1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant. It is interesting that love is known not only for what it is but also for what it is not. It can be hard to describe what love is but we all understand […]
1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag. Boy, you ought to see the synonyms for this one. Here are some of the ones my computer thesaurus retrieved for braggart: boaster, showoff, bigmouth, loudmouth, windbag and egotist. Interesting, huh? I am especially intrigued by “egotist.” […]
1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient, love is kind, and [love] is not jealous. We have heard that God is a jealous God (Exodus 20: 5), so how does this make sense? Well, it is true. As the song says, “God don’t play second fiddle.” He will have no other gods before Him. However, […]
1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient, love is kind. Kindness is a consistent theme all through the Bible. God has continually shown His kindness to mankind. In the 25th Psalm David wrote, “Remember, O Lord, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses, For they have been from of old” (v. 6). David recognized and proclaimed that […]
1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient . . . Would you like to know the character traits of God? Did you realize they are listed in the Bible? Yep, they are. You see 1 John 4: 8 tells us that God is love. Then we read here in Corinthians that “love is” patient . […]
