SLIDE 1 “LOVE IS THE MAGIC KEY OF LIFE – NOT TO GET WHAT WE WANT BUT TO BECOME WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE” (EILEEN GUDER).
I Corinthians 13
- 1. The Value Of Love (1-3)
- 2. The Virtues Of Love (4-7)
- 3. The Victory Of Love (8-13)
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I CORINTHIANS 13
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OVER CHURCH PROBLEMS
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“Perperos”
To Brag; Set Oneself Forward; To Applaud Oneself; To Be Conceited
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“LOVE MAKES NO PARADE” (JAMES MOFFATT)
“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned” (Romans 12:3).
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“THE UTMOST EVIL” (C. S. LEWIS)
“Love Does Not Parade Its Accomplishments. Bragging Is The Other Side Of Jealousy.” (John MacArthur)
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SIMON THE SORCERER
“But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great” (Acts 8:9-10).
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THE APOSTLE PAUL
“But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” (Galatians 6:14). “Let The One Who Boasts, Boast In The Lord.” (I Corinthians 1:31)
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“Phusioo”
“Puffed Up; To Swell; Inflate; To Blow Up; To Be Haughty
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BOASTING VS. ARROGANCE
Treatment Of Self Treatment Of Others
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PAUL’S INDICTMENT
“I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?” (I Corinthians 4:6-7).
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DIOTREPHES (III JOHN 9-10)
JOHN THE BAPTIST
“He Must Increase, I must Decrease” (John 3:30)
MOSES THE DELIVERER
“Now The Man Moses Was Very Meek” (Numbers 12:3)
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BIBLICAL EXHORTATIONS
Romans 12:10 Philippians 2:3 I Peter 5:6
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different languages was born of lowly birth into a cobbler’s home In England.
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“Ashemon” Without Shape; Unbecoming; Indecent; Poor Manners
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“LOVE DOES NOT BEHAVE GRACELESSLY” (WILLIAM BARCLAY)
“It does not care enough for those it is round to act becomingly or politely. It cares nothing for their feelings or sensitivities. The loveless person is careless, overbearing, and often crude.”
SLIDE 20 USES OF THE WORD IN THE NT
- 1. Immodesty (Revelation 3:18)
- 2. Immorality (Romans 1:27)
- 3. Non-Believers (Philippians 3:19)
- 4. Seating Courtesy (Luke 14:9)
- 5. Ethics (II Corinthians 4:2)
SLIDE 21 PERHAPS THE PHILIPPI LADIES’ ISSUE?
“I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord” (Philippians 4:2). “Let your reasonableness be known to
- everyone. The Lord is at hand” (Philippians 4:5).
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OVERCOMING RUDENESS
“The messenger can become a barrier to the message.” (John MacArthur) “This picture of love is a photograph of the Lord Jesus Christ in His inner character. And In His Church, His body, He wants to have many reprints.” (Alan Redpath)
SLIDE 23 PROBING QUESTION
- 1. Am I a person that parades my
accomplishments before others?
SLIDE 24 PROBING QUESTION
- 2. Am I a person that is inflated with a
big head but not a big heart?
SLIDE 25 PROBING QUESTION
- 3. Am I a person that is graceless and
impolite to others?
