1 Corinthians 12:26-31) The modern church for the most part has watered down the ministries of the new covenant to the point where most of the gifts of ministry have ceased to exist. This is especially true of the miraculous and spiritual gifts of God that He gave to the church for the express purpose…
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Law versus Love
(1 Corinthians 10:23-24) A number of things come to mind as I read these two verses. First is the stark contrast between the old and the ne covenants, especially as they were interpreted and put into practice by both the Pharisees and Jesus Christ respectively. The Pharisees strictly applied the letter of the law, but…
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Empathy
(1 Corinthians 19-23) It is highly possible that the greatest quality of all that any person needs to exhibit to spread the gospel of the Lord, apart from faith, love and hope of course, is to show empathy towards their fellow man. The apostle Paul knew this and was perhaps one of the greatest ambassadors…
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Walking In Love With Others
In my previous post I wrote about the issue of knowledge versus love and how knowledge puffs up but love builds up. But in spite of this issue, knowledge is essential to our growth and understanding of the ways of the Lord. In these scriptures today we see how we are to use the knowledge…
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Love versus Knowledge
(1 Corinthians 8:1-3) Every so often you come up against a scripture you have to spend some time meditating upon. You mull it over and pray over it seeking the fullness of the meaning and asking the Lord to provide insight. Such was the case for me with this set of verses today. I have…
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Love: The Great Commandment
(Romans 13:8-10) What is the ultimate expression of the faith and beliefs of a Christian? Is it good works? Is it giving a helping hand when needed? Is it showing our faith is real through the things we do, our behaviours and where we stand when the going gets tough? Well, all of these things…
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Living in the Family of God
(Romans 12:13) This scripture truly lays the basis for living in the family of God. It epitomizes the brotherly love that exists in the family of God and one of the many ways that love shoud be manifested within the family. The verse reads as follows. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek…
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It Isn’t A Competition
(Romans 12:10) It is interesting that some of the terminology used by writers in the bible would lead us to think that Christianity is a competition. It sounds in some places as if we are all competing in some way. This is especially true when Paul says in places about “running the race set before…
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Beware Pride And Arrogance
(Romans 11:13-24) So often today I see infighting between the different denominations and groups who call themselves Christians. I see Protestants arguing with Catholics, Pentecostals arguing with non-spirit filled religions, and everything in between. Every group has a point of view and every group believes they are correct and have the truth, the whole truth…
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Knowledge
(Romans 10:14-17) Do you want to be stronger in your faith? Do you want to stand in the faith with the strength that Abraham had when he was prepared to sacrifice his son and heir but fully convinced that God would provide a solution when he was tested? The faith that we Christians hold as…
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Hope, Love and the Holy Spirit
(Romans 5:5) Here we see a link between these three and how they interact to help us as Christians to grow. This verse reads: “…and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” In the previous couple…
