RAGS, SEVEN
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irr ly, Lz iTrjy. n. g. ft ' vy, may 29', 1953.
THE WAY OF CHRISTUK LIFE
International Sunday School Lesson
for May 31, 1953. ,
Memory Selection: "Faith, hope,
loVe abide, these three; but the great
est of these is love." I Corinthians
13: 13 (R.S.V.).
Lesson Text: . I Corinthians 13: 1-13.
As pointed out in our lesson for last
week, there was some discord and
confusion among the members of the
' Church at Corinth, so much so that
. Paul felt it proper to write an epistle
'to them, advising them' and warning.'
them of the effects of their strife.
Then, nestled, among the other chap
ters is a chapter that stands in mark
ed contrast to the others. In it, Paul
gives the foundation stone for Chris
tian living love and then in a manner
; which someone has called "The Beati-
y tudes set to music," he sums up the
, ; crux of the matter in one of the love
' liest hymns ever composed by mortal
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'If you will examine it, you will
' find the 13th chapter of I Corinthians
divided neatly into three sections: the
.first- three verses dealing with the
values of love. In verses 4-7, the
virtues of love are delineated; . and
the victories of love are listed in
verses 8-13. ''
Paul makes it clear, in the very be
y ginning, that love is absolutely nec
essary if life, in any of its spheres,
. is to have any value or profit or mean
i ing whatever. No matter what one
would accomplish in this life, if it
does hot have its root or base in a
spirit of love, it cannot reach its high
est fruition. Certainly, in the realm
of the spirit, one who speaks, prays
or acts without love in his heart for
God or his fellowman, his actions are
empty, hollow and insincere. Jesus
; had something to say about those who
perform deeds without love in their
hearts "Many will say to me in that
day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophe
sied in thy name? and in thy name
have cast out devils? , and in thy
name done .many wonderful works?"
In verse 3, Paul proceeds to show
the contrast between the striking
works of love and love itself. It con
veys a rebuke of all pretentious giv
ing or self-sacrifice. . God looks be
yond our actions to the motives be
hind them. In verse 4, Paul points
out that the proof of the depth of
one's love is shown by its fruits. Love
is long-sufferjng,. is. kind. It js .not
quickly excited to anger or mission;
it is patient under provocation And
mild in spirit ' ft
It seems that the Corinthian Chris-
nans naa snowed a spirit or envy
and self-conceit in regard to the gifts
wnicii they possessed. In their seal
to get the best of these spiritual gifts,
or to make it appear that what they
had was the best, they . had forgotten
this greatest gift-r-Iove. Paul de
clared that "love envieth not, love
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
doth not behave itself unseemly, seek
,t eth not , its own, is not provoked,
laketh .hot account of evil, reioiceth
liot in iuireighteousnes8, but rejoices
with the truth; beareth all things;
believeth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things ,
"Love- never faileth." s Real love
' lasts to the end and love always wins.
, Love increases in degree but remains
the same in kind, while knowledge
and prophecy will be replaced by a
different kind of knowledge more
, perfect in degree and quality.. Paul
illustrates all this by describing the
growth and development of human
personality. As a man, he nut away
childish things.,. He matured, greatly
stronger in laith and in his knowledge
' of Jesus Christ:
Prof. George B. Sterns has given
' the following paraphrase of Paul's de
scription of love, which we think is
worth quoting here:
. "The noblest deeds of srenerositv.
: the greater deeds of self -sacrifice, are
morally worthless if love is not their
motive. Love is patient under prov
ocation, is not Jealous of other's good
fortunes, is not vainglorious nor proud,
is averse to unseemly contentions, is
; unselfish, -does hot yield to anger or
hate, nor harbor revenge; glories not
in the 'triumph of -wrong, but in the
triumphs of righteousness; endures,
trustp, expects, and perseveres without
limit.:'' y yyy v. yyy-Y,
i "Love is an imperishable virtue, the
gifts of prophecy, of tongues, of know
ledge,, serve a temporary, purpose and
shall pass away. For these gifts are
all partial, and the partial must all
give place to the perfect principle, the
source of all goodness. Our future
' perfection in love wifl- be as much
greater than our present spiritul en
dowments and attainments i as the
speech, and thought of mature man
hood are superior to those of child
' hood. For how imperfect is our pres
ent apprehension .of divine thingsl
' ' (Continued on Page Three) 1
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