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 Let's pray together.

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 God, we want to be addressed by you from your word this morning.

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 We want to get to know the God who is love better, and through that become more loving people,

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 people who are more closely conformed to the image of your Son, who loved us with the perfect love.

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 So help us, speak to us, lead us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 A few years ago, Mohamed El-Aryan made the news when he resigned from his job as the CEO of PIMCO,

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 which was one of the largest American investment management firms.

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 He was obviously doing quite well for himself career-wise, but he had a wake-up call

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 when his 10-year-old daughter handed him a note that listed 22 milestones in her life that he had missed.

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 The list included her first day at school, her first soccer match of the season,

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 a parent-teacher conference, and a Halloween parade, among other things.

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 He got defensive because he had a good excuse for every single missed event.

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 He said to travel, important meetings, an urgent phone call, etc.

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 But he says, quote,

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 He realized that his life was disordered, that his priorities were off.

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 And the work that was supposed to be a means of providing for his daughter

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 ended up preventing him from caring for her as he should.

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 In this passage, Apostle Paul warns the Corinthian believers of a similar mistake.

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 They were growing in and boasting in their spiritual gifts,

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 and they thought that they had already arrived spiritually

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 because, as Paul acknowledged in the opening of his letter in chapter 1-7,

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 they were not lacking in any gift.

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 They had a lot of spiritual gifts.

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 But they were so enamored with these gifts

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 that they were losing sight of the most important Christian virtue, love.

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 And in the context of corporate worship,

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 they flaunted their gifts, and they used them in disruptive ways.

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 And as a result, they were not loving one another as they should.

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 The gifts were given as expressions,

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 intended to be used as expressions of love,

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 but instead they became obstacles to love within the Corinthian church.

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 So in this passage, Paul teaches us that we should pursue love above all things

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 because while the spiritual gifts are temporary, love is eternal.

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 That's the main point of this sermon,

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 and I'm going to outline that in the following ways.

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 The priority of love in verses 1-3,

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 the properties of love in verses 4-7,

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 and the permanence of love in verses 8-13.

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 Paul concluded the previous chapter by saying,

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 but earnestly desire the higher gifts,

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 and I will show you a still more excellent way.

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 So he will resume what he said about the higher gifts in chapter 14.

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 The higher gifts are gifts that have the most potential for edifying,

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 building up the body of Christ.

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 But then he digresses here in chapter 13

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 to talk about the still more excellent way,

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 which is the way of love.

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 Because love is supposed to be the context

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 in which all the spiritual gifts are to be exercised.

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 And in order to demonstrate this priority of love,

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 before we get into that,

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 it's actually helpful to think about the portrait of the Corinthians

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 that we have up to this point.

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 Because the Corinthians believers, it seems, from their slogans,

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 were fixated on maximizing their own freedoms,

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 doing whatever is permissible for them to do.

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 But they weren't focused on building up others.

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 So they were talking about what is permissible for them,

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 but not what is helpful for others.

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 And so at the heart of the Corinthians misunderstanding

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 that we've seen up to this point of the letter

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 is a misguided understanding of spirituality.

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 They were focused on self-love rather than selfless love.

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 And they hid their selfishness under the guise of spirituality.

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 And so this is really a corrective to that.

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 And Paul contrasts love here

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 with several of the spiritual gifts

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 that he had just mentioned in chapter 12.

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 There he listed tongues, right,

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 last in his list of spiritual gifts

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 in order to de-emphasize it

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 because it's the gift that was causing

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 the most problems in the church.

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 But here he mentions it first

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 in order to emphasize

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 that even the gift of tongues

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 should be subjected to the priority of love.

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 So he says, read with me,

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 if I speak in the tongues of men and of angels

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 but have not love,

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 I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

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 But Corinthians believed

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 that they spoke in the tongues of men and of angels.

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 And the word tongues

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 is the same word in Greek that means languages.

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 So here tongues of men refer to human languages

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 while the tongues of angels

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 is likely a reference to the spiritual gift of tongues

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 that Paul's already mentioned in chapter 12.

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 And the Corinthians boasted

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 that they can speak all forms of speech, right,

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 not merely human speech

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 but also angelic speech.

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 And because of that, they became prideful.

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 But Paul issues a stinging rebuke.

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 He says, it doesn't matter

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 that you speak in the tongues of men and of angels.

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 If you don't have love,

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 you are a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

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 A noisy gong and clanging cymbal

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 together represent these harsh,

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 you know, grating, noises, discordant sounds.

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 It's a cacophony of noise.

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 So you think that you're self-important

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 because you're speaking in tongues.

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 If you don't have love,

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 it's all a bunch of meaningless noise.

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 That's what Paul's trying to tell them.

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 And add to the metaphor

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 the fact that clanging cymbal

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 is the instrument that is used.

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 It's particularly associated

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 with the pagan cults at the time.

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 They used the clanging cymbals in pagan worship.

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 So he's saying that by using tongues

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 without any interpretation

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 as the Corinthians were doing it,

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 as we see in chapter 14,

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 they were not only making fool of themselves

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 by speaking unintelligible words

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 that nobody understood,

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 but they were also imitating

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 the practice of the pagans

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 who expressed themselves

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 in disorderly, ecstatic utterances.

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 And then he continues in verse 2,

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 and if I have prophetic powers

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 and understand all mysteries

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 and all knowledge,

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 and if I have all faith

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 so as to remove mountains,

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 but have not love,

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 I am nothing.

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 Here Paul mentions the gift of prophecy,

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 word of knowledge and faith,

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 which are all spiritual gifts

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 that he mentioned earlier in chapter 12.

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 Prophecy is a gift

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 that Paul regularly considers

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 to be one of the most important gifts

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 for building up the church.

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 Yet even having the gift of prophecy

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 would be futile without love.

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 Likewise, the gift of knowledge,

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 however deep and vast,

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 the gift of faith,

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 even if it's strong enough

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 to remove mountains,

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 they are nothing apart from love.

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 Notice how emphatic Paul is.

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 He says,

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 if I understand all mysteries

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 and all knowledge,

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 and if I have all faith

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 so as to remove mountains,

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 but have not love,

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 I am nothing.

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 The math is pretty clear, right?

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 It doesn't matter how large

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 the number is.

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 If you multiply it by zero,

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 the result is zero, right?

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 Ten times zero is zero.

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 A million times zero is zero.

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 Similarly, it doesn't matter

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 what degree of theological knowledge

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 you have

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 or what level of faith

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 that can move mountains you have.

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 If you have no love,

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 it amounts to zero.

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 Even if you've had all

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 of the spiritual gifts

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 that's listed in chapter 12,

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 and even if you had each of them

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 to their fullest measure

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 without love,

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 you would amount to nothing

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 in the sight of God.

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 In verse 3,

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 Paul goes even beyond

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 the spiritual gifts

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 and to expound

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 the absolute necessity

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 and priority of love.

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 He says,

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 If I give away

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 all I have

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 and if I deliver up

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 my body to be burned

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 but have not love,

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 I gain nothing.

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 These two phrases

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 describe what we might consider

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 the two most total examples

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 of self-sacrifice.

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 So first,

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 giving away all I have

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 refers to giving away

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 all of our possessions

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 to the poor.

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 Voluntarily impoverishing ourselves

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 in order to enrich others.

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 And this is something

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 that Jesus commends, right?

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 It's something that he said

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 in Matthew 19, 21.

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 He told a rich young man,

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 If you would be perfect,

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 go and sell what you possess

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 and give to the poor

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 and you will have treasure

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 in heaven

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 and come follow me.

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 So Paul's not saying here

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 that giving away

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 one's possessions

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 to the poor is not good.

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 In fact,

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 Paul's not saying

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 that any of these things

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 are not good.

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 He knows that the gifts

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 are necessary

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 and he commends them

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 for our use in chapter 13.

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 The spiritual gifts are good.

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 Giving to the poor

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 is good

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 and giving away

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 your life for God

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 is good

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 but if we do any of these things

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 without love,

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 it is pointless

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 is what he's trying to say.

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 So Paul's not saying

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 that telling us

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 to pursue love

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 instead of the spiritual gifts.

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 He's telling us

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 to eagerly desire

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 the spiritual gifts

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 in the context of love

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 as we pursue love

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 above all things.

