And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding the glory of the Lord are being changed into His likeness from one degree of glory to another.
-- 2 Corinthians 3:18
We may spend time amid the wonders of Creation, admiring and searching the natural world and have an exact knowledge of Genesis, but unless all this makes us more like Jesus, it matters little.
We may know the words of the prophets by heart and have a clear vision of the Revelation to John, but unless this knowledge makes us gentle and patient like Jesus, we are wasting our time.
We may serve our brethren faithfully and entertain them regularly, but unless they begin to see the Hands and Feet of Jesus at work in us, it will all be forgotten.
We may think we have clear insight into the Scriptures and understand the intricacies of the covenants, but unless they make us love others as Jesus loved, then our knowledge is but a tinkling bell.
We may be able to recite the words of Jesus perfectly, but unless He lives in us every moment of every day, those words stored in our memories are not doing their work.
We may move among God's people and enjoy their company, but unless we are prepared to wash the feet of everyone who knows the Lord, we are not loving as He did.
We may give a helping had to a weary traveler, but unless we can love the unlovable and touch the untouchable, we have not become fully like Jesus.
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1 Corinthians 13
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 have not love, I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient
Love is kind
It does not envy
It does not boast
It is not proud
It is not rude
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.
Love never fails.
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