Today's Verse: 1 Corinthians 13:8 (ESV)
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
Love is the best way to measure and express spirituality. As The Bible Reader's Companion states, love is not an abstract concept. It is practical, can be observed and is expressed in our actions and attitudes. Unlike other gifts that we are given, love is eternal.
Today's Comments: The Bible Exposition Commentary provides us with an interesting observation. 'It was Jonathan Swift, the satirical author of Gulliver’s Travels, who said, “We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” '
Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Co 13:1
It points out that, unless we minister in love, we fail in our ministry. The administration of truth and justice have no place in our scheme of things, unless they are accompanied by love. God's continual ministry of salvation to his people is the ultimate example of the ministry that we are called upon to perform. Though God's peoples, throughout their history, steeped themselves in apostasy, God's punishment was never permanent. He always gave them a way back to Him. And, during this Advent Season, as we anticipate the celebration of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, let us remember that for all time, He was the way that God gave to us in love, so that we could return and be a part of His eternal Kingdom.
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
Love is the best way to measure and express spirituality. As The Bible Reader's Companion states, love is not an abstract concept. It is practical, can be observed and is expressed in our actions and attitudes. Unlike other gifts that we are given, love is eternal.
Today's Comments: The Bible Exposition Commentary provides us with an interesting observation. 'It was Jonathan Swift, the satirical author of Gulliver’s Travels, who said, “We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” '
Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. 1 Co 13:1
It points out that, unless we minister in love, we fail in our ministry. The administration of truth and justice have no place in our scheme of things, unless they are accompanied by love. God's continual ministry of salvation to his people is the ultimate example of the ministry that we are called upon to perform. Though God's peoples, throughout their history, steeped themselves in apostasy, God's punishment was never permanent. He always gave them a way back to Him. And, during this Advent Season, as we anticipate the celebration of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, let us remember that for all time, He was the way that God gave to us in love, so that we could return and be a part of His eternal Kingdom.
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