Introduction:
Love > Any Spiritual Gift. (1 Corinthians 13:8-13)
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Spiritual Gifts Are TEMPORARY. (1 Cor 13:8)
Jeremiah 5:15 - Behold, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, declares the LORD. It is an enduring nation; it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say.
Isaiah 28:11-12 – For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the LORD will speak to this people, to whom he has said, “This is rest; give rest to the weary; and this is repose”; yet they would not hear.
1 Corinthians 14:21 – In the Law it is written, “By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.”
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Spiritual Gifts Are PARTIAL. (1 Cor 13:9-12)
Deuteronomy 29:29 – The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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Love is FOREVER. (1 Cor 13:13)
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Small Group Discussion
Read 1 Corinthians 13:8-13
What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
What is the difference between “pass away” and “cease” (1 Cor 13:8)? How does this help us understand these spiritual gifts listed?
What does “the perfect” refer to in 1 Cor 13:10? Defend your answer!
Explain Paul's 2 illustrations in 1 Cor 13:11-12.
How is love greater than faith and hope (1 Cor 13:13)?
Breakout
Pray for one another.