Until Only Love Remains
Dr. Robert Gorrell
September 3, 2023

In our culture love is most often defined as a

.
But that’s not love according to the . Love is something else completely.
Love is a .
The Apostle wrote a lot about love. (Rom. 5:8, 1 Cor. 16:14, Gal. 5:14, Eph. 5:2, Rom. 8:38-39)
Two things you should know right up front about 1 Corinthians 13:
1. It wasn’t written about or for .
2. It wasn’t written by Paul all by .

Main Point: Christians are called to a love that puts

first and points to Jesus.

Context: The authors are writing to a

Corinthian church. The church is in conflict over how one demonstrates one is living a “holy life.”
Paul and Sosthenes point out that that living a holy life without loving is and meaningless.
The authors are the message: Paul and Sosthenes previously Christians, but both have become Christ followers transformed by the Savior’s love.
They make points about love:
1. It is superior to all forms of discipleship.
2. It demonstrates qualities (verses 4-7).
3. It endures _.

What Love Is:
1. Love is

.
2. Love is .

What Love Does All The Time:
1. Love is always ready to make

.
2. Love is always ready to .
3. Love is always ready to .
4. Love is always ready to whatever comes.

What Love Is Not:
1. Love is never

.
2. Love is not .
3. Love is not .
4. Love is never .
5. Love is not .
6. Love is not .
7. Love does not up .
8. Love does not at wrongdoing but finds its joy in the truth.

I Corinthians 13 ends with these words, “And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is

.”

Being Christian is making the choice to love even when it is

.

Action Step
Find one place in your life where you have backed away from love. Reconnect and recommit to that love.