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Bible Keypoints

Beatitudes
Full Armor of God
Seven Things God Hates
Steps to Salvation
Ten Commandments
2 Greatest Commandments
Virtuous Wife
What is Love?

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 1 If  I speak with the tongues

of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have

become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I

have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries

and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to

remove mountains, but do not have love, I am

nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed

the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned,

but do not have love, it profits me nothing. NASU

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 4 Love is patient, love is kind

and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not

arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not

seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into

account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7

1bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

endures all things. 8 Love never fails; but if there are

gifts of 1prophecy, they will be done away; if there

are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it

will be done away. NASU

1. Ephesians 5:1-21 Be Imitators of God, Walk in Love - As our Lord Jesus Christ has loved us, let us also love him, by abiding in him (John 15:3-11) and walking in love towards one another is as sweet as the love of Christ is, so shall it be as sweet as our love is when we love one another (John 13:34) so that others may know that we are his proven disciples (John 13:35, John 15:8), followers of him who has called us and then chosen us, the few (Matthew 22:14) to salvation, for service as the elect (Matthew 24:31) in Jesus Christ.

   Friends, if we love Jesus Christ, we will bring with us the testimony of Jesus Christ and we will keep the commandments of God as it is written; Revelation 12:17 ................ on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus .......... And as it is also written; Revelation 14:12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

   AMEN (So Be It)

2. MT 22:34-40 The Two Greatest Commandments - First off my friend we have to look at these verses regarding love as a commandment from Jesus Christ. - Both commandments is a brief summary of the "Ten Commandments" to which is equal to the "Two Greatest Commandments".  Friend as it is written all of the laws (laws of Love) Jesus said that all of the the prophets hang on those "Two Greatest Commandments" (MT 22:40).  God wants our love towards him and our fellow mankind to be from a sincere heart and mind. Not out of an obligation or duty, but out of a true heart of love, out of understanding and out of concern for others. 

   If we want Love from God instead of his wrath (John 3:36), then we have to give Love first. That is we are to Love God and then we are to Love our neighbor from a pure and sincere heart! In order to be able to Love, our relationship with Jesus Christ has to be in check with the teachings of Jesus Christ (MT 7:76, MT 24:35, MK 8:38, LK 6:47, LK 9:26, JN 8:47, JN 14:10, JN 14:24, JN 15:7, JN 17:8).  We are to worship God in spirit and in truth (Jn 4:23-24).  And we need to take better care of our mental and physical selves as well.  The book of Leviticus are full of health and sanitary laws that will help us to do just that.  How can we love if we are messed up in our thinking, or if we over eat, and such?  This is NOT meant for those who that has mental or physical disabilities. They are just as capable of loving as anyone else is!

   1 Corinthians 13 is a general run down of the meanings to what Jesus meant when he told us to "Love Your Neighbor" (MT 22:39).  If you wish to serve and obey Jesus Christ, then you should take what Jesus said about loving your neighbor with the Love chapter 1Co 13 and study them, then compare them to how to act towards others to make sure that you are actually loving your neighbors.

3. 1 Corinthians 13:13 Greatest is Love - There are some that think that they are doing well by having "Full Faith" or by having "Hope" in Jesus Christ.  And yet some of them lack one very important thing.  That is love towards God and towards their fellow mankind.  That love involves, concern, compassion, understanding and service to others.  And without Love, their "Faith" and their "Hope" is absolutely worthless and has no benefit for the kingdom of God, nor will their "Faith" or their "Hope" bring anyone to the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.  So they profit nothing (1Co 13:1-3)!  So their faith is "Bankrupt"!

4. Mark 9:33-35 Love is putting our selves last (being a servant of all) - If we love others, we will never act like we are better than they are, and we realize that we too deserve Gods wrath and judgments as well as they do.  We will remember from where we first came from and who we actually were in our wicked conditions.  We are called to serve Jesus Christ by serving others.  We are not called to be served, but to serve (Servant to all Mt 20:26).  Friend we serve others according to our talents, our abilities, our time and our resources that God has blessed us with (Mt 24:14-30).  We should never be selfish with all that God has given us.  We must serve and share our blessings with others so that our service to God is done and his Glory is known to all!

