Love is A-C-T-I-O-N
I Corinthians 13:4-8
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (ESV)
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or
boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist
on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it
does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with
the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things. 8 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……
I Corinthians 13:4-8
1. The Starting Point:
• Galatians 5:22 THE FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT IS LOVE……
Love Is……
I Corinthians 13:4-8
2. Sustaining Process:
• MacArthur states, “this is a key N.T. Word only
known entirely and fully to a person who is a
Christian.
Love Is……
I Corinthians 13:4-8
3. Stabilizing Force:
• Love is under control in order to win the
person and to help them to live, work, and
serve as they should.
Love Is……
I Corinthians 13:4-8
4. Simple and Complex Together:
• Love is to be found willing to suffer long until
it is realized; until love changes someone,
THEN they too realize the Love of God.
Love Is……
I Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is the capacity to be wronged and not to choose
retaliation
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James 5:7,8
Rom. 12:12
I Cor 13:7
2 Tim 2:10,12
Heb 12:2 and 2 Peter 3:9
Love Is…..
I Corinthians 13:4-8
Life Steps
The More Excellent Way…
Action:
Love coming out of me or received by me is the Fruit
of the Holy Spirit in me. “Love is patient”
Only God sustains me to love a world that does not
love me
Love suffers long to see change from God: