Dear Father, we thank you that we have the opportunity to voice these requests, many requests, to Thee and for Thee. To answer, we ask Thee, Lord, that Thou wouldst be with those that have requested this, these matters. Give them grace for their strength to endure whatever they are enduring presently. And Lord, also, answer their prayers in a way that Thou canst in order to answer and solve the problems that they possess. It is not possible to solve all their problems, given the peace that passes understanding. Through salvation, if they're lost, and have them to know the Savior who loves them and died for them, they may have everlasting blessings in heaven and comfort on this earth, no matter what sorrow, what disease, what problems they may have. May it bless our ministry here, as we look at the work of Jesus. Amen. I'm in the book of 1 Corinthians, chapter 13. For those who are listening to us, we're glad that we have you here. Give us a call at 856-261-9018 or give us an email. Questions at bfdbc.org, glad to hear from you. Questions and comments, just simply say hello. All right, in 1 Corinthians chapter 13, the beginning of verse 12, and let's back up a little bit more, verse 11, and read 11, 12, and 13 together. When I was a child, and I think as a child, I understood as a child, and I thought as a child, so why did I become a man? I thought I was a child of the saints. And now I receive the earth-bound authority, but in the face of the face, now I know for I am, and then shall I know, even though I also am unknowable. And now I write this faith, O Sanctuary. But the greatest of these is charity. Back in verse number 11, there's an illustration of what we've seen before. In a few verses ahead of this, how many things will pass away when the Bible is completed? What are the things that are mentioned in earlier verses after that? Prophecy. Prophecy is one. Yes, Perry, go ahead, Perry Peterson. Please. Yeah, hi, I'm Deirdre. Um, Brian's Aunt Dottie died. She was his brother's sister, and he was very close to her, so we just wanted to let you know, okay? Well, thank you. Brian's? Aunt Dottie. Aunt Dottie. Well, thank you, Perry, I appreciate that. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Bye-bye. So, what are the four things, real quick, so that Aunt and Auntie? Perry, Brian, and Brian's Aunt Dottie died. She died. Aunt Dottie. And I'd wrap it up for Brian. All right, thank you, Faith. Yes, sir. What are some of the things that have passed away from the scriptures that have been completed 90 to 100 A.D. here in this person? Yes, after that. Knowledge. Knowledge. Full, full. I don't care what else. What else has passed away in these persons? I'm so happy to see that. Tongue. Tongue is another thing. I don't know. All faith? No. I don't know what your question is. What are the things that are best for you to say? Prophecies. Prophecies, right. One more. Fair. I think that's your answer. He said knowledge? So in 1 Cor 8, tongues, prophecies, tongues, knowledge, full knowledge, There's just three, I guess. I didn't know four. So now, in verse number 12, or number 11, rather, it says, when I was a child. What does that refer back to? What's it called? I think what it says is that the Christians had first come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In other words, they have to depend on the character of the saint. What's he saying? I think what he means is that the real thing is to study and read, to study and know scriptures, and to study and know the scriptures which we can all, in other words, which we can all go spiritually. I think that's what he's trying to say. That's possible. In the context, what do you think of this child? The child, I mean, he's comparing a person to the church. And when a person is a child, they speak in a childish way. They don't have logical thoughts that are coherent. And I understood as a child, and I thought as a child. So in the same way, when the church was a child, they had these spiritual gifts to demonstrate that, you know, this ministry was of God. And now they're going to put them away because the church is becoming a man. It's getting the completion of the scriptures. It's temporary, just like a baby sitting down. I never thought of this, the child being the church. I thought it meant, I thought it was Paul speaking about himself, and then we as believers can... Well, it's really an illustration, really. It's an illustration, like when a child is young, when he's first grown up, you know, he does certain things that are sort of, as we say, childish. When he becomes of age, he puts away the childish things. I mean, we know a lot of people, once they become of age, they no longer play cowboys and Indians, you know, they no longer do all these other They don't play that anymore. They don't play with their Legos. They don't come with the trains and all these different things you used to play with as a child. All this stuff's put away, and they're forward to doing things that are not child-like. Because the canon of Scripture is completely different. It's an illustration of the Church. These things were renegatory things, so that the Church would have time to grow up spiritually, And it becomes full worth of completion of the growth when the canon of scripture is completed. I was just going to say, it's an illustration. Illustration is a picture. A picture of something else. Using one sort of a, talking about one thing that really applies to something else. And in this context, it's clearly talking about spiritual gifts. So I mean, it doesn't seem like