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“A More Excellent Way”

1 Corinthians 12:29-13:13. “A More Excellent Way”. The Body of Christ in 12:4-27 – a Very Different Kind of Group. The Body of Christ: Putting it all together ( 1 Cor. 12:4-6). Now there are varieties of gifts , but the same Spirit.

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“A More Excellent Way”

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  1. 1 Corinthians 12:29-13:13 “A More Excellent Way”

  2. The Body of Christ in 12:4-27 – a Very Different Kind of Group

  3. The Body of Christ:Putting it all together (1 Cor. 12:4-6) Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.

  4. The Body of Christ:Putting it all together (1 Cor. 12:4-6) Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.

  5. The Body of Christ:Putting it all together (1 Cor. 12:4-6) Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison! 1 Cor. 12:31

  6. Love! “Beyond Comparison” If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 “Love Rain Down on me” – the Who, Quadrophenia “All You Need is Love”– the Beatles “That’s the Power of Love”– Huey Lewis “Give Me Love”– Diana Ross “I’m a Loser Baby,So why don’t you kill me?”– Beck

  7. Love! “Beyond Comparison” If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. THE AGORA Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. 1 John 3:18

  8. Love! “Beyond Comparison” If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. 1 John 3:18

  9. The Measure of “Spirituality” If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 1 John 4:20 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:12

  10. The Measure of “Spirituality” If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:7 Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies. 1 Cor. 8:1

  11. The Measure of “Spirituality” If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:7 Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies. 1 Cor. 8:1

  12. The Measure of “Spirituality” If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.

  13. The Measure of “Spirituality” If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.

  14. The Measure of “Spirituality”

  15. NOT: • Eros • Filadelfia • agape “A More Excellent Way”

  16. agape “A More Excellent Way” LoveIs… “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.” John 15:12

  17. agape “A More Excellent Way” God Is… There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 1 John 4:18 (NASB95) We love, because He first loved us. 1 Jn. 4:19

  18. “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.” John 15:12 Because “Love never fails…” • agape Why bOTHER? Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. 1 Cor. 13:8

  19. “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.” John 15:12 Because “Love never fails…” It’s the secret to spiritual maturity! • agape Why bOTHER? When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. 1 Cor. 13:11

  20. Maturity Means:Pulling it all together (1 Cor. 12:4-6)

  21. agape “A More Excellent Way”

  22. Eros, Filadelfia "Faith working through Love" - Gal.5:6 What the Body of Christ DOES: agape • Same Concept as Christian “ministry”. • Samecontext as Gifts, Ministries, Effects. • Diakonew - To “Serve” • The root idea behind love:

  23. How the Body of Christ Works:Putting it all together… 1 Cor. 12:4-6 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. “To Serve” Powerful Impact!

  24. How the Body of Christ Works:Beyond Comparison! agape

  25. Eros, Filadelfia How the Body of Christ Works:Beyond Comparison! And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison! 1 Cor. 12:31 agape

  26. What the Body of Christ DOES: • Same Concept as Christian “ministry”. • The Most Important outcome of our Faith. 1 Cor. 13:1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Cor. 13:2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 1 Cor. 13:3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

  27. What the Body of Christ DOES: agape • Same Concept as Christian “ministry”. • The Most Important outcome of our Faith. • Not an ethereal epiphany. 1 Peter 5:5 “and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.” Doesn't Seek Its Own Patient Kind Righteous Not Jealous Not Easily Provoked Not PROUD Forgives Not "RUDE"

  28. What the Body of Christ DOES: agape “Love Never Fails.” • Same Concept as Christian “ministry”. • The Most Important outcome of our Faith. • Not an ethereal epiphany. “Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” “The key to a healthy emotional life is Victorious Love OUTPUT.”

  29. What the Body of Christ DOES: agape • Patient • Kind • Not Jealous • Not Proud • Not Rude • Doesn’t Seek its Own • Not Easily Provoked • Forgives • Righteous • Bears, Believes, Hopes, Endures all things Love Never Fails

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