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In the previous article , I started to share what Love is. I share the passive and active functions of love, being that it is patient and the same time, kind.   In today's article, I shall progress to share what LOVE is. “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up” I Corinthians‬ ‭13:4‬‬‬   The next thing to consider is that Love does not envy or get jealous. Envy is a sense of dissatisfaction with and opposing to the prosperity and Happiness of others compared to your own. I will also say that “Envy is pain at the sight of Excellence or beauty in another.”   Envy promotes unhealthy competition and rivalry among people. Rilvary is the most conspicuous trait of men in their relations with one another. We see it everywhere. And most ridiculously, in the church of God.   The motivation many people have is to be better than their next neighbor. Someone once asked me, “What is wrong with being motiv...

  “ Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; ” ‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭13:4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬   At the close of the previous article , I started to Share about the behavior of Love from 1 Corinthians 13.   How does love behave?   It's essential to know and understand how Love behaves in the Bible. Else, what we would be carrying in our mind is the societal definition of what Love is. But our society is not licensed to define Love because they don't know about it.    God is Love. Love only comes from Him. For us, It is only a relationship with Him that will guarantee us access to understand and express His Divine Love.    The first behavior of Love (From 1 Corinthians 13) I started to share in the last article is “Love is patient and Kind.”   Patience is a premium in our society today. Society has been shaped in such a way that you can have whatever you want quickly. Different things have been tag...

    In the previous article , I shared the two reasons from 1 Corinthians 13 why we all need to prioritize love above every other. Today, I will be sharing the third point.   “ And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. ”  I Corinthians 13:3   Naturally, we would think that all the sacrifices mentioned show a display of love. No! Paul pointed out that even though you may give and feed the poor to the extent that you get your body burnt, yet may not be operating in love. Paul said,  “ Such sacrifice will profit nothing. ”   When you look at the scripture, you'll see that there is blessedness God has attached to every sacrifice. For instance, Proverbs 22:9 reads,  “ He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor. ”  Even though many people engage in this sacrifice, namely, helping the poor, they don't receive the blessedne...

In this week's article, I will further introduce 1 Corinthians 13 as we continue to look at the First Characteristic of the Fruit of the Spirit—Love.  Love is the personality of God Himself. And He has revealed and expressed Himself—love through His Son Jesus Christ when He came to pay the ultimate price for our sins. Hence, having received His love through the life-giving Spirit, we also can enjoy and conduct our lives by it. In 1 Corinthians chapter 13, The Apostle Paul calls out some of these spiritual gifts, especially the ones common among the Corinthian Christians. Paul wrote, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, but have not loved, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.” These guys could speak different languages without learning them. And they are so proud of it. No wonder Paul dedicated an entire chapter to addressing the issue of speaking in a tongue in the correct order. That shows how treasurable the gift is in this church.  However, Paul...