Pastor Aaron E. Lavender
Sunday Morning, September 20, 2015
Sermon-09202015-What should Matter Most to Christians
“What Should Matter Most To Christians”
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
I. The Distinctiveness Of Our Love: 1 Cor. 13:1-3
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Our love should be higher than the SENSATIONAL (v.1)
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Our love should be higher than the SPECTACULAR (v.2)
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Our love should be higher than the SACRIFICIAL (v.3)
II. The Description Of Our Love: 1 Cor. 13:4-11
A. The FEATURES of our love (vv.4-7)
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Our love suffers long (v.4)
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Our love is kind (v.4)
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Our love is not envious (v.4)
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Our love is never on parade (v.4)
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Our love is not proud (v.4)
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Our love never behaves unseemly (v.5)
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Our love is not self-centered (v.5)
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Our love is not easily agitated (v.5)
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Our love thinks no evil (v.5)
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Our love does not rejoice in sin (v.6a)
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Our love rejoices in the truth (v.6)
B. The FORTITUDE of our love (vv.7-11)
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Our love bears all things (v.7)
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Our love believes all things (v.7)
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Our love hopes all things (v.7)
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Our love endures all things (v.7)
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Our love never fails (vv.8-12)
III. The Durability Of Our Love: 1 Cor. 13:13
CONCLUSION: HOW WELL DO YOU LOVE?
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Do you love God more than anything else in the world (Matthew 22:37-38;
see John 21:15, “Do you love Me more than these?”)?