1 Corinthians 13

​1 Corinthians 13 is about something we’re all familiar with, something we all hold true in our lives as Christians, something so precious and important that all of our beliefs and motivations are based off of it…love. Jesus suffered the most painful and humiliating death ever devised by man and displayed perfect and selfless love for us by doing so. We as Christians are constantly striving to be imitators of Christ, meaning we must also strive to achieve this perfect love and it should be the motivation for everything that we do. God’s love is never conditional and ours shouldn’t be either. Just look at the status of the world today, there’s so much hate, disruption, and violence and it’s becoming commonplace. When we display true selfless love the world takes a step back in disbelief, and that is what distinguishes us as followers of Christ from everybody else. If you want to shake a non-believer to their very core then love them. The chapter says that there’s only three things that will last forever and that’s faith, hope, and love and love is the most important out of the three, and if we don’t have that behind our actions then it’s all for nothing.
​So next time when that dude cuts you off in traffic, don’t freak out (I’ve done it too), but take a deep breath and remember Jesus loves that person unconditionally, and we should too. The same love that flowed out of Christ and His disciples while they were on the earth is the same love that should flow out of us today. I know this is fundamental to us as Christians, and I don’t write this to make it seem like those reading don’t know what this is about, but sometimes we all need a reminder of why we do what we do, because God is love.
Love you guys
Tyler