Showing posts with label first Corinthians 13. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first Corinthians 13. Show all posts

Saturday, March 4, 2017

I Am A Noisy Gong Or Clanging Cymbal






One of my all time favorites and it happens to be from First Corinthians 13 in the bible.  I will let the words stand for themselves.  May we all heed the true meaning of what is stated in this passage.


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

Friday, January 18, 2013

Love Is More Than Words

Love Is More Than Words
Recently I had an experience where some new age spiritualist preachers of love showed me anything but love.  They were extremely judgmental in their approach and when I tried to point that out, they were extremely condescending and preachy.  If love is their sole reason for existence by the practice they proclaim to do, they failed miserably.  What is more sad is that they are not able to even see what it is that they did.

By jumping to conclusions and judging something I said before I could have a chance to respond, that does not sound like love to me.  By acting as if my explanation really didn't matter, that only their view was the right one, it did not sound like love to me.  It is easy of course to proclaim how much you love everyone and how much you practice love in your life, but if your actions don't back up your words, you are like this passage in the bible in First Corinthians 13.  It is one of my favorites because it says so much in so few words.


In the first section below, it really states that words or tongues without love, is nothing more than a noisy instrument.  Even if you have all this insight into humanity or life, but you don't practice what you preach, your words mean nothing.  Yet, so many - especially those that put themselves up on a pedestal - do exactly what this is saying gains you nothing in life.

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