Central Emphasis: A believer who is learning to speak the truth in love is growing up in christ
“Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect; but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away.” (vv.8-10)
- Permanent (vv.8-10)
“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood.” (vv. 11-12)- God’s Love Never Changes
- God’s Love Never Gives Up
- Practical (vv.11-12)
“So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (v.13) “Pursue love” (14:1a)- Growing Up Physically
- Growing Up Spiritually
- Paramount (v.13)
- God Purposefully Planned It
- God’s People, Pursue It
Conclusion: THE LOVING WAY of God is PERMANENT and it is PRACTICAL to apply in our changing society for it is PARAMOUNT to all we do.