February 3, 2023 – Choose Love over Knowledge
Sermon: 0952 Real Love
Pray Over This
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 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.”
Ponder This
A little boy was reading the Bible, and he saw some pictures and some listings of angels. He read there about the cherubim and the seraphim and he asked his daddy, “Daddy, what is the difference between the cherubim and seraphim?” Suppose your little boy asks you that question, would you know? Well, this daddy didn’t know but he said, “Son, we’ll look it up. He got down some commentaries and he found that cherubim comes from a Hebrew word which means “knowledge” and seraphim comes from a Hebrew word which means “flame.” This commentary went on to say that it was commonly believed or supposed that the cherubs, therefore, were angels that excelled in knowledge and the seraphs were angels that excelled in love. And the little boy thought about that and then said, “Daddy when I die will I be a seraph? I’d rather love God than know everything.”
Love excels knowledge. Love excels faith. Faith is wonderful. Without faith, you can’t be saved, but what Paul is saying is if you have enough faith that you can remove mountains and yet you can’t remove malice, what good is it? If your heart is headquarters for hate but you could remove mountains, what good would it be?
- When has someone expressed God’s love clearly to you? How did that impact you?
- How has god’s love changed you? How has that changed how you love others?
Practice This
Express God’s love to someone today through encouragement, service, prayer, or a thoughtful gift.
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