What is love? Do you know someone loves you when they hug or kiss you? Or maybe when they give you gifts? Those are ways that people show love to one another, but let's take a look at the Bible's definition of love. You probably know that 1 Corinthians 13 is known as the "love chapter". We're going to be looking specifically at verses 4 through 8. [Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.] We're going to dissect this verse and look at each individual thing that love is and isn't, what love does and doesn't do.
Love is Love is not Patient Proud Kind Self-seeking Easily angered Love Does Love Does Not Rejoice with the truth Dishonor others Always protects Keep records of wrongs Always trusts Delight in evil Always hopes Fail Always perseveres We'll look at what love is and what it does today, then we'll look at what love is not and does not do on Tuesday. 1. Patient If you're claiming to love someone, but you're always impatient with them, are you really showing love to them? 2. Kind Kindness is imperative. You can't say that you love someone but are constantly mean to them, constantly putting them down, and never being nice to them. 3. Rejoices With The Truth It was a little difficult for me to come up with an explanation for this one, but I finally got it. I believe that when the writer of this chapter said "truth", they were talking about the Bible and doing right by the Bible. So if you love someone, then you'll rejoice with them in their walk with God as they are faithfully following Him. 4. Always Protects When you love someone and when they love you, you will protect one another. Whether that means physically protecting each other such as when another person attacks one of you, or emotionally protecting them, or protecting their purity, if you love someone, you'll protect them. 5. Always Trusts You can't have love without trust. If you truly love someone, you'll trust them, and vice versa. 6. Always Hopes Love never loses hope. Even when it seems like there's no way out, the people who love you will remain hopeful. 7. Always Perseveres The definition of persevere is: "Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success." If you love someone and if they love you, then they won't leave when trials arise. Come back Tuesday and we'll dissect the rest of the verse.
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