20180812 extraordinary citizens
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How does citizens of the kingdom of God live? What sets them apart?
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20180812 extraordinary citizens
- 3. 1 Cor 13:13 NIV And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
- 4. Matt 22:36-40 NLT "Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?" Jesus replied, "'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
- 5. Matt 22:36-40 NLT The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments."
- 6. 1 Cor 13:1-3 If I speak in the tongues, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
- 7. 1 Cor 13:4-7 NIV Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- 8. 1 Cor 13:8-13 NIV Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.
- 9. 1 Cor 13:8-13 NIV When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
- 10. Luke 6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
- 11. Love is … • Doing the right thing • For the right reasons • In the right way • For the right person • At the right time
Editor's Notes
- Thanks to Gordon Fee for his commentary, The First Epistle to the Corinthians.
- Obviously love is a big deal in the kingdom. Because our King is love and our kingdom is built on love being a citizen is all about loving. This kingdom is about life and death yet we must choose it and respond to it out of love, not duty, obedience or fear but love.
- The kingdom is like this, you and I are adopted into a family with a loving father. We come from a scary place but God opened His home for us and wants to make us children with full rights. The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture. But adoption is not just about being a child with rights but also how to live in a family. Like Lauren found it challenging to learn what it means to be a Morlan. By accepting forgiveness offered in Christ’s death we are adopted into God’s family and through discipleship we learn how to live in God’s household. We learn who He is, what love is and how to respond in love.
- What is love and how do we do it? Spiritual Excellence or Excellence of Knowledge and Faith or Excellence of Goodness or Excellence in Self-Denial. Paul writes to the Corinthians, the problem child of the New Testament churches. They needed correction on a number of issues, how they held communion, fulfilled their promise to give money, expressed their sexuality , schisms, etc. This portion is also placed right between Paul’s discourse on operating in the gifts of the Spirit in chapter 12 and 14. Paul is again bringing some adjustment to the Corinthians in regards to what they thought was the true mark of a citizen of the kingdom. They seemed to believe that the believers operating in the gifts of the Spirit, charismata was the true sign of being part of the kingdom while Paul reminds them that there is another quality that is the true mark of a citizen of the kingdom. Therefore he starts with “If I speak in the tongues (of angels),” an act that for the Corinthians showed great spirituality this coupled with spiritual knowledge and foreknowledge and strong faith was what qualified a person to be a great Christian. A Person that acted with these charismata, gifts that the Spirit endowed, is truly the person that has arrived. But Paul draws them back to remember that the true mark of a follower of Christ is that they walk in love. Paul that believers can do these acts but that may not necessarily be possessing love. He is not finding fault with the action, saying that it is unloving, he is pointing to the actor stating that he/she may not be doing the act out of love. Paul does not discredit the charismata or diminish it’s importance but he puts it in its place as being secondary to agape. The Corinthians were speaking in tongues and focusing on being spiritual but had no concern for building up the community. If one does this your tongues become like pagan noise, the beating of gongs and cymbals, that they so often did. He also includes the extreme acts of great sacrifice done so that one can boast. I can give to the poor and even give my self to suffering but this can be mere acts to try and buy spiritual credibility, but these actions will supply me with nothing. It is only acts that is motivated by love that is in keeping with being a kingdom citizen. Because then I am acting as my King did.
- He showed us that: Love is patient, and that love is kind – These are the active and passive responses of love. Love is long suffering, it is patient like God has been with us but love also acts in kindness. The God of love did not only hold back judgement but provided mercy. This is how we are to live towards others. Love does not behave in the following ways: Envy – It does not measure itself against others and causes strife because of being envious of another. This creates a sense of competition, like the Corinthians had factions and competed for followers. Boast – “Self centered action in which there is an inordinate desire to call attention to oneself.” Gordon Fee We cannot boast and love at the same time. Proud – To be puffed up and arrogant. For Paul this was the Corinthians’ greater sin, they thought they were so spiritual but completely missed the mark. Dishonour others – Rude, to behave shamefully or disgracefully. Self-seeking – Seeking the good of self without regard of the good of others. Love does not believe finding oneself is the highest good nor self-gain, self-justification or self worth but rather to seek the good of ones neighbor. Easily angered – It is not easily provoked or upset by others. It knows that people are in a fallen state and is not caught riled up by their sin. Keeps no record of wrongs – It does not build a black book and devise ways to get even. It is not focused on settling the score but like Jesus on the cross seeks to forgive. It does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth – Agape love is what God showed to us and what we must now do. Love is on the side of the gospel that looks for mercy and justice for all even those with whom one disagrees. Love always protects, trusts, hopes and perseveres – Love is strong it can face the sin of this world it rises to the challenge of hatred because it is confident in the future. Love has hope that God’s work is winning and it works tirelessly to see His kingdom come. Love never ceases to have faith it never loses hope. It is not that we always believe naively the best of everyone but that we believe in the power of love to change anything.
- Love is eternal, charismata will cease, they are temporal. Love is greater than all because it is eternal. The charismata is very valuable for this world in this time but it will cease.
- God is love. He defines love because He is love within the Trinity we see love, Agape love. We see some of God’s love in this world, we know somethings like a person that saw a photo of another but one day we will meet the person.
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