Prophecies – fail – but faith abides (for now) Tongues – cease – but hope abides (for now) Knowledge – vanishes away – but love never fails -- it never ends
II. That which is Perfect v. 9-10
A. A Time of Partial Knowledge v. 9
B. The Perfect makes the Partial Unnecessary v. 10
The question is – “what is the perfect” that comes which makes the partial unnecessary?
The Greek word is to teleiov. It is a neuter word – and that is significant – because we can't say, “When HE who is perfect has come”.
III. Two Illustrations and Two Applications 11-12
A. The child
The pre-schooler can speak – understand – and reason – but their speaking is limited – their understanding is immature – and their reasoning is often selfish.
B. The Mirror
Numbers 12:6-8 -- The prophets in Corinth were battling for supremacy one with another – but God spoke directly to Moses. In 2 Corinthians Paul will defend his own apostleship against those who tried to contradict Paul's message.
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Great Sermon! I never before saw, from this chapter on love, how Paul is actually telling us that prophecy, tongues, and knowledge are done away, for now abides faith, hope and love. It is good to know that the context of this love chapter is to the church, a church very much in trouble. I'm very grateful for this message, it has opened my eyes to see much more than I ever saw before.
Pastor Steve came to Christ at the age of 11. He graduated from Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in 1979 with a B.A. in theology as the Valedictorian of his class. He joined our church in 1978, came on staff, full-time in 1980, was ordained as an Elder in 1982, and became...