5. 1Co 13:4a Love is Patient - Friend, what is the meaning of being patient?  The MSN Works 9 Dictionary puts it this way; capable of waiting: able to endure waiting, delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset.  Friend, especially when we are very tired, or had a really bad day, this can be a difficult thing for us to do because of our weak flesh that constantly fights against the spirit of God, the spirit of truth. (Jn 14:17, 15:26, 16:13)  But this is something that we must learn as we grow in our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.  We must work out our salvation in trembling and fear (Php 2:12).  Look at it this way, God has been extremely patient with us, with all of our sins, and our stubbornness or we would not even be here today if he wasn't patient!  So let us learn to be patient with others as God has been patient with us.

6. 1Co 13:4a Love is Kind - Friend to be kind is to be polite, courteous and thoughtful towards those around us.  Being kind also means to use our manners, to be respectful in regards to how we interact with others.  If we are driving on the road, we share that road with others.  So let us be courteous drivers.  If we be at the store or the mall, let us be patient, and be kind with the workers and with the customers.  Even though there are people that we do not like, we should still use our manners, and be kind to them when we interact with them.                                                                As Jesus said; "Love Your Neighbor".  (Exodus 20:12-17, Leviticus 19:18 & MT 22:39)

7. 1Co 13-4b Love is not Jealous - We should never compare our selves to someone else, weather it be what they have, their financial status, their success or their appearance as so many do.  We should not covet anything of our neighbors (Exodus 20:17).  We should be confident in Jesus Christ and only examine our selves (2Co 13:5) as the Holy Scriptures states.  Let us never be envious of others, because if we do then we are not displaying the Love of Jesus Christ to others.  And friend BEWARE of the TV programs, movies and such that encourages sin and takes sin lightly!  They encourage people to compare them selves to others rather than compare our selves to Jesus Christ. We are to be Christ Like (Romans 8:29).  So friend put off the envy, the jealousy and put on the image of Jesus Christ (Eph 4:17-32) without comparing your selves to some one else (2Co 10:12).

8. 1Co 13:5 Love does not act unbecomingly - Friend let us honor Jesus Christ in public or in private by acting in a loving and dignified way and not disgrace or dishonor Jesus Christ in any way.  A good example is near Thanksgiving, the day of "Black Friday" is very unholy to say the least..   Many people on that day behave worse than animals with rabies.  Their behaviors are so disgraceful that most cultures would look down on those people with absolute disgust.  And their behaviors is for what? For a good deal on products such as a new Elmo doll, that will soon wear out and end up in the trash anyways?  Friend that is just one example of acting disgracefully. And that is not loving our neighbors, and not showing the Love of Jesus Christ towards of others. That behavior does not glory God at all!

9. 1Co 13:5a Love does not seek its own - This my friend is an unselfish type of Love, that involves giving, kind and caring to and about others.  We do not seek our own happiness without first considering others. When we seek our own happiness does it hurt others in the same process?  Is our attitude "Me First, Me First?"  And in our own households is our happiness based upon our own selfish needs without first considering the needs of our children, or our spouse?  Do we go out and do our own thing and leave our children and spouse at home?  Divorce usually happens because of one or both spouses saying, "Me First, Me First"!  And when we drive are we considerate towards other drivers, and if possible, let others out of a side street to get in front of us?  Or do we cut others off on the roads ways and drive like we personally own the road?  Friend is say this, the reason why divorce rates are so high even in the churches is because so many people seeks their own ways, rather than have a relationship that is a giving to the other spouse & children.  ALWAYS divorces are the results of selfish and self seeking people with out any regards to the other spouse or the children!

10. 1Co 13:5a Love is not provoked - We are not easily angered, and we do not quickly get over emotionally about anything. Those who are at peace with their relationship with Jesus Christ, will be calm in a normal or general situation.  We are confident in our Lord Jesus Christ, and we are not insecure with our relationship with Jesus Christ.  There can be exceptions to this rule such as a car wreck, an explosion, or one that displays a righteous anger as Jesus Christ did about the people that bought and sold at the church and such.  But as far as under normal circumstance we are to react in a calm normal attitude towards others without easily getting bent out of shape.  That is why we are told to not even trust our own hearts, they are deceitful (Jer 17:9) because our understanding we can not rely on nor trust in our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5).  We don't see what the Lord sees, and many judge by appearance (John 7:2$) that covers up what's really hidden in a persons heart, rather than making a right judgment..

