Transcript WHAT ARE THE GREATEST THINGS OF LIFE? PART 1 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the.

WHAT ARE THE GREATEST THINGS OF LIFE?
PART 1
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abide faith, hope,
love, these three; but the greatest of these is
love.
1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of
men and of angels, but have not love, I have become
sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have
the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all
knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and
though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it
profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love
does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed
up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is
not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity,
but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all
things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never
fails.
Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God,
holy and beloved, put on tender mercies,
kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13
bearing with one another, and forgiving one
another, if anyone has a complaint against
another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also
must do. 14 But above all these things put on
love, which is the bond of perfection.
Love:
LSJ: love: esp. brotherly love, charity; the love of God for
man and of man for God,
Bond:
Friberg: literally, as the middle item that joins two or
more things together link, joint, bond; of the body sinew,
ligament, muscle. figuratively; (a) in a positive sense of
spiritual forces that unite people bond, what ties
together.
Perfection:
Friberg: a state of being completion, perfection; (1) with a
component of totality wholeness, perfect unity (2) with a
component of having achieved a purpose maturity,
perfection
1 John 4:19 We love Him because He first loved
us. 20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates
his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love
his brother whom he has seen, how can he love
God whom he has not seen? 21 And this
commandment we have from Him: that he who
loves God must love his brother also.
1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent love
for one another, for "love will cover a multitude
of sins."
John 13:35 "By this all will know that you are My
disciples, if you have love for one another."
Matthew 7:15 " Beware of false prophets, who
come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly
they are ravenous wolves. 16 "You will know
them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from
thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 "Even so,
every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree
bears bad fruit. 18 "A good tree cannot bear bad
fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 "Every
tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire. 20 "Therefore by their fruits
you will know them.
John 14:15 " If you love Me, keep My
commandments.
1 John 2:3 Now by this we know that we know
Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who
says, "I know Him," and does not keep His
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in
him. 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love
of God is perfected in him. By this we know that
we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him
ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
John 3:16"For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life. 17 "For God did not send His Son
into the world to condemn the world, but that the
world through Him might be saved.
Romans 5:6 For when we were still without
strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet
perhaps for a good man someone would even
dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love
toward us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now
been justified by His blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were
enemies we were reconciled to God through the
death of His Son, much more, having been
reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And
not only that, but we also rejoice in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have
now received the reconciliation.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us,
not willing that any should perish but that all should come
to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a
thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away
with a great noise, and the elements will melt with
fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it
will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will
be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in
holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening
the coming of the day of God, because of which the
heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements
will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we,
according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new
earth in which righteousness dwells.
Psalm 138:1 A Psalm of David. I will praise You with my
whole heart; Before the gods I will sing praises to You. 2 I
will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your
name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You
have magnified Your word above all Your name. 3 In the
day when I cried out, You answered me, And made me
bold with strength in my soul. 4 All the kings of the earth
shall praise You, O LORD, When they hear the words of
Your mouth. 5 Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the
LORD, For great is the glory of the LORD. 6 Though the
LORD is on high, Yet He regards the lowly; But the proud
He knows from afar. 7 Though I walk in the midst of
trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your
hand Against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right
hand will save me. 8 The LORD will perfect that which
concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do
not forsake the works of Your hands.
One of the greatest purposes in a Christian’s life
is to glorify God in all that we do and say.
1 Corinthians 10:31 Therefore, whether you eat
or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of
God.
1 Corinthians 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies
are members of Christ? Shall I then take the
members of Christ and make them members of a
harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he
who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For
"the two," He says, "shall become one flesh." 17 But
he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 18
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is
outside the body, but he who commits sexual
immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you
not know that your body is the temple of the Holy
Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and
you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a
price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your
spirit, which are God's.
Matthew 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A
city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 "Nor
do they light a lamp and put it under a basket,
but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who
are in the house. 16 "Let your light so shine
before men, that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father in heaven.
Proverbs 4:14 Do not enter the path of the
wicked, And do not walk in the way of evil. 15
Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it
and pass on. 16 For they do not sleep unless they
have done evil; And their sleep is taken away
unless they make someone fall. 17 For they eat
the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of
violence. 18 But the path of the just is like the
shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the
perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is like
darkness; They do not know what makes them
stumble.
My son, give attention to my words; Incline
your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not let them depart
from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your
heart; 22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh. 23 Keep your heart
with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of
life. 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And
put perverse lips far from you. 25 Let your eyes
look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right
before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet, And
let all your ways be established. 27 Do not turn to
the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.
20
Joshua 24:15 "And if it seems evil to you to serve
the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom
you will serve, whether the gods which your
fathers served that were on the other side of the
River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land
you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will
serve the LORD."