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 Similarly,

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 the second expression

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 refers to a form

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 of self-sacrifice.

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 The ESV translates it

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 as if I deliver up

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 my body

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 to be burned

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 but if you have

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 an NIV

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 that you're using,

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 if you're using

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 a different translation,

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 it might say this way.

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 It says,

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 if I give over

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 my body

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 to hardship

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 that I may boast.

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 This translational

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 discrepancy

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 actually is due

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 to a real textual variant

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 in the manuscripts

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 that we have available

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 upon which

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 this English translation

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 is based.

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 So in the Greek,

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 the words burned

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 and the word boast

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 are spelled

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 almost identically

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 and so at some point

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 there was a scribal error

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 and so it could mean

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 if I deliver up my body

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 that I may boast

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 or it could mean

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 if I deliver up my body

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 that I may be burned.

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 The translators

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 of the NIV

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 took it as boast

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 and in order to help us

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 make sense of what that means,

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 they added the word hardship.

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 So it reads,

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 if I give over my body

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 to hardship

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 that I may boast.

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 This is really

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 one of the few places

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 in the Bible

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 where it is not clear

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 what the original text said

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 but I think the NIV

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 gets it right

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 for two main reasons.

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 First,

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 the oldest and best manuscripts

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 we have available to us

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 all preserve the word boast.

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 It doesn't say burned.

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 Second,

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 generally,

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 when deciding between

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 textual variants like this,

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 the more difficult reading

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 is generally to be preferred

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 meaning

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 because a scribe

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 is more likely

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 to take something

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 that he thinks

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 is difficult to understand

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 and smooth it out

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 and make it easier

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 to understand

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 rather than going

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 the other way around.

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 So it's probably,

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 he probably read something like

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 if I deliver up my body

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 that I may boast

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 and then thought,

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 whoa,

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 what in the world

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 does that mean?

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 And then he thought,

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 okay,

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 the boast must be a typo.

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 It must mean burned

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 and he slightly changed,

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 changed one letter

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 to make it something,

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 so that's probably

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 likely what happened.

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 And that would have made

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 a lot of sense

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 to the scribes as well

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 because in Paul's day

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 when Paul was writing,

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 Christians were not really

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 burned for their faith.

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 But later in time,

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 there was a frequent

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 punishment people

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 for Christians.

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 They were burned

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 for their faith.

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 So a scribe

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 that's looking at

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 reading that verse later

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 would have made

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 a lot more sense

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 for that person

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 to think that this

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 probably means burned.

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 So sorry for that

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 digression,

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 just to explain

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 so that you don't read

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 two different versions

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 and go,

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 oh no,

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 the Bible's not reliable.

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 But don't worry

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 because the meaning

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 of the clause

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 is not substantially changed

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 even if we opt

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 for the word boast

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 because verse 3

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 then reads this way,

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 If I give away

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 all I have

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 and if I deliver up

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 my body that I may boast

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 but have not love,

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 I gain nothing.

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 So Paul's concluding

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 this section

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 with climactic demonstrations

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 of self-sacrifice.

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 So first one

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 is giving up

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 all our belongings

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 and then second

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 is giving up

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 even our own body

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 for the sake of others.

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 And giving up

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 our own body

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 certainly includes

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 martyrdom

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 but it's not

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 limited to that.

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 So the early

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 Christian writings

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 show that Christians

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 sometimes surrendered

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 their bodies

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 themselves as slaves

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 so that they can use

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 the profit

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 that they make

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 from that

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 to help the poor

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 in their midst.

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 So that would be

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 an example

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 of something like that.

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 Paul uses

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 this similar construction

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 in chapter 9, 15.

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 He says,

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 I have made no use

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 of any of these rights

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 to be compensated

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 for I would rather die

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 than have anyone

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 deprive me

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 of my ground

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 for boasting.

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 Right?

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 So that's kind of

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 I think that's what

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 Paul has in mind here.

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 He gave up his right

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 to be compensated

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 for ministry.

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 He gave over his body

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 to manual labor

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 in order to not

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 so that he can preach

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 the gospel free of charge

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 so that he would not

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 be a burden to others.

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 So he gave up his body

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 in that way

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 so that he might boast.

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 That was his ground

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 for boasting

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 that he was not

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 preaching Christ

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 for money

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 but that he was

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 preaching Christ

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 for his own sake.

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 And so that's

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 the kind of thing

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 that's envisioned here

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 to give over our body

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 to deliver love

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 of my body

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 that I may boast.

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 So this

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 what Paul has in mind

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 is anything

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 that follows the pattern

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 of Christ's self-sacrifice

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 because Christ said

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 this is my body

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 which is delivered

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 which is for you.

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 And so then

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 Paul is saying

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 even the greatest

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 possible thing

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 even the greatest

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 example of

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 self-sacrifice

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 that a Christian

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 can do for God

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 and his church

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 even the delivering

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 up of one's own body

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 would be of no account

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 without love.

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 Throughout this letter

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 he mentions many times

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 how Corinthians

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 were looking for gain.

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 They were seeking

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 to benefit themselves

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 and here he tells them

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 the only way

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 you gain something

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 is by giving up

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 everything

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 for the sake of love

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 for your people

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 for your brothers

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 and sisters in Christ.

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 So are you seeking

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 to help yourself

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 or to help others

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 with your life?

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 What are some good things

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 in your life

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 that you are tempted

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 to pursue

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 without love?

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 If you start

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 and run

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 a Fortune 500 company

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 and give away

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 billions to charity

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 but you don't have love

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 you would be nothing.

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 if you become

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 the next big

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 social media star

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 a YouTube celebrity

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 who covers

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 Christian songs

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 and holds concerts

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 all over the world

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 or the next celebrity

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 pastor who speaks

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 at conferences

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 and writes bestsellers

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 but you have not love

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 you would be nothing.

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 If you heal

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 dozens of people

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 of their diseases

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 or if you prophesy

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 with such striking accuracy

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 so that you are

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 sought after globally

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 but you have not love

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 you would be nothing.

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 Do you get the point?

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 This is God's

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 radical economy.

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 Spiritual currency

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 not made up of love

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 is worthless

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 in his valuation.

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 And all that we must

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 all that we do

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 must flow from

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 and be filled with

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 love.

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 That's the priority

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 of love.

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 Okay, so we get

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 the priority of love

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 but what does love

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 look like?

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 That brings us

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.939
 to the second point

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 the properties

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 of love.

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 In verses 4 to 7

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 Paul tells us

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 what love is

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 then what it isn't

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 and then concludes

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 by reiterating

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 what love is.

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 So he begins

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 in verse 4

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 by telling us

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 two positive

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 expressions of love.

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 He says love

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 is patient

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 and kind.

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 These two

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 properties of love

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 describe love

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 in its passive

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 and active forms.

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 So the first word

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 patient is literally

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 a combination

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 of two words

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 that mean anger

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 and a long time.

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 So it means

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 that you don't get

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 angry for a long time.

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 It means that you

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 are long suffering.

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 This is the passive

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 expression of love.

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 How it responds

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 to the offenses

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 and provocations

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 of others.

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 And the second word

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 kind refers to

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 doing good.

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 In the Old Testament

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 it is commonly used

00:17:07.380 --> 00:17:08.340
 to describe God's

00:17:08.340 --> 00:17:08.920
 goodness.

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 It says that

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.600
 he instructs sinners

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 in the way

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 because he is good.

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 Scripture describes

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 God's rules

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 as good

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 and that God

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 is good

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 and does good.

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 That's the same word

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 here for kind.

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 So along the same lines

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 in the New Testament

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 Jesus commands

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 in Luke 6.35

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 love your enemies

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 and do good to them.

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 So it's the disposition

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 to do good

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 even to our enemies

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 as God does.

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 That's what kindness

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 means.

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 So if patient

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 describes the passive

00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:40.819
 posture of love

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 kind describes

00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.720
 the active posture

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:42.920
 of love.

00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:43.519
 What we're seeking

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.019
 to do

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.759
 to love

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.640
 is to suffer

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 long

00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.799
 and to do

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.559
 good.

00:17:48.840 --> 00:17:49.660
 Love is patient

00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:50.880
 and kind.

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.640
 Are you patient

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.220
 with others?