there's really any debate about that. Is the scripture just permanent or temporary? Intertemporate. These are listed here. There are nine of them altogether. The five ones. The five gifts. The five gifts. The other gifts are five. So these are the kind of things. And what word shows in verse number 12 or number 11, rather, that these gifts are no longer with us? What's the phrase that is used? When I became a man, what happened? Any answer? I put away childish things. I put away these childish things. So when the scripture is complete in 90 or 100 B.E. all these things went. So that's the interesting. Then in verse number 12. What is meant by now we see through a glass directly? What does that first part of that verse say to Abel? Our understanding is somewhat vague. All right. And that may also mean that There is a lot about heaven that we do not know, because it hasn't been revealed to us. We come to the Lord in faith, and we have full trust in Him, but not everything is perfectly clear. Questions at bfcbc.org, 856-261-9018. You know, she threw a glass. Uncompleted canon of scripture. We're looking at the canon of scripture. So that's not completely. So it's foggy. So that's why this person gets from the science of the science. The science were needed until that glass became less foggy. The story became clear. When we're very first saved, we don't know very much about the Bible unless we've been taught as a child before we were saved. So all of our talking about the Bible, all of our communication with other Christians is all very childish compared to a seasoned Christian. That doesn't mean there's anything wrong. In fact, it's very sweet to see a new believer be awakened with the Kingdom of the Lord. Dr. Lee, this is really amazing to me because I didn't realize that, you know, in verse 11 and in this area right here, he's verses around it. could be analogous to the Church, and maybe also, I wonder if it could be analogous to the Word, because, you know, as a child, I liked candy a lot, you know, they got play foods, you know, Jell-O and Sunny Shades and that kind of thing, but As I got older, I realized it wasn't nourishing. It wasn't nourishing. I needed the solid food. So, you know, I needed the kintex for a drink. I couldn't go back to, you know, silly stuff. I remember the first time I went to get a Bible. I thought, oh, I can't understand the Old Testament. and you know that was years ago. But I'm kind of relating what this verse 11 says to food, you know, and the nourishment we get with the King James Bible. Amen. Thank you. Well, thank you, Marlene. That's very good. Thank you for calling. That's great, Marlene. Praise the Lord. Yes, that's very good. We appreciate that. Any others will call, give us a call at 856-261-9018 or questions at BFTBC.org. Get back to Dan. Today's new Christians today do not need signed gifts to aid in understanding the United Scripture. They completely can't know Scripture until they can see clearly. It takes a while for them to grow spiritually, but nonetheless they can grow spiritually and mature without the signed gifts being present. I'm just looking at this phrase, we see through a glass darkly, and it reminds me of, wait a minute, I'm sorry, let me look. Is that the verse? Oh yeah, that's what it's called. Yeah, okay. And I was thinking of 2 Corinthians 3.18, but we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord. We are changed in the same image from glory to glory. even as by the Spirit of the Lord. And that reminds me of James 1.23, which would clearly indicate that this is the Word of God. For if any man be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. Let me go to the next verse. But it says, looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, heaving not a forgetful hair, but a joy in the work, that is managed to be blessed in his deeds. So, you know, it seems pretty clear that it's a word of God. Yes. All these temporary sign gifts, God used before the Bible was complete. So they were going to inform the people of God. By night or however day He came along, the whole Bible was complete. That's what we need. And now we have people in the various churches, whether it's Charismatic, Pentecostal, faking these gifts. They're no longer there. But they fake them and say, we've got it. We just added the scriptures and taking away from the scriptures. That's horrible. That's it. Don't add to my word. Don't take it away. It's finished. It's complete. So these are things, questions at bfdbc.org, 856-261. I don't want to give us a call or comment, but I hear from him. So then, in verse number 12 at the end, I know in part, then I shall know. And when will that future, you think, take place? When I shall know. Any answer to that? The then. Well, we know what God wants us to do. When we're face to face with Jesus, we know. That could be face to face, that's certainly part of it. Yes, absolutely. When we're looking into the perfect law of liberty. That's right. When we're looking into the perfect law of liberty, the Bible is completed. We see it in a glass fracture, but here it could be face to face. One part, then we're showing you the lateral, so that we'll know what does that give us. How do we know that we have the complete Word of God? And then how do the people decide This is the complete Word of God. I can understand the Old Testament, sorry, but the pistils and all that, they were letters. Well, they determined some of these letters, like in the Apocrypha, they did not say this is the Word of God. They didn't even mention it. They just