Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
Theme:
Text: 1 Corinthians 13, Ephesians 4, Galatians 5
Notes:
Ephesians 4:15, We are not to hold to love (at the expense of truth),
nor hold to truth (at the expense of love);
both constitute a false dichotomy.
From 1 Corinthians 13:1-3:

* Being spiritually gifted is not enough

* Exercising gifts apart from love is not beneficial to anyone, not even the one serving


* Being biblically knowledgeable is not enough

* Speaking the Word of God without the heart of God is not beneficial to anyone


* Having great faith is not enough
* Grand gestures are not enough

* Selling all you possess to give to the poor
* Giving your body through martyrdom
* Yet if done without love these gestures are fruitless


* Ministry without love is nothing

* It does not benefit anyone
* It does not glorify God
* It may even be destructive



 
Biblical love motivated by and empowered by the Spirit is glorifying to God and beneficial to others
–and ourselves.
Anything else is nothing.