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 Are you long

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 suffering with others

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.799
 when they offend you

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 or hurt you?

00:17:59.139 --> 00:18:00.220
 Or do you flare up

00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.579
 quickly

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:02.700
 to seek vengeance?

00:18:04.639 --> 00:18:05.599
 Are you kind

00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.139
 to others?

00:18:06.879 --> 00:18:07.700
 Are you favorably

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.960
 disposed toward others?

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:09.839
 Do you seek

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.240
 their good?

00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:11.879
 And after the two

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 positive descriptions

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.220
 of love

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.659
 which really

00:18:13.659 --> 00:18:14.899
 summarizes love

00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:16.799
 Paul continues

00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.500
 by telling us

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.259
 the negative

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.779
 descriptions

00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:19.599
 of what love

00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.139
 isn't

00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:21.139
 what love is not.

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 And it's not

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:23.759
 accidental

00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:25.039
 that these

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 negative

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 descriptions

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 are strikingly

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 accurate descriptions

00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:29.960
 of the Corinthian

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 believers themselves.

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 So Paul

00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:33.159
 is not writing

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 an abstract

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 essay here

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 on what love

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 is.

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 He's writing

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.319
 a letter

00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:38.119
 to the Corinthian

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 church

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 and he's

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 applying

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 Christian love

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 to their

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 particular situation.

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 And so you'll

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 see that as we go.

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 He says

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 love does not

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 envy.

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 So the

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 adjectival form

00:18:47.679 --> 00:18:48.079
 of the same

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.619
 word envy

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 was used

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.779
 earlier in

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.339
 chapter 3

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 verse 3

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 to describe

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 the rivalries

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 that divided

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 the Corinthian

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 believers.

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 So Paul

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 said that

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 they were

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 behaving

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 in a

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 fleshly

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 way

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 because

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 there

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 was

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 jealousy

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 and

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.940
 strife

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 among

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.500
 them.

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 The

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 jealousy

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:02.600
 that's

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 the same

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 word

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 that's

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 translated

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 here

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 as envy.

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 So envy

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.920
 is a covetous

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.519
 desire for

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 something that

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 belongs to

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 another

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:10.240
 and therefore

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 it produces

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 rivalry.

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 It means

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 to begrudge

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 the status

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 or blessing

00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.480
 of another

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 person.

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 And because

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:16.799
 of that

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.420
 it's contrary

00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:17.920
 to love.

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 If we love

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 someone

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:19.900
 right?

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 Think about

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 if we love

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 someone truly

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 we delight in

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 their blessing

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 don't we?

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 we enjoy

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 it.

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 We delight

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 in it when

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 something good

00:19:26.919 --> 00:19:27.419
 happens to

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 them.

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 So it's

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 when we

00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.539
 don't love

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 someone that

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 we begrudge

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 their good.

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 It's the

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 opposite of

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 being kind.

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 Those who

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.679
 are kind

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.279
 seek the

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.539
 good of

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.759
 others.

00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.039
 Those who

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.559
 are envious

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.339
 begrudge

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:39.059
 the good

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 of others.

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 Are you

00:19:40.959 --> 00:19:41.619
 envious of

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 others'

00:19:41.979 --> 00:19:42.419
 prosperity?

00:19:43.959 --> 00:19:44.179
 Their

00:19:44.179 --> 00:19:44.659
 blessings?

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.679
 Their

00:19:45.679 --> 00:19:46.399
 giftedness?

00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:47.939
 Their

00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:48.959
 status or

00:19:48.959 --> 00:19:49.439
 position?

00:19:50.699 --> 00:19:51.419
 Envy is a

00:19:51.419 --> 00:19:52.059
 failure of

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.819
 love and

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.099
 we are

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.440
 rightly

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.099
 alarmed when

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.619
 we feel

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.619
 envy rising

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:55.879
 up in

00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.259
 our hearts.

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 And love

00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:58.579
 also does

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.200
 not boast.

00:19:59.559 --> 00:19:59.879
 The word

00:19:59.879 --> 00:20:00.379
 translated

00:20:00.379 --> 00:20:01.460
 boast refers

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.839
 to heaping

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.339
 praise on

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.720
 oneself.

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.519
 It's to

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.019
 be a

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.440
 bragger

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.980
 really.

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.740
 A pretentious

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.419
 windbag.

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:09.899
 That's another

00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:11.000
 way to

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.480
 translate that

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.659
 word.

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.440
 It refers

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.000
 to any

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.559
 form of

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:15.179
 self-exalting

00:20:15.179 --> 00:20:16.619
 self-aggrandizing

00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:17.099
 speech.

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.039
 Once again

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.500
 the Corinthians

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.039
 were guilty

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.440
 of this.

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:19.839
 They are

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.720
 described as

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.880
 boasting in

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.420
 their misguided

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.180
 spirituality in

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:23.720
 chapter 4,

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 7 and

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:24.740
 chapter 5,

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.240
 verse 6.

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 So do you

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.339
 like to then

00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:28.140
 make yourself

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:29.500
 to be larger

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:29.860
 than you

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.380
 really are?

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 Do you

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.779
 exaggerate your

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.380
 stories in

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:33.660
 order to

00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.400
 impress others?

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.720
 Do you

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.539
 like to boast

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:37.940
 about your

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.880
 past accomplishments,

00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:40.579
 present projects,

00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.120
 and your grand

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:42.140
 plans for the

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.400
 future?

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.200
 Do all your

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.839
 conversations

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:46.059
 somehow find

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.720
 their way back

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.140
 to you?

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:50.560
 Are you

00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:50.800
 seeking

00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:51.540
 attention for

00:20:51.540 --> 00:20:51.960
 yourself?

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:52.980
 Is your

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.600
 speech aimed

00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:54.080
 at lifting

00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:55.060
 yourself and

00:20:55.060 --> 00:20:55.640
 not building

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.620
 up others?

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.920
 That's

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.320
 boasting.

00:20:59.320 --> 00:21:00.060
 Boasting is

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.620
 contrary to

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.000
 love because

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.500
 in order to

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.100
 love others

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:03.000
 we must in

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.880
 humility count

00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:04.320
 them more

00:21:04.320 --> 00:21:05.400
 significant than

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.660
 ourselves and

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.360
 look not only to

00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:08.300
 our own interests

00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:08.820
 but also to the

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.300
 interests of

00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:09.759
 others.

00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:10.759
 And boasting

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.400
 because it's by

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.820
 nature self-focused

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:14.259
 it precludes

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.620
 others and

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.520
 orientation that is

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.180
 centered around

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:18.079
 others that

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.740
 love requires.

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.779
 Similarly love

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.180
 is not

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.680
 arrogant.

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.079
 The word

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.879
 arrogant literally

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.799
 means puffed

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:26.220
 up and it

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.740
 means to be

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.440
 full of hot

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:27.720
 air.

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.579
 So Paul again

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.420
 used this word

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.220
 five times,

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.980
 all five times

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:34.019
 and he used

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.579
 it to describe

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.059
 the Corinthian

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.359
 believers.

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.720
 He says that

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.579
 they were puffed

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.519
 up in favor of

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.059
 one against

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.639
 another in

00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.119
 chapter 4

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.579
 verse 6.

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.180
 They were

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:42.059
 arrogant toward

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.900
 Paul as well

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.500
 chapter 4

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.240
 verse 18 to

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.519
 19.

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:45.339
 And they were

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.139
 arrogant even

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.840
 in the midst

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.480
 of their sins.

00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:47.800
 They were

00:21:47.800 --> 00:21:48.400
 boasting that

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.780
 oh we're

00:21:48.780 --> 00:21:49.440
 so free,

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.400
 so spiritual,

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:50.700
 we can

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.240
 indulge in

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.780
 these sins.

00:21:52.300 --> 00:21:52.560
 They were

00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:53.380
 puffed up.

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:55.340
 And they were

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:56.380
 destroying their

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:56.880
 brothers and

00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:57.200
 sisters,

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:57.740
 Christian brothers

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.120
 who had

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.380
 weaker

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:59.700
 consciences by

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.860
 indulging in

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.980
 their freedom

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.580
 in this way.

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.220
 They're puffed

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.400
 up.