say, oh, they're history pictures and so on. But the Scriptures have been apprehended. They've been acted upon by different church groups. They've concluded that these 27 in the New Testament, 39 in the Old, are the words of God. And they argued back and forth. Many of them liked the Book of James or whatever. But it was finally decided, this is scripture, it tells us the scripture, and nothing else should be added. Of course, Revelation says, this is the end of all these things that have been spent. Yeah, Bill? Jesus also promised to keep his word, and it would not pass away. Yes. Until the end. We can rely on that. So that's how we know that we have the complete word of God. He said heaven and earth shall pass away. But my words shall never go away. How many places have I told you the root is? Huh? I had a question. Oh shoot. How many did I? Three. Where are they? Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The very same words. Paul? Let me say this word that heaven and earth shall pass away for my word. Yes, that's right, exactly right. Well, I never thought about this too much until lately. But how, people, if somebody wrote a letter, like if Paul wrote a letter to me, would that be scripture or would it only be scripture when he wrote to a fellow pastor or something? How do we know that it's scripture? We have the scripture that has been recorded. We have the Hebrew Aramaic and Greek originals. It's just that people have accepted it, and we've accepted it as well, just by faith. They accept what is given to us. It's complete. Every word of scripture comes from God. Paul was writing a letter to Mrs. Waite. then the Lord would have dictated it to Paul, and Paul would have written it down. Then that would be scripture. But if Paul were simply writing a letter to Mrs. Lee, that would not be scripture. That's right. But that's a question many people ask, how do we know we have? It's a matter of faith. It's been completely analyzed through the centuries. The first century when the Bible was begun and completed to the present time. There have been arguments about it, These people have decided this is it, and we accept it, that's all by faith. But people have battled this for many centuries, and they've come up with 37 books, 39 books in the Old Testament, 27 in the New. Yes, Bill? Isn't that the providence of God? Yes, it could be the providence of God. Then in verse 13, there are three things. What are the three things that abide? Not tongues, not prophecies, not these nine special scientists, but Bill and then Tang. Faith, hope, and charity. Okay, Tang. How is he defined? Each of those. Faith. He has that faith. So that's Mrs. Peterson. That's right. The question is, is that faith or is it just faith? I don't know whether it's a Greek in the Arctic or not. It could be. Because they think that's most of us. Yeah, I didn't quite buy it back. Absolutely. OK, so the answer is yes. David Howell from South Carolina. If that's the way you got it everybody, good evening. I just wanted to just look at more, if you have any more information on the lab part of the Ringwell, where it sits within Shell, I know even also as I am known, if you could give me an explanation of that as far as contextually this chapter, I would surely appreciate that. Well that's good. Thank you, Dave. Let's wave to Dave Howell over there somewhere. Come on, let's wave. Thank you. Any comments on that? Relating to? I would relate it to Dave this way. We see through a glass record, then face to face. If that refers to our being with the Lord, His presence in heaven, we know in part now, we'll know even as I've also known, and we will know fully We won't be perfect, but we know we should not be like God. We'll know much more than we know today. As I am now, right now, we've been known by the Lord. His omniscience and omnipresence. He knows what we are. Our thoughts, our words, our actions. And we will know Him. And we shall see Him as He is. And we'll know a lot of things about Heaven, because we'll be in Heaven when the Lord calls us home. Yeah? I thought we understood that to be when the see through right now or see through glass darkly in the context of times before the candle was complete. And then face to face when the scripture. And when we're looking into the perfect law of liberty, looking through a glass darkly, I mean, is that it could be because I take that verse and I say this shows that this was this is when the Lord and when you see the Lord, when the Lord returns. You know, when the Lord comes, or when, you know, in New Trinity, this is when this verse refers to, and then they take the whole context that's referring to that. So, in other words, the tongues aren't going to pass away until Heaven. But we counter that, do we not, by the idea that when that which is perfect has come, and it's a neuter, it's not what He is perfect. I know, but what I'm trying to get at is in this verse, also in that same context, I mean, Do we, is it possible that when I, but then I shall know even as also I am known? Could be, we're not. Because we know, if we have the scripture, we know the mind of God. Yes. Which, without the scripture we don't have the mind of God. That's right, so we don't know this, we don't know it. That's a possibility, surely. Scripture does give us wisdom. Come around, go right ahead. Let's see if I know how to get this. It's hard. It's hard to run. Well, there are just cancer. That's right. That's right. Right. There should be a says I'm on my way. Can you tell me later? There's something that's supposed to click up higher. It's