32 - The Excellency Of Love (Part 1)

The Bible’s simplest description of God—which is really God’s description of Himself since He inspired the men who wrote it—is that “God is love” (1 John 4:16). If we are indeed children of God through faith in Jesus Christ, who share in His nature (see 2 Peter 1:4), then we tool should exhibit love to others. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul emphasizes this point unlike any other passage in Scripture. It may be, from a literary viewpoint, the greatest passage the apostle Paul ever penned. As such, it has been called the hymn of love, a lyrical interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount, and the Beatitudes set to music.