Saturday, October 23, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Love; What is it?
What is love? This is a very hard question to answer; there is a multitude of answers, and you kind of have to find that out on your own. People are always trying to define it, but love is just a word we use to try and explain an unexplainable feeling. There are many types of love. There is the love you feel for your family, your friends, your spouse or bf/gf, but the most important love to know is the love of God. What does the bible say of love?
1 Corinthians 13
Love
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If 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. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
So, let’s try and break that down: Starting with verse 1-3, If you speak not the words of love you’re just making noise. If you have miraculous abilities and faith, but you do not love, you have nothing. If you give all of yourself, but not in the name of love, it is for nothing.
Now verses 4-7: Basically this means that love is pure. There is only good in love. That is why God triumphs over evil, because the evil do not have the ability to love. This is the greatest weakness of evil.
Verses 8-12: Love is the end all. It never fails it is the greatest gift given to the world by God. His Promise of never-ending love will hold true. It is because of the love of the Lord that we may have eternal life. He loves us so much that he would put all of the sin of humanity on the weight of his son’s shoulders, and that he would sacrifice his son on the cross that we would live forever, and it is through love that God was able to bring his son back from death.
Verse 13: If you have ever asked the question, “What is the meaning of life?” this should answer your question: It is simple really, we are called to have faith, hope and love. To have faith in our Lord. To have hope for ourselves, our families, our friends, our neighbors, in humanity, but most importantly in God. Lastly, and most importantly to live the life of love that God intended us to live. You might hear people say, “Be like Jesus” if you want to be like Jesus all you have to do is to live a life of love.
Spread the love
-Tim Masters
1 Corinthians 13
Love
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If 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. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
So, let’s try and break that down: Starting with verse 1-3, If you speak not the words of love you’re just making noise. If you have miraculous abilities and faith, but you do not love, you have nothing. If you give all of yourself, but not in the name of love, it is for nothing.
Now verses 4-7: Basically this means that love is pure. There is only good in love. That is why God triumphs over evil, because the evil do not have the ability to love. This is the greatest weakness of evil.
Verses 8-12: Love is the end all. It never fails it is the greatest gift given to the world by God. His Promise of never-ending love will hold true. It is because of the love of the Lord that we may have eternal life. He loves us so much that he would put all of the sin of humanity on the weight of his son’s shoulders, and that he would sacrifice his son on the cross that we would live forever, and it is through love that God was able to bring his son back from death.
Verse 13: If you have ever asked the question, “What is the meaning of life?” this should answer your question: It is simple really, we are called to have faith, hope and love. To have faith in our Lord. To have hope for ourselves, our families, our friends, our neighbors, in humanity, but most importantly in God. Lastly, and most importantly to live the life of love that God intended us to live. You might hear people say, “Be like Jesus” if you want to be like Jesus all you have to do is to live a life of love.
Spread the love
-Tim Masters
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Why Roots?
You may have asked yourself upon visiting this blog, what's with this whole roots thing? Here's your answer:
Psalm 1 (New International Version)
Psalm 1
BOOK I : Psalms 1-41
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
As followers of God we must be planted firmly, that is like roots of a tree. What good is a tree without roots? A tree without roots cannot stand. Neither can we if our roots are not planted in our faith. We must continue to grow in our faith. It's pretty simple: read your Bible, come to church, come to youth group, and live the way all those things teach you to.
-Tim
Psalm 1 (New International Version)
Psalm 1
BOOK I : Psalms 1-41
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
As followers of God we must be planted firmly, that is like roots of a tree. What good is a tree without roots? A tree without roots cannot stand. Neither can we if our roots are not planted in our faith. We must continue to grow in our faith. It's pretty simple: read your Bible, come to church, come to youth group, and live the way all those things teach you to.
-Tim
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