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.400
 And this

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.280
 arrogance is

00:22:05.280 --> 00:22:06.180
 antithetical to

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.720
 love because

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.580
 love requires

00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.520
 high regard for

00:22:08.520 --> 00:22:09.580
 others but

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.040
 those who are

00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:10.700
 puffed up have

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.420
 the highest regard

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.080
 for themselves.

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.340
 Their opinions,

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.680
 their strengths,

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.660
 their righteousness

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.600
 and they are

00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:18.420
 self-confident

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.880
 and self-sufficient

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.840
 which leads

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.820
 necessarily to

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.640
 disregard of

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:22.980
 others.

00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:24.720
 For this reason

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.480
 they seldom ask

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:27.560
 questions that

00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:29.200
 reflect their

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.759
 concern for

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.080
 others.

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.600
 They really only

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.080
 ask questions

00:22:31.080 --> 00:22:32.019
 that serve their

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.480
 interests.

00:22:33.060 --> 00:22:33.860
 They won't

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.580
 condescend to

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.240
 associate with

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.700
 the lowly but

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.420
 they presume to

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.220
 bring down those

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.860
 above them to

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.480
 their own level.

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.039
 They are marked

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.120
 by selfish ambition

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.299
 and greedy for

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.080
 honor beyond that

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.560
 of their peers.

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.019
 That's what it

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.359
 means to be

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.740
 arrogant.

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.079
 Love is also

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.059
 not rude which

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.539
 refers to

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.359
 behaving in a

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.179
 disgraceful,

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.399
 dishonorable or

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:53.240
 an inappropriate

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.079
 way, in an

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.859
 unseemly way.

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.659
 The word was

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.240
 used in chapter

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.539
 7 verse 36 to

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.119
 describe the

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.859
 Corinthians once

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.919
 again who were

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.720
 not behaving

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.940
 properly toward

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.859
 their betrothed.

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.039
 And then in

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.899
 verse chapter 11

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:08.099
 2 to 16 Paul

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.700
 wrote that men

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.259
 and women who

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:10.019
 blur their

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.899
 differentiated

00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:11.899
 complementary genders

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.639
 in the context of

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.800
 corporate worship are

00:23:13.800 --> 00:23:15.000
 dishonoring their

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.160
 heads and bringing

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.200
 disgrace to

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.640
 themselves.

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.560
 So once again

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:21.600
 that's rude

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.720
 behavior, inappropriate

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 behavior, dishonorable

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 behavior.

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 And similarly in

00:23:25.320 --> 00:23:26.480
 chapter 11 verse 22

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.440
 Paul scolded the

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.360
 wealthier members of

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.540
 the church who were

00:23:29.540 --> 00:23:30.560
 humiliating and

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:31.860
 dishonoring the

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.680
 poorer members of

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 the church at the

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.140
 Lord's Supper.

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.820
 Once again that's

00:23:34.820 --> 00:23:35.480
 being rude,

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.660
 inappropriate,

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:38.100
 dishonorable,

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 disgracing.

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 And so it refers

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.500
 to the word rude

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.279
 to all those who

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.059
 indulge their

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:46.459
 immediate selfish

00:23:46.459 --> 00:23:47.099
 desires without

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:48.139
 concern for how

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:49.179
 they are violating

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 the conventions and

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 courtesy of their

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:52.099
 relationships.

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 Once again it's

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.639
 opposed to love

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:55.679
 because love

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.659
 propels us outward

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.839
 toward others but

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.779
 rudeness drains

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.659
 everything inward

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 toward ourselves.

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 Are we behaving in

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.139
 a seemly way,

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.579
 honorable,

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.459
 appropriate way in

00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:07.059
 our relationships?

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:09.599
 Love also does not

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.740
 insist on its own

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.000
 way.

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 In chapter 10 Paul

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.099
 corrected the

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.719
 Corinthians because

00:24:13.719 --> 00:24:14.719
 they were disregarding

00:24:14.719 --> 00:24:15.579
 the consciences of

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.980
 others and insisting

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.980
 on their own way.

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 So he commanded them

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.859
 at that point,

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:22.179
 let no one seek his

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:23.639
 own good but the

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:25.339
 good of his neighbor.

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 And he urged them

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.579
 to follow his own

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:27.879
 example.

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 He said,

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 I'm trying to please

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 everyone in everything

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 I do, not seeking my

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:33.659
 own advantage but that

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.719
 of many that they may

00:24:34.719 --> 00:24:35.740
 be saved.

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 All of these

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.880
 negative descriptions

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.460
 up to this point

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 are related.

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 And people who

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:42.100
 insist on their

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:43.100
 own way are

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:45.539
 unloving and

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.559
 they're arrogant.

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 It's because they

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.299
 think so highly of

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.240
 their own ideas,

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.420
 they are willful and

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:52.700
 stubborn and don't

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.500
 take counsel or

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.200
 criticism well.

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.200
 When they are

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.840
 proven wrong,

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.480
 they are reluctant

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.460
 to admit fault

00:24:58.460 --> 00:25:01.200
 and slow to reform

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.779
 their ways.

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 Even with relation

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.539
 to God, those who

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.500
 are arrogant insist

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.240
 on their own way.

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.579
 When things are

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.259
 going as they think

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.920
 they should, they

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.640
 pat God on the

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.319
 back and say,

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.079
 wow, you're great,

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.799
 you're doing great.

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.339
 When things don't

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.039
 go their way, they

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.059
 become disgruntled

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:19.460
 and bitter toward

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.359
 God because they

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:20.859
 think they know

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.599
 better than God

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.519
 how their life

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.000
 should be.

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.440
 They insist on

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.000
 their own way.

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.380
 Now, this doesn't

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.140
 mean that loving

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:30.160
 people, that in

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.700
 order to be loving

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.519
 people, we need to

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.200
 necessarily be

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.759
 pushovers.

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:36.319
 because that's

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.700
 not what that

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:36.879
 means.

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.879
 It doesn't mean to

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.819
 never insist on

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.619
 our own way at

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:39.900
 all.

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.079
 So, Jonathan

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.119
 Edwards, who was a

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.099
 17th century American

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.039
 pastor and theologian

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.740
 who preached on

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.339
 this passage, he

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.940
 put it this way.

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.299
 He says, a truly

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.980
 humble person is

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.500
 inflexible in

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.640
 nothing but in the

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.539
 cause of his Lord

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.740
 and Master, which

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.400
 is the cause of

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.440
 truth and virtue.

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:57.119
 In this, he is

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.180
 inflexible because

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.200
 God and conscience

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.879
 require it.

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.980
 But in things of

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:02.180
 lesser moment, in

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.720
 which do not

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.200
 involve his

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.980
 principles as a

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.620
 follower of Christ,

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.500
 and in things that

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.420
 only concern his

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.779
 own private interests,

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.180
 he is apt to

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.380
 yield to others.

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.580
 Right?

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.860
 It's always a

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.600
 treasure to meet

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.539
 humble people like

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.080
 that, isn't it?

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.640
 Right?

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.340
 People who are

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.840
 unflinching and

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:19.440
 unyielding lions when

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.759
 it comes to God and

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:22.080
 his will revealed in

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.380
 Scripture.

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.880
 Yet, people who are

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:25.080
 soft and tender like

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:26.320
 lambs when it comes

00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:27.160
 to anything else.

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:31.220
 Whenever possible, a

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.060
 loving person puts

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.859
 the interests of

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:34.099
 others ahead of his

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.460
 own.

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.059
 And in contrast, an

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.899
 unloving person

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:38.559
 insists on his own

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:38.779
 way.

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.740
 Love is not

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.240
 irritable.

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.480
 A loving person is

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.519
 not easily provoked

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.019
 to anger.

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.740
 This, too, is

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.139
 connected to pride and

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.639
 arrogance.

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.759
 Those who think

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.419
 highly of themselves

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:52.899
 make much of little

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.619
 offenses committed

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.419
 against themselves,

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.919
 and so they are

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.919
 easily aroused to

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.240
 anger.

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.279
 Being irritable is

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.139
 the opposite of being

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:01.240
 patient and forbearing.

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.079
 A loving person

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.559
 exercises self-control

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.819
 for the sake of

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.660
 others, while an

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.460
 unloving person

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.620
 gives full vent to

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.779
 his anger to

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:10.359
 gratify himself for

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.019
 his own sake.

