Sermons & Studies

Matthew 22:34-40 1 Corinthians 13

Look at your life, and ask yourself these questions:
What is my purpose here on earth?

What goals do I have for my life? 
Look at how you treat other people, and how they treat you.
What is my "mission field"? Where is it?

What is our mission as Christians here on earth?

According to the Scripture passages, what should be two goals 
in our Christian lives? 

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees 
got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him 
with this question: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment 
in the Law?"

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart 
and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the 
first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: '
Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets 
hang on these two commandments."

Matthew 22:34-40 (NIV)

Application

Wherever we find ourselves, in our jobs, our schools, our 
homes, wherever we may be - we should be trying to 

Bring people to God, to a loving relationship with him, and
Bring people together in love toward each other. 

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How 1 Corinthians 13 falls into play

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have 
not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 
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.

But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where 
there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is 
knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and 
we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the 
imperfect disappears. When 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. 
Now 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.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the 
greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13 (NIV)

Lots of people think their mission toward life is 
found in their: 

Jobs 

School 

Home 

What they say 

Things they do 

What we do is not important as HOW WE DO IT! 
We should do things with a: 

Right Attitude, and 

Christ's Love. 

1 Corinthians 13 talks of doing a lot of different 
things, BUT if we do all 
these things without love, these things are NOTHING! 

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In conclusion, ask yourself 

Not what should I do, but

HOW should I do it?

RIGHT ATTITUDE and CHRIST'S LOVE

Jesus is our example as he loved His father 
and loved us while we were yet in 
our sin. He showed us His love on the cross. 

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