11. 1Co 13:5b Love does not take into account wrong suffered - Loving others means for us not to keep no record of wrongs that others have done to us. We must forgive them for their sins that they have done to us (Mt 5:44-48).  We should never think back after putting our hands to the plow (Lk 9:62), and say this person did this wrong to me, or that has wronged to me.  When God forgive us, does he keep a record of what we done wrong in the past?  No he doesn't!  And if we keep record of wrongs done to us, then how have we forgiven others?  And how can God not keep records of our wrongs that we have done to him and others?  It is written that if we want God to forgive us, that we must forgive others (MT 6:12, 6:14) .  If we don't then God will not forgive us either!

12. 1Co 13:6a Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness - If we love others we will not delight in people falling into sin, or bad things happening to them.  It is written; Proverbs 24:17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 18 lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.
    We will not rejoice even when our enemies fall due to their sinful choices that they make. We will not rejoice over others sufferings.  If anything we will pity them, and have compassion on them and hopefully pray for their salvation in the hopes that they to may obtain Gods Saving Grace as we did.  Friend that is why many of the shows and movies on TV that we have no business watching.  Because they like most wicked people do rejoice over the fall of others.  We should never boast over the sufferings of others regardless of who they are.

13. 1Co 13:6 Love rejoices with the truth - The truth as Jesus is the way, THE TRUTH and the Life (Jn 14:16) we shall rejoice over with all praising and with all dancing unto our Lord Jesus Christ.  Love desires THE TRUTH in all things about all things regardless of what mankind says and does.  That truth is only found in God, not in mankind!  And we do not seek the truth from mankind, but WE DO seek the truth in Jesus Christ and we are happy with that and we rejoice with all measures of joy in the Lord Jesus Christ!

14. 1Co 13:7 Love bears all things - Love endures (put up with, tolerate) mankind's imperfections, mankind's sinfulness.  God is their Judge, not us (1Co 5:13) the unsaved, those outside of the Body of Jesus Christ.  We do not. We only judge those inside the church, the Body of Jesus Christ (1Co 5:12).  We our selves are not perfect, mainly due to our weak flesh, our weakened state of a weak mind, that so many of us are prone to be.  How can we look at the faults of others, such as nit picking, without first considering our own imperfections, our own downfalls and our weakened state.  So let us not pretend that we are more deserving of Gods love than others, because we are just as much as sinners as they are.

15. 1Co 13:7 Love believes all things - In other words my friend, this means to believe a person has good motives, good intent unless direct evidence other wise is seen.  We are not to believe a person has evil intentions unless there is evidence that says differently.  We should not prejudge others ever by their appearance, or any other way. As Jesus told us to not judge by mere appearances, but make a right judgment (Jn 7:24).

16. 1Co 13:7 Love hopes all things - This is the hope that all things turn out well, even with bad people, even with those who either lost hope, or has no hope, even when natural disasters strikes, or when mankind himself does evil or plans evil and such.  The hope in Jesus Christ that all things in the end may turn out for the good, and glorify God in accordance to his Holy ways and his Holy will for his good pleasure (Php 2:13) and for the good of those that loves him.

17. 1Co 13:7 Love endures all things - With love we shall endure (to tolerate-to stand firm) in persecutions, from our parents or relatives that hates us, from those who hate us, from those who try's to damage our reputation, falsely accuses us, puts us in prison for false reasons and even puts us to death for false reasons.  This is the hope that we do not lose our faith in Jesus Christ, that we do not deny him, that we do not compromise our faith under any condition or circumstance.

18. 1Co 13:8 Love Never fails - Love (agape Love) is always guaranteed to never fail.  Love itself, if done in Gods way, not mankind's way, in truth and in sound doctrine is extremely powerful to the point that Peter says; that "Love Covers a Multitude of Sins."  It is Love that satan, his demons and his servants (unsaved mankind) DOES NOT HAVE!  And it is Love that conquers all forms of evil if it be small sins or large sins, LOVE CONQUERS THEM ALL!  The greatest weapon against temptations, and against satans arrows (attacks) is LOVE!  LOVE NEVER FAILS in any and all circumstances!  It is when we do not use LOVE that we fall into sin, and do evil our selves, and then by that we hand the victory of the battle over to satan, until, we use the LOVE OF GOD, our LOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER that we start winning the war of Good and evil once again!

    It is written; Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. ESV