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:15.059
 The word resentful is

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.960
 a translation of a

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.539
 phrase that says

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.839
 literally, it does not

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:19.440
 count or reckon

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.120
 evil.

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.400
 It does not count

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.720
 evil.

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.920
 The NIV puts it

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.200
 this way.

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.779
 Love keeps no record

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.579
 of wrongs.

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:27.839
 We find a parallel

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:29.019
 phrase in Paul's

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.720
 second letter to the

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.579
 Corinthians, chapter

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.539
 5, verse 19.

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.139
 It says, in Christ,

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:35.399
 God was reconciling the

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:36.980
 world to himself, not

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.199
 counting their

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:39.899
 trespasses against

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:41.259
 them, and entrusting

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.559
 to us the message of

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.199
 reconciliation.

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:45.339
 So love does not

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:47.299
 count evil in the

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.079
 same way that God

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:49.500
 does not count our

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.879
 trespasses against us.

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:52.180
 It's similar to

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.380
 Proverbs 10, 12, which

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:54.640
 says that hatred

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:56.160
 stirs up strife, but

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.280
 love covers all

00:27:57.280 --> 00:27:57.700
 offenses.

00:27:58.820 --> 00:28:00.140
 A loving person is a

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.040
 forgiving person.

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.100
 An unloving person is

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:04.280
 a resentful person.

00:28:05.760 --> 00:28:07.160
 And unloving people

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.120
 have a tendency to

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:09.920
 count not only real

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:11.460
 evil, but also just

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.200
 perceived evil.

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.540
 They are quick to

00:28:14.540 --> 00:28:15.540
 presume guilt and

00:28:15.540 --> 00:28:16.860
 suspect others instead

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.600
 of giving them the

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.380
 benefit of the doubt.

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:21.200
 Counting the evil of

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.820
 others and being

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:23.040
 resentful is contrary

00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:24.280
 to love because we

00:28:24.280 --> 00:28:25.020
 always give the

00:28:25.020 --> 00:28:25.780
 benefit of the doubt

00:28:25.780 --> 00:28:26.720
 to people we love.

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.600
 When it comes to our

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:31.320
 spouses, our children,

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.760
 our best friends, we

00:28:32.760 --> 00:28:33.800
 think well of them.

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.140
 We give them a break.

00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:36.200
 We don't hold grudges

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.700
 against them.

00:28:36.780 --> 00:28:37.940
 We naturally make

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.580
 light of their

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.700
 shortcomings and put

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.540
 the best possible

00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:41.560
 construction on whatever

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.040
 they do.

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.340
 And that's because we

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.820
 love them.

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.100
 But when it comes to

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.779
 people whom we are

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.779
 prejudiced against,

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:53.119
 people we antagonize,

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:55.019
 then we are quick to

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:56.119
 point out and make a

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.919
 big deal of their

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.959
 shortcomings and put

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.839
 the worst possible

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.859
 construction on their

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.480
 wrongdoings.

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:03.279
 We count all their

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:05.480
 evil and we resent

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.779
 them.

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.480
 Resentfulness is also

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.459
 rooted in arrogance

00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:10.639
 because we fancy

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.759
 ourselves to be above

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.779
 the sins and failures

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.759
 that we observe in

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.699
 other people that we

00:29:14.699 --> 00:29:15.859
 find their sins and

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.579
 failures to be so

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.279
 inexcusable.

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:19.819
 We are lenient with

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.639
 ourselves but harsh

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.160
 with others.

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.559
 We are forgiving with

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.819
 ourselves but resentful

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.399
 of others.

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.460
 This is contrary to

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.039
 Christian love.

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.660
 But the fact that love

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:31.680
 does not count evil,

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.579
 that it's not resentful,

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.440
 does not mean that we

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:36.980
 must condone evil and

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.460
 never right the wrong

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.240
 committed by other

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.599
 people.

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:42.200
 Verse 6 tells us that

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:44.539
 love does not rejoice at

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:46.339
 wrongdoing but rejoices

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:48.000
 with the truth.

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:50.439
 The word wrongdoing is

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:51.139
 elsewhere translated

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:52.359
 as unrighteousness or

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:54.000
 injustice and the word

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.959
 truth is the word that

00:29:54.959 --> 00:29:55.759
 refers to God's

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.639
 faithfulness.

00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:58.539
 That God is always true

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.740
 to his character, to who

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.179
 he is.

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.220
 He's faithful to himself.

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.599
 This means that Christian

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:04.839
 love opposes injustice

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:06.179
 and unrighteousness and

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:07.759
 rejoices with the truth

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:09.539
 that God has revealed to

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.899
 us.

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.559
 So true Christian love is

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:13.079
 always rooted in truth.

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.599
 And once again this was

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.139
 something that the

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:16.119
 Corinthians were missing.

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.480
 They said they rejoiced

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.659
 and boasted in their

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.299
 wrongdoings.

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:20.399
 Chapter 5 verse 6.

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.919
 They condoned an

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:23.879
 incestuous brother who

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:25.480
 was living in their midst.

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:27.339
 And they indulged in

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.339
 sexual immorality with

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.099
 prostitutes.

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:31.139
 But Paul tells them in

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:32.119
 chapter 5 verse 13,

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:34.379
 purge the evil person from

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:34.980
 among you.

00:30:35.659 --> 00:30:37.099
 Personal forgiveness does

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:38.379
 not mean that we tolerate

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.839
 evil.

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:42.099
 sin must still be addressed

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:43.779
 and wrongdoing must be

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.259
 made right.

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:46.240
 And sometimes people will

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.619
 gloss over clear scripture

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:49.899
 teachings to condone sin

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.819
 and in the name of

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.459
 tolerance.

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:53.240
 But such tolerance is

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.279
 antithetical to love.

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:57.339
 Because we tolerate sin

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.959
 which is eternally detrimental

00:30:58.959 --> 00:31:00.259
 to someone.

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:05.939
 So that we could avoid

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:06.740
 conflict.

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:11.620
 That's not loving.

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.440
 That's hating them.

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:16.000
 We're putting our desire

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.299
 to avoid conflict above

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.359
 the desire for the good

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.160
 of the other person.

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.620
 That kind of tolerance

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:22.880
 is not love.

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.779
 That's selfish and

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.319
 unloving.

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.359
 True love is rooted

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.400
 in truth.

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.120
 And after describing at

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:31.620
 length what love is not,

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.980
 in verse 7, Paul finally

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:34.019
 returns once again to

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.120
 describe what love is.

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.500
 He says,

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:37.259
 love bears all things,

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.519
 believes all things,

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.700
 hopes all things,

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:41.440
 endures all things.

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:43.759
 This verse is structured

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:45.660
 like chiastically.

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.819
 So that means the two

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.779
 items at the beginning

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.420
 and the end,

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.079
 they match.

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.440
 And the two middle items,

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.539
 they match with each other.

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:53.180
 So love bears all things,

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.140
 parallels love,

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.460
 endures all things.

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.660
 And they both deal with

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.900
 the present circumstances.

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:01.420
 And love believes all things,

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.740
 and love hopes all things.

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:04.099
 They both look toward the future.

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:06.399
 Love bears all things,

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.059
 endures all things,

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:08.019
 meaning there is nothing

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.219
 that love cannot face.

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:11.000
 Love can bear all things,

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:12.099
 endure all things.

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:14.339
 Love perseveres to the end.

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.279
 That's what it's meant.

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:19.359
 And I think here,

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:22.119
 it's likely that believing all things

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.940
 and hoping all things,

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.599
 they refer to relationship

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.539
 between people,

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.559
 just like all the other

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.539
 descriptions so far

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.039
 has done.

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.740
 So what does that mean,

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.759
 to believe all things

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.619
 and hope all things?

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.460
 And I don't think

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.379
 that all things,

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.420
 that all things

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.200
 are repeated here

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.279
 for rhetorical emphasis.

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.279
 And it conveys

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.539
 the resilience of love.

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:42.659
 But the fact that love

00:32:42.659 --> 00:32:43.460
 believes all things,

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.200
 I don't think means

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.839
 that we should be gullible

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.859
 or credulous people

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.759
 who believe everything

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.440
 and everyone.

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.960
 We need to be discerning

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.940
 about what we believe.