the answer, I guess. Missed call. Open. Phone. Yes, Rep, right ahead. It's finally on. Over here. It's on. On the left. Go ahead. It's finally on. Over. Okay. Yeah. If I can get a hold of you. I got that. Okay. Um, double-tape service. Just an interest. We're a dead leak. That is a leak. That's what we get. And how do we know today that what we have in the Bible is really subject to the Word of God, when the Word of God testifies of itself? And, you know, the old saying that once a new testament is laid and all that stuff done, the judges have never abandoned the truth. And God has entrusted His Word to us. people because when they read it, when they read the New Testament, how do we know the New Testament is? Because the Old Testament, witnesses of it, the Word of Jesus Christ over and over, witnesses of it, the Apostle Paul over and over, they've heard it from it, and that is one way to know it. There's so many that go through my mind right now, but there's just one point there that they both refer to witness of each other dearly. This is a new testament. This is the old testament. Yes. Let's wave to Rob. Thank you very much. We appreciate that very much, Rob. And it is true, Tammy, as you say, that it could refer also to the temporary gifts that are sign gifts, that would be the completed canon of scripture, but also the face-to-face could also refer to when we see the Lord, we see him face-to-face and be like him. We know in part, but we don't know even as I am, to know all that God's Word wants us to know about in the Scripture. Not everything is there that we know, but if He wants us to know, He's got it written down. It is also known that He knows us from way back even before we were saved. He's omniscient and knows everything of thought, word, deed, and action. All right, any other comments on verse 12 before we move on? We've gotten to verse 13. That's the end, sir. There are three things here. Faith, the absent, the article is absent. And then we have the poem, or the saying, the new is in the old concealed, and the old is in the new revealed. That's right. The message here from Maine, go fast or waste, any word of greetings to you and all our BFK Church family. Thank you very much for tonight's Bible study. That's from Colonel Vicki. That's great, Colonel Vicki, I appreciate that very much. Thank you very much for listening. You should come see us, Vicky. Yeah, come and see us sometime when you can. Who knows? All right. Well, these are things that are very important. And the faith is the absence of doubt. The absence of what? The absence of doubt. OK. Faith in the Lord. Hope. Help is hope. The fact that there's a time. A future, but certain. A future, but certain. That's right. A future, but certain. Hope is despair, isn't it? Yes, despair is happiness, hope. Charity, what will that be? A copy of love. A copy of love, and all these things still stay, not like these temporary gifts that go past when the Bible is completed, but all through every part of the Old New Testament, faith abides. What does abide mean? Any hand on that? It remains. It remains, absolutely. Faith remains, hope remains, charity and love remain, all three. What's the greatest? That's it. Charity. Charity rates, that's right. And love, for those that, we've got to love those that are his own, that are Christian, but also those that are lost and unbelievers. We don't fellowship with them, we have to love them as God loved them. How many people does God love? The whole world, John 3, 16. God's love the whole world. By love, they just don't really tolerate what they do, what they say, what they believe. If they're lost and unbelievers, we should love them, try to win them. Any other comments on that before we move on to Chapter 14? Yeah, Bob. Well, I like the definition, great big-on definition of love, that's here. Just a little one in the good arms and all. And I have not charity, I have nothing. Why don't you read that to us? I don't have it in my Bible. You read it. I didn't want to read it. I didn't want to take over the show. Well, Pastor Dan can read it. Dan can read it. There's no show without a show. And the show just came out. You want to read it? Let Dan read it. The love of God for humanity, or love of one's fellow human being, an act of goodwill or affection, affiliate of goodwill, benevolence, kindness, or leniency in judging others, a voluntary giving of money or other help to those in need of money or help so given, and institution or other recipients of such help. In the King James Bible, charity is always a translation of the Greek word agape, a word that suggests unselfish, self-sacrificing concern. All right, thank you very much. Let's pause and next, we'll take on chapter 14. Do you have any other comments or questions before we close out? I think this is very interesting. Benevolence, kindness, or leniency and judging other leniency. We don't always have patience whenever we need to be with others. Good. Any other comments or questions we had before we close? Let us close in order for our Father to thank you for the verses that God has given to us tonight to look at, to talk about, to be interested in. Take care of us, Lord. Continue to bless and use us as we study this book of 1 Corinthians. Many things we don't understand, we try our best. Lead us and guide us. Bring us back to safety on the Lord's day. so we can listen to Thy Word, preach the Word, study in the afternoon, guide us and direct us in all we do, and help us to love Thee and love Thy Son, who gave Himself for us. In Jesus' name we ask. Amen.