“ Love never fails. Prophecies will cease, tongues will be silent, knowledge will pass away. Our knowledge is imperfect and our prophesying is imperfect. When the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away. When I was a child I used to talk like a child, think like a child, reason like a child. When I became a man I put childish ways aside. Now we see indistinctly as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. My knowledge is imperfect now; then I shall know even as I am known. There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope, and love --- and the greatest of these is love" <1Cor 13: 8-13>
2007-03-16 15:15:01
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answered by Giggly Giraffe 7
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(1 Corinthians 13:1-3) . . .If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels but do not have love, I have become a sounding [piece of] brass or a clashing cymbal. 2 And if I have the gift of prophesying and am acquainted with all the sacred secrets and all knowledge, and if I have all the faith so as to transplant mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my belongings to feed others, and if I hand over my body, that I may boast, but do not have love, I am not profited at all.
(1 Corinthians 13:13) . . .Now, however, there remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
*** g79 6/8 pp. 3-4 What Do You Expect From Your Religion? ***
Making an Examination
If you are a member of a religious group and you wish to be sure of the right religion, you will naturally look at your own religion first. You will want to know, primarily, these three things: (1)Â Does my religion help me to get an understanding of the Bible? Does it provide regular Bible study, with teachers qualified by study, knowledge and personal faith in the Word of God? (2)Â Have the doctrines made significant changes in the personalities and ways of its members, so that they are living genuine Christian lives, and do true love and unity prevail among them? (3)Â Does my church ‘keep itself unspotted from the world,’ not contaminated by its low level of morality, its politics, its selfish strife, as the Christian writer James describes the qualities of true religion at James 1:27?
Many persons in this time of unrest are taking a second look at their religion. Whether you are young or old, it is the appropriate time to do so. If you feel uneasy about your religion, first sit down and do some Bible reading, if possible with your wife or husband and other members of your family. Using a Bible concordance or dictionary, check to see if the teachings of your church are in line with the Bible. Then consider whether your religion is bearing good fruitage. Do the members express “love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control”? (Gal. 5:22, 23) Is there the motivation to teach Bible truths to others? Does your religion keep itself ‘unspotted from the world’?
If you find your religion wanting in some of these respects, look for those Christians who are exerting themselves to help others understand the Bible—who are willing to conduct a Bible study or discussion with you. See whether they do this in genuine love, not out of any commercial or selfish motive, but in the peaceable spirit of God’s Word. See whether they follow the pattern of Christ’s early disciples. Associate with those Christians who, in line with the Bible’s counsel, are ‘considering one another to incite to love and fine works.’—Heb. 10:24, 25.
If you do this, you may be sure that God will help you to get what you need from religion and, moreover, what truly satisfies your heart.—Matt. 6:33, 34.
2007-03-16 15:36:10
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answer #3
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answered by just cruzin' 1
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In Christianity we are to put God first above all and that includes loving our mate or our children. If we put God first, all the other things or people fall in place or correct order. God is an orderly God.
2007-03-16 15:15:41
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answered by Jeancommunicates 7
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