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.480
 But rather,

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.779
 I think what it does mean

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:55.639
 is that we should be disposed

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.519
 to trust people,

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:58.879
 to give them the benefit

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.440
 of the doubt,

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:02.460
 to believe the best about them

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:04.440
 as an expression

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.559
 of our love for them.

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:07.420
 Instead of suspecting people

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:09.700
 and distrusting them,

00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:11.920
 love believes all things.

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.600
 Do we love one another

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:14.080
 in this way?

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.400
 Or are we suspicious

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.140
 of one another?

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.440
 Skeptical toward one another?

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:21.420
 Or are we inclined

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:22.360
 to believe and trust

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:22.800
 one another?

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.720
 Similarly, love

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:26.180
 hopes all things.

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.560
 Not in the sense

00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:28.620
 of naive optimism,

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.480
 but in the sense

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.560
 that love never

00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:32.060
 despairs of people.

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:34.700
 We never give up on them.

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:37.420
 We never lose hope

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.480
 for the people we love

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.580
 in all things.

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:42.600
 Do you love people

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.080
 in this way,

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.779
 even when they seem

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.440
 to take a turn

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.019
 for the worse?

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.680
 Do you continue

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.500
 to pray for them?

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.819
 Do you continue

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.940
 to hope for them?

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.819
 Or are you quick

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.640
 to give up on them

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.440
 and dismiss them

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.380
 as a hopeless case?

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.160
 And it's because

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:03.799
 love believes all things

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:05.000
 and hopes all things

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:07.019
 that love bears all things

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:08.900
 and endures all things.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.739
 Without faith

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:11.059
 in what God can do

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.259
 within our relationships,

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.380
 through our church,

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.059
 through Christ

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.659
 in our church,

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.679
 without hope

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.500
 for one another,

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.639
 our love will not

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.500
 bear all things

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.739
 or endure all things.

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:22.000
 And having spoken

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:23.159
 of the priority of love

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.960
 and the properties

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.519
 of love,

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.759
 Paul turns to

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.860
 the permanence of love.

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.139
 He says in verse 8,

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:31.039
 love never ends.

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.400
 And that sets up

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.019
 the contrast

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.200
 between the gifts

00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:34.700
 of the Spirit

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.320
 that will seize

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.079
 and pass away

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.920
 and love which never ends.

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.180
 Right?

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.200
 So read with me.

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.740
 As for prophecies,

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.700
 they will pass away.

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.019
 As for tongues,

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:44.119
 they will cease.

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.400
 As for knowledge,

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.579
 it will pass away.

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:48.099
 For we know in part

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:49.820
 and we prophesy in part,

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.780
 but when the perfect comes,

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:54.519
 the partial will pass away.

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.840
 These are all references

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:58.099
 to spiritual gifts

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.740
 that were mentioned

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.539
 early in chapter 12.

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.780
 So prophecy, tongues,

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:02.000
 utterance of knowledge.

00:35:02.600 --> 00:35:03.080
 And of course,

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:04.019
 knowledge of God

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:06.120
 itself doesn't pass away

00:35:06.120 --> 00:35:07.880
 as verse 12 makes clear.

00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:09.180
 But the gifts

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:10.880
 of the word of knowledge,

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.780
 the utterance of knowledge

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.840
 does pass away.

00:35:13.120 --> 00:35:13.980
 It will pass away

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.860
 because it will

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.820
 no longer be necessary.

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:17.120
 Our partial knowledge

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:18.180
 will be subsumed

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:19.480
 by the full knowledge

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.019
 we will have

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.940
 when our union with God

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:22.460
 is consummated.

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.540
 Similarly,

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.340
 if the tongues

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.160
 really is the tongues

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:25.700
 of angels,

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.380
 as I think the context

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.080
 seems to indicate,

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.080
 mentioned in verse 1,

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.000
 then it doesn't make sense

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.460
 that tongues would fade,

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.819
 that it would pass away

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.539
 in the age to come.

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.719
 But the gift of tongues,

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.679
 wherein the speaker

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.719
 utters mysteries

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.900
 that cannot be understood,

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:40.259
 apart from interpretation,

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.599
 that will cease.

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.840
 And the gift of tongues,

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.659
 which is partial

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.619
 and incomplete,

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:47.099
 will no longer be necessary

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.619
 because all will be able

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.659
 to speak and understand

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:51.019
 one another fully in heaven.

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:54.420
 The Corinthian believers

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.460
 were much enamored

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.360
 with the spiritual gifts

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:57.440
 and they were misusing

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.019
 these gifts

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.460
 in the context

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.280
 of corporate worship.

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.599
 And they believed

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:01.440
 that the possession

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.480
 of these spiritual gifts

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.640
 indicated their spiritual arrival.

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:07.079
 I'm already experiencing

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:08.300
 heavenly life here on earth.

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:09.320
 I'm already like

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.099
 the angels in heaven.

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:11.140
 That's how they believed

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.720
 themselves to be

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.480
 because they possessed

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.280
 these spiritual gifts.

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:15.039
 But Paul is sharply

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:16.000
 contradicting them

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.780
 when he says this.

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.460
 He's saying that

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.380
 the spiritual gift,

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.460
 contrary to what you think,

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.579
 they don't belong

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:22.260
 to the future age to come.

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.880
 Rather,

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:24.460
 they belong to the present age.

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.640
 The spiritual gifts

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:28.640
 are not a sign

00:36:28.640 --> 00:36:29.559
 of our arrival.

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.640
 It's a sign

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.720
 of our waiting

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:34.340
 that the perfect

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:35.620
 has not yet come.

00:36:36.180 --> 00:36:37.599
 We know only in part.

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.579
 We prophesy

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.860
 only in part

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:41.000
 and this partial knowledge

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.360
 of God

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.960
 and partial prophetic revelation

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:44.200
 are characteristic

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:45.579
 of the present age

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:48.140
 that will pass away.

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.780
 And eventually,

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:51.300
 we will know God fully

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:52.800
 and we will see

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:54.160
 his revelation fully

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:56.279
 so that the gift

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.839
 of knowledge,

00:36:57.399 --> 00:36:58.059
 the gift of prophecy,

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:59.000
 they will be made obsolete.

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.319
 That's what he means

00:37:00.319 --> 00:37:00.599
 when he says

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.920
 when the perfect comes,

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:04.319
 the partial will pass away.

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:06.659
 And Paul's not merely saying

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.839
 that just these three gifts,

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.940
 tongues, prophecy,

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.960
 and the word knowledge

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.739
 are going to pass away.

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.799
 He's using them

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.599
 representatively

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.779
 to say that all the gifts

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.519
 that he is mentioning,

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.539
 all the spiritual gifts

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.460
 will pass away.

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:23.280
 And it's an influential

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:24.460
 Christian theologian

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.240
 named Karl Barth,

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:26.139
 he puts it this way.

00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:28.199
 Because the sun rises,

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:30.519
 all lights are extinguished.

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:33.240
 We turn on the lamps at night

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:34.599
 because there is no sunlight.

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.840
 But when the sun rises,

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.679
 we turn them off

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.500
 because there's no need

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.780
 for those inferior lights.

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.659
 In the same way,

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:43.440
 when spiritual gifts exist

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.579
 in the present,

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:46.400
 only until we are fully united

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.420
 with the giver

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.440
 of all good gifts.

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.320
 And they will be

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:50.340
 no longer necessary

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:51.660
 when we are united with him.

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.840
 Paul also uses the knowledge

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:55.019
 to explain this in verse 11.

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.340
 He says,

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.200
 When I was a child,

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.619
 I spoke like a child.

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.619
 I thought like a child,

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.700
 I reasoned like a child.

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.900
 When I became a man,

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:02.559
 I gave up my childish ways.

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:04.840
 And the Corinthians boasted

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.860
 that their spiritual gifts

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.480
 were a sign

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.740
 of their spiritual maturity,

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.619
 that they've already

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.440
 been made perfect.

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.800
 But he tells them

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.559
 that that's actually,

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:12.440
 those gifts are a sign

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.139
 of immaturity,

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:14.320
 of incompleteness.

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:16.019
 Not immaturity in the sense

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.980
 that people who don't have

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.780
 the gifts are more mature

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.679
 than people who have them,

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.420
 but in the sense

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:20.239
 that all the gifts

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.800
 are an indication

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.440
 of immaturity

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:22.519
 because they point

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.139
 to the fact that

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:25.860
 our union with Christ

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.960
 has not been perfected.

