Do Everything in Love
April 2, 2023

Ryan Heathco 1 Corinthians 13-14

You have a

.

1 Corinthians 12:17
17If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything?

Your gift has__ value__.

Love is

. Without love, we do nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:2
2If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:13
13Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 1:4-9
4I always thank my God for you and for the gracious gifts he has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus. 5Through him, God has enriched your church in every way—with all of your eloquent words and all of your knowledge. 6This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true. 7Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. 9God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Knowledge puffs up, love builds up.
1 Corinthians 8:1

Isaiah 28:11
11So now God will have to speak to his people
through foreign oppressors who speak a strange language!

1 Corinthians 14:27
27No more than two or three should speak in tongues. They must speak one at a time, and someone must interpret what they say.

1 Corinthians 14:33
33For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, as in all the meetings of God’s holy people.

1 Corinthians 4:14
14I am not writing these things to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

1 Corinthians 14:22
22So you see that speaking in tongues is a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for the benefit of believers, not unbelievers. 23Even so, if unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your church meeting and hear everyone speaking in an unknown language, they will think you are crazy.

Do

in love.
1 Corinthians 16:14

  1. Do you know your spiritual gift?
  2. Are you using your spiritual gift?
  3. Does your spiritual gift demonstrate Jesus’ love?