Title: Maturing in Christ (14)
Series: Weakness Is Your Greatest Strength
Author: Eddie Snipes
Text: 1 Corinthians 13:13, 2 Peter 1:3-11
When the Corinthian church was struggling, the Apostle Paul stated, "I fear that your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."1 Religion tends to make the Christian life complicated, but the Bible gives us the simplest picture of faith. There are three main things to keep in focus as we learn to walk by faith. Look at 1 Corinthians 13:13
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
When everything is reduced to its simplest form, it is either faith, hope, or love. Faith in what God has done or promised. Hope in what God is doing or leading us into. And love is the foundation everything is built on. Never lose sight of love. How we relate to God begins with this foundational truth, "We have known and believed in the love God has for us."2 The foundation of how we relate to each other is found in Jesus' instruction when He said, "By this shall all men know (including the world) that you are my disciples, by your love for one another."3
The reason the Christian reveals love is because we are founded upon His love. A Christian that doesn't believe, or isn't founded upon God's love will struggle to love. I've witnessed many people say and do awful things to others while claiming to be serving God. Yet if you cannot see God's love and compassion in an act, it is not of God. Period.
The Bible says that anyone who says, "I love God," but shows hatred to others, is a liar. They may be in self-deception, or following bad teachings, but it is still a lie. Holding up a sign that says, "Got hates... [name the group]" is following a lie and not the gospel.
The same is true for your personal journey of faith. If anything in your life does not affirm God's love for you (and others), give you hope, and point you to fai ...
Series: Weakness Is Your Greatest Strength
Author: Eddie Snipes
Text: 1 Corinthians 13:13, 2 Peter 1:3-11
When the Corinthian church was struggling, the Apostle Paul stated, "I fear that your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."1 Religion tends to make the Christian life complicated, but the Bible gives us the simplest picture of faith. There are three main things to keep in focus as we learn to walk by faith. Look at 1 Corinthians 13:13
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
When everything is reduced to its simplest form, it is either faith, hope, or love. Faith in what God has done or promised. Hope in what God is doing or leading us into. And love is the foundation everything is built on. Never lose sight of love. How we relate to God begins with this foundational truth, "We have known and believed in the love God has for us."2 The foundation of how we relate to each other is found in Jesus' instruction when He said, "By this shall all men know (including the world) that you are my disciples, by your love for one another."3
The reason the Christian reveals love is because we are founded upon His love. A Christian that doesn't believe, or isn't founded upon God's love will struggle to love. I've witnessed many people say and do awful things to others while claiming to be serving God. Yet if you cannot see God's love and compassion in an act, it is not of God. Period.
The Bible says that anyone who says, "I love God," but shows hatred to others, is a liar. They may be in self-deception, or following bad teachings, but it is still a lie. Holding up a sign that says, "Got hates... [name the group]" is following a lie and not the gospel.
The same is true for your personal journey of faith. If anything in your life does not affirm God's love for you (and others), give you hope, and point you to fai ...
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