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:31.500
 Just as we expect

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.340
 grown men and women

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.860
 to put away

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.840
 their childish ways,

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:35.179
 in the age to come,

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.199
 the spiritual gifts

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:37.500
 will be put away.

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:40.360
 Paul continues in verse 12.

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:41.420
 For now we see

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:42.579
 in a mirror dimly,

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.480
 but then face to face.

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:46.079
 Now I know in part,

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.639
 then I shall know fully,

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:50.279
 even as I have been fully known.

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:53.819
 And the word dimly here

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:54.900
 can be more literally

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:56.440
 translated as indirectly,

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:58.659
 or by a riddle.

00:38:58.799 --> 00:38:59.719
 That's what it literally means.

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.619
 And this verse

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.779
 is actually an allusion

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:06.139
 to numbers 12, 6 to 8,

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.400
 where God says,

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.799
 When there is a prophet

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.420
 among you,

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.480
 I, the Lord,

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:11.840
 reveal myself to them

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.579
 in visions.

00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:13.539
 I speak to them

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.140
 in dreams.

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.620
 But this is not true

00:39:15.620 --> 00:39:16.539
 of my servant Moses.

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.620
 He is faithful

00:39:17.620 --> 00:39:18.600
 in all my house.

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.140
 With him I speak

00:39:20.140 --> 00:39:21.579
 face to face,

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.380
 clearly,

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:24.519
 and not in riddles.

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:26.240
 He sees the form

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.720
 of the Lord.

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:28.220
 Why then were you not afraid

00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:29.059
 to speak against

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:30.559
 my servant Moses?

00:39:31.100 --> 00:39:32.079
 This is why Moses

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.940
 is considered the greatest

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:34.240
 of all Old Testament prophets.

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.640
 God spoke to him

00:39:35.640 --> 00:39:36.579
 face to face,

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.980
 whatever that means,

00:39:38.120 --> 00:39:38.840
 in the context,

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:40.120
 not in riddles.

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:42.259
 And God addressed

00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:43.219
 him directly,

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.920
 rather than indirectly,

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.599
 through dreams

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.279
 and visions.

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.920
 So the contrast here

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.980
 of seeing in a mirror

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.539
 dimly,

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.980
 and seeing face to face,

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:52.339
 is not merely

00:39:52.339 --> 00:39:53.239
 a contrast between

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:54.699
 a low resolution image,

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:56.279
 and a high resolution image,

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.440
 but it's a contrast

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:59.339
 between a mediated view

00:39:59.339 --> 00:39:59.859
 of God,

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:01.639
 and a face to face

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.299
 view of God.

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:04.000
 Between an indirect view

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.319
 of God,

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:05.259
 and a direct view

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.639
 of God.

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:07.679
 And NIV gets this right

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:07.879
 as well.

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.119
 He says,

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:09.039
 for now we see

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:10.199
 only a reflection

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:11.219
 as in a mirror.

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.739
 Then we shall see

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:14.019
 face to face.

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:16.159
 We see and experience

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:17.099
 God through the gifts

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.599
 of the Spirit

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.579
 like a reflection

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.239
 in a mirror.

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:21.239
 We see a true reflection.

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.480
 It is true,

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:23.500
 but it's only

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.239
 a reflection.

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:26.059
 We see indirectly,

00:40:26.359 --> 00:40:27.199
 but not directly.

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:28.039
 We see partly,

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:29.500
 but not fully.

00:40:29.819 --> 00:40:29.940
 Right?

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:31.759
 And we should long

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:32.259
 for this day.

00:40:32.319 --> 00:40:33.079
 I long for that day

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:33.559
 when we'll see him

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.119
 face to face.

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.359
 I mean,

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:36.619
 sometimes when I'm

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.179
 coming home

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:38.699
 from working outside,

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.659
 I call my wife

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.239
 on my way home

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.299
 so I can talk to her.

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:44.299
 And then my conversation

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:44.819
 with her,

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.239
 of course,

00:40:45.299 --> 00:40:45.839
 is indirect,

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.239
 right?

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:47.239
 It's mediated

00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:47.839
 through a phone.

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:49.519
 But when I arrive

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:49.960
 at home,

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:51.179
 I put away the phone

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:52.239
 because now

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:53.259
 I can talk to her

00:40:53.259 --> 00:40:53.880
 in person.

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:56.039
 I see her face to face.

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.779
 The medium

00:40:57.779 --> 00:40:59.500
 is no longer necessary

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.500
 because now

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:02.019
 I'm face to face

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.559
 with the person.

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.219
 In the same way,

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.859
 the gifts

00:41:03.859 --> 00:41:05.719
 are but a reflection.

00:41:06.339 --> 00:41:07.319
 They're a medium

00:41:07.319 --> 00:41:08.419
 through which

00:41:08.419 --> 00:41:09.559
 we know and experience God.

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.159
 But a day

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.839
 is coming

00:41:10.839 --> 00:41:12.079
 when we will see God

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.980
 face to face

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:14.039
 and the gifts

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:15.059
 will no longer

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.799
 be necessary.

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.859
 Now I know in part,

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:20.379
 then I shall know fully

00:41:20.379 --> 00:41:22.399
 even as I have been

00:41:22.399 --> 00:41:23.839
 fully known.

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:30.239
 And as he enjoins

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:31.500
 love on the Corinthian believers,

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.559
 Paul's mind

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:33.759
 comes to two other

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:35.019
 central,

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:35.739
 kind of cardinal

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.480
 Christian virtues.

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.960
 And he concludes

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.480
 this passage

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:39.099
 by mentioning

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:40.519
 them in verse 13.

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.699
 So now faith,

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.579
 hope,

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.400
 and love

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:43.860
 abide,

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.119
 these three.

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.420
 But the greatest

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:47.380
 of these

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:48.599
 is love.

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:50.360
 Paul frequently

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.360
 mentions faith,

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:51.799
 hope,

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:52.239
 and love

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:52.679
 together

00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:53.519
 as a triad

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:54.579
 in his writings.

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:55.679
 And those three virtues

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.880
 really encompass

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.739
 the entirety

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.799
 of the Christian life.

00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:00.220
 so they are

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:01.380
 really the defining

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:02.840
 qualities of the Christian.

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.880
 Because Christians

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:05.000
 are those who live

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.860
 by faith

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:07.260
 and not by sight.

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.920
 We have entrusted

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:10.019
 ourselves to the Lord

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.700
 Jesus Christ

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.560
 and his salvation.

00:42:12.560 --> 00:42:12.740
 We are,

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.500
 Christians are those

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:14.400
 who live with hope

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.720
 in their future inheritance.

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.720
 Like we,

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:18.000
 knowing that the Holy Spirit

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.880
 is our deposit,

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.740
 our down payment,

00:42:20.200 --> 00:42:21.560
 guaranteeing the future

00:42:21.560 --> 00:42:22.880
 consummation of those

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.640
 spiritual blessings.

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:25.179
 And the Christians

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:26.199
 live with love

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.859
 for God

00:42:26.859 --> 00:42:27.940
 and neighbor,

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.319
 having received

00:42:29.319 --> 00:42:30.379
 and having been transformed

00:42:30.379 --> 00:42:31.460
 by the love of the Father.

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:31.940
 So faith,

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.259
 hope,

00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:32.519
 and love.

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:33.299
 Faith in Christ,

00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:34.619
 hope in the Spirit,

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:36.219
 the love of the Father.

00:42:36.279 --> 00:42:37.259
 These are the defining

00:42:37.259 --> 00:42:37.699
 traits

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:39.219
 of the Christian.

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:40.599
 But so,

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.359
 if that's the case,

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:42.299
 why does Paul say

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:43.219
 that the greatest

00:42:43.219 --> 00:42:44.139
 of these is love?

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:47.219
 Both faith

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:47.679
 and love

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.599
 are Christian virtues

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:50.420
 for the present.

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:52.400
 But they are not

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:53.099
 for eternity.

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:56.920
 Hebrews 11,

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.500
 1 says,

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:58.319
 Now faith

00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:59.420
 is the assurance

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:00.859
 of things hoped for,

00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:01.879
 the conviction

00:43:01.879 --> 00:43:03.359
 of things not seen.

