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Corinthians 13 in Reverse A. 1
Corinthians 13 is a beautiful passage of God-breathed Scripture that calls us
to walk in the “more excellent
way” of love. One of the best ways to summarize this sort of love is
________________. B. If we look at it in reverse, we quickly
discover that it doesn’t have the same beautiful ring to it.If I speak the language
of selfishness, I am speaking the language of this __________ and of
rebellious ____________; there are plenty of noisy gongs and clanging cymbals
that speak this language. And if I had prophetic powers, and understood all
mysteries and all knowledge, and if I had all faith, so as to remove
mountains, but I live from a heart of selfishness, I am _______________. If I
say that I would give away all that I have, and I would deliver up my body to
be burned, but am inwardly self-centered, I _________ nothing. Selfishness is _______________ and
_____________; a self-centered heart is full of ________ and ______________;
self-centeredness reveals itself in _______________ and _______________. Selfishness insists on its ______ way;a
self-centered mind will lead me to be ______________ and _______________;
self-centeredness has no qualms about celebrating _____ or mocking what is
______. Selfishness is ____________
and ______ -skinned; a self-centered spirit provokes me to be thoroughly
_________, always ___________,and consistently willing to give ____, give
____, and walk away from what matters _________. Selfishness will be brought to a
shameful, disgraceful _______…For now, pettiness, bitterness, and hatred
abide in this world; but the temporary root of all this rotten fruit is
___________________. (1 Worldliness 13) |
