The priority of love in the exercise of spiritual gifts 1.The Futility of Giftedness without Love 1-3 •most quoted/ most misquoted •This text does not about romantic love. I – Gifts without Love are Futile 1.The gift of tongues •The tongues of men are languages with a meaning. I Co 14:10 /Acts 2:5-11 •What about the tongues of angels? 2.The Gifts of Prophecy and Knowledge Vs 2 3.The gift of prophecy: is presented in connection with knowing all mysteries; “musterion” in the NT is an unrevealed truth about God’s Redemptive purposes in Christ. Eph 6:19/ I Co 2:7-10, Eph 3:1-7, Col 2:2-3 •Prophecy and word of Knowledge had nothing to do with demonic fortune telling that so many practice today in the name of Christianity. 4.The Gift of Faith •I Co 12/Mt. 17:20/SPECIAL and EXTRAORDINARY FAITH •The argument: faith, prophecy and knowledge “without love” makes me “ouvqe,n eivmi” worthless, meaningless, the ultimate negation, I am nothing. 5. The Gift of Giving Vs 3 •This is a hyperbole: Francis of Assisi did this literally. •The hyperbole … Our body is our ultimate possession •Without love “it profits nothing” • POINTS TO PONDER 1.We pursue and covet the greatest gifts 2.We love to be noticed by people 2.Jesus on the contrary, came to serve and give His life as a ransom. Mk 10:45 3.We cannot love without knowing Jesus Col 3:22-24/I Jn 4:10
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