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:04.799
 We have faith.

00:43:04.879 --> 00:43:05.839
 We need faith now

00:43:05.839 --> 00:43:07.119
 because we don't see.

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:09.659
 Faith is characteristic

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:10.960
 of this present age.

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:12.359
 And when we see God

00:43:12.359 --> 00:43:13.099
 face to face,

00:43:13.299 --> 00:43:14.339
 our faith will turn

00:43:14.339 --> 00:43:15.059
 to sight.

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.099
 Similarly,

00:43:17.319 --> 00:43:18.480
 Romans 8, 24

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.779
 says,

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:21.079
 For in this hope

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:22.000
 we were saved.

00:43:22.319 --> 00:43:23.619
 Now hope that is seen

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:25.000
 is not hope.

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:26.539
 For who hopes

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.480
 for what he sees?

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.420
 Again,

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.179
 we hope

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:30.679
 because we do not

00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:31.599
 yet see.

00:43:32.319 --> 00:43:33.339
 But when we see

00:43:33.339 --> 00:43:34.400
 God face to face,

00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:35.259
 our hope

00:43:35.259 --> 00:43:36.539
 will materialize

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:37.279
 and will become

00:43:37.279 --> 00:43:38.259
 reality.

00:43:39.839 --> 00:43:41.099
 This is why

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:42.259
 love is the greatest.

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.179
 Faith,

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:44.960
 hope,

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.980
 are temporal,

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.639
 but love

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:47.699
 is eternal.

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:49.159
 So now,

00:43:49.279 --> 00:43:49.980
 in the present,

00:43:50.359 --> 00:43:50.659
 faith,

00:43:50.819 --> 00:43:51.000
 hope,

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:51.439
 and love

00:43:51.439 --> 00:43:51.899
 abide,

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.579
 these three.

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:54.059
 But the greatest

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.699
 of these

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:56.179
 is love

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:57.619
 because love

00:43:57.619 --> 00:43:58.259
 is eternal,

00:43:58.399 --> 00:43:58.919
 as Paul said

00:43:58.919 --> 00:43:59.519
 in verse 8.

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.039
 All three

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.819
 abide in the present,

00:44:01.899 --> 00:44:02.460
 but only love

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:02.919
 will abide

00:44:02.919 --> 00:44:03.460
 for eternity.

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.519
 For this reason,

00:44:04.879 --> 00:44:05.699
 we should pursue

00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:07.339
 love above all things

00:44:07.339 --> 00:44:08.259
 because while the

00:44:08.259 --> 00:44:08.879
 spiritual gifts

00:44:08.879 --> 00:44:09.519
 are temporary,

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:09.980
 love

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:11.419
 is eternal.

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:15.740
 This passage

00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:16.940
 is in one sense

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:17.800
 probably the easiest

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.720
 passage for the

00:44:18.720 --> 00:44:19.599
 pastor to preach

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:21.380
 because after all,

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:21.880
 who doesn't like

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:22.639
 to talk about love,

00:44:22.700 --> 00:44:22.840
 right?

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:24.240
 Everybody wants

00:44:24.240 --> 00:44:25.059
 more love in the world.

00:44:26.240 --> 00:44:27.380
 But in another sense,

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:28.300
 this passage is

00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:29.019
 perhaps the most

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.639
 challenging and

00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:30.539
 controversial among

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.059
 the passages

00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:31.840
 in 1 Corinthians.

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:33.500
 And this is because

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:34.320
 it teaches us

00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:35.220
 that most people

00:44:35.220 --> 00:44:35.860
 in the world

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:37.380
 are severely mistaken

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:38.260
 in their understanding

00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:39.019
 of what love is.

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:43.159
 people don't love

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.599
 this way.

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:45.880
 Indeed,

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:47.119
 they can't love

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:47.599
 this way

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:50.680
 because they do not

00:44:50.680 --> 00:44:51.840
 know the love

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:52.360
 of God.

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.720
 1 John 4,

00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:55.340
 7-10

00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:55.840
 teaches us

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:56.460
 that God

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:57.059
 is love

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:58.920
 and that only

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.340
 those who have

00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:00.539
 been born of God

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:01.500
 and know God

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.579
 can therefore

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:03.320
 love.

00:45:04.700 --> 00:45:05.680
 If you are not

00:45:05.680 --> 00:45:06.280
 yet a Christian,

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.220
 then you have not

00:45:07.220 --> 00:45:08.240
 been born of God.

00:45:09.700 --> 00:45:10.659
 But here's how

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:11.320
 you can know

00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:12.460
 the love of God.

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:13.220
 In verse 4,

00:45:13.600 --> 00:45:14.100
 Paul said that

00:45:14.100 --> 00:45:14.840
 love is patient

00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:15.340
 and kind.

00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:15.640
 Remember,

00:45:15.720 --> 00:45:16.320
 that's the description

00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:16.680
 of love.

00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:17.580
 Summary of what love

00:45:17.580 --> 00:45:18.260
 is like,

00:45:18.660 --> 00:45:19.420
 properties of love.

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 In Romans 2-4,

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 he uses those

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 very two words

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 to describe

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 God's love

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 toward us.

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 And he says this,

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 Do you presume

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 on the riches

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 of His kindness

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 and forbearance

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 and patience,

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 not knowing

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 that God's kindness

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 is meant to lead

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 you to repentance?

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 You have spurned

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 and offended

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 God,

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 your creator,

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 by living for yourself

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 and not for Him.

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 You have sinned

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 against Him

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 by presuming

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 to know

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 that you know

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 better than He does

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 and breaking His laws.

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 He has cared for you

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 and He has provided

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 for you

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 and yet you have

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 snubbed Him

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 and ignored Him

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 in your life

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 and yet God

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 has not poured out

00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:00.500
 His wrath against you.

00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:01.480
 He has been

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 forbearing with you,

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 patient,

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 enduring all things.

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 so that you

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 might have a chance

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 to turn

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 back to Him.

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 And God

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 has also been

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 kind to you.

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 Scripture uses

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 the word kindness

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 to describe Christ.

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 In Ephesians 4, 32

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 it says,

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 Be kind to one another,

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 tenderhearted,

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 forgiving one another

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 as God in Christ

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 forgave you.

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 The kindness

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 that we are to show

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 one another

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 is exemplified,

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 embodied

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 in the kindness

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 that Christ showed us

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 in forgiving us.

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 And how did Christ do that?

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 God shows His love

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 for us in this

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 that while we were

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:43.780
 still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

00:46:46.340 --> 00:46:47.639
 God loved us

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 not when we were

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 starting to turn around

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 and follow Him

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 but while we were

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:54.000
 still going headlong

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 in the wrong direction.

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 God loved us

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 while we were

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:58.139
 still unlovable.

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 God loved us

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 while we still

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 hated Him.

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 We rebelled against Him.

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 We were His enemies.

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 That's the kindness.

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 of God.

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 If you want to know

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 what love is,

00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:14.079
 look into the face

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 That's where you see love.

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 That's where you meet love.

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 And it's only

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:20.980
 when you meet

00:47:20.980 --> 00:47:22.480
 love of Christ,

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 experience the love

00:47:24.179 --> 00:47:24.800
 of Christ,

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 that you can be

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 transformed to love

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 in this way.

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 all your longing

00:47:32.200 --> 00:47:33.120
 for love in your life,

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:34.240
 all your pursuit

00:47:34.240 --> 00:47:34.800
 of love,

00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:35.900
 you're longing

00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:36.539
 for God.

00:47:37.140 --> 00:47:38.019
 You're pursuing

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:39.100
 God.

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 So run after Him

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 today.

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:44.960
 Let's pray together.

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 Actually,

00:47:47.240 --> 00:47:47.940
 let's take some time

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 to reflect on that

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 in silence,

00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:51.280
 to respond to it.

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:53.019
 Reflect on your love,

00:47:54.119 --> 00:47:55.400
 love of God for you,

00:47:56.320 --> 00:47:56.960
 and how that

00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:58.559
 calls us to love

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:59.000
 one another.

00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:00.179
 Reflect on that

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 and we'll respond

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 by praying together,

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:02.240
 corporately.

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 Thank you.