49 min.
Spiritual Gifts & Love [1Corinthians 13] Gospel Light Christian Church
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- Christendom
By Pastor Jason Lim
God gives His people spiritual gifts to serve one another.
Instead of doing so, many in the Corinthian church flaunted their more prominent spiritual gifts and despised others.
So Paul now writes in 1Co 13 about love and how spiritual gifts are to be employed in love.
Paul speaks about the priority of love. Like a husband who gives flowers to his wife but who is also cheating on her, spiritual gifts without love is useless.
He speaks about a portrait- love is not just lived in the realm of good intentions. Love is about having the right motivation. It is also bearing the right manifestations. In 15 descriptions, Paul helps us grasp what true love is.
He then speaks about its permanence. Love is permanent, and contrasted with the impermanent spiritual gifts. So instead of lusting after spiritual gifts (the more prominent ones), pursue love instead, and serve one another.
By Pastor Jason Lim
God gives His people spiritual gifts to serve one another.
Instead of doing so, many in the Corinthian church flaunted their more prominent spiritual gifts and despised others.
So Paul now writes in 1Co 13 about love and how spiritual gifts are to be employed in love.
Paul speaks about the priority of love. Like a husband who gives flowers to his wife but who is also cheating on her, spiritual gifts without love is useless.
He speaks about a portrait- love is not just lived in the realm of good intentions. Love is about having the right motivation. It is also bearing the right manifestations. In 15 descriptions, Paul helps us grasp what true love is.
He then speaks about its permanence. Love is permanent, and contrasted with the impermanent spiritual gifts. So instead of lusting after spiritual gifts (the more prominent ones), pursue love instead, and serve one another.
49 min.