Tuesday school lesson

You know when people say they hear voices we usually lock them up “cuz they crazy.”

So instead of saying: “God told me to” I’m going to say: “For some strange reason I felt like going back and reading 1 Corinthians 13 again.”

A few weeks ago in Sunday school we talked about 1^st Corinthians and how Paul’s letter to the church was full of instructions and admonishments.  Except for chapter 13.  The 13^th chapter is da bomb in the letter.

Anyway, I felt a strong need to go back to this scripture; it was like God was saying “I got something to show you.”

When I reached verse 4: “Love is patient, love is kind, etc…” I realized these verses could be used to test yourself.  Just put the verses into question form:

• Is my love toward my coworker patient?
• Is my love for the rude telemarketer kind?
• Is my love envious of my neighbor who just got a new car?
• Does my love boast?
• Is it proud?
• Is it rude, self seeking, angry and unforgiving?

I wish I could say I passed the test.  I wish I could say I got some of them right.  Maybe one or two if the grading was lenient.  Try it yourself, honestly.  It doesn’t feel too good.

Then, before I got really depressed, I read the last verse: “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

Love is the greatest because it is the only one that is permanent.

Someday Christ will convert our faith into sight.  Once you have proof of something, belief is no longer necessary.  Fact replaces faith.

The same can be said of hope.  Someday Christ will provide everything you have truly hoped for in your heart.  Once you have it; no need to hope for it anymore.

But love is everlasting.  There is no replacement.  It can change though.  When we start getting the correct answers to the questions above “perfection comes and the imperfect disappears.”  “Then we will see clearly, face to face.”

This concludes your Tuesday school lesson for this week.  I just couldn’t wait until next Sunday.