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Corinthians 13
INTRO:
Love is not just a many splendored thing that comes out from the most
unexpected places. It may move mysteriously but it is not blind and can’t hurt
anybody. You find it irresistible to love.
I.
THE ABSENCE OF
LOVE
A.
Ever-repeating annoyance (v1)
B. No importance
found (v2)
C. Worthless,
none the better (v3)
II.
THE PRESENCE OF
LOVE
A.
Patience and kindness is there and no envy (v4)
B. No arrogance
and ill-manner and even irritable qualities (v5)
C. No gloating
over other’s sins and keeps no record of their wrongs (v6)
III.
THE ESSENCE OF
LOVE (Inmost nature)
A.
Undying and eternal (v8)
B. Delights in
truth and honesty (v8)
C. No limit and
never fails (v7)
IV.
SCIENCE OF LOVE
(Systematic)
A.
Begins simply from a childish outlook (v11)
B. Then comes to
mature understanding (v12)
C. And finishes
to complete, full knowledge seeing the true nature of love (v12)
CONCLUSION:
Have faith in order to have an optimistic anticipation
and give out or be in love. Find it irresistible in the strongest sense.
