1 Corinthians Part 20
Icebreaker: What is your favorite love song? What does that love song teach about the nature of love?
Please read 1 Corinthians 13. How does the context of this chapter in the 1 Corinthians instruction regarding spiritual gifts, change our interpretation?
Please read 1 John 4:7-13. According to John, what are some of the main ways we see evidence of the work of the Spirit in the life of the Church?
Consider Galatians 5:22-23. How do the fruits of the Spirit interact with the gifts of the Spirit? What are some ways you are tempted to focus on gifts of the Spirit over fruit of the Spirit?
Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 again and consider the diagnostic questions Bryson asked. What are some ways you personally struggle to love others?
Paul comments on being a child verses being a man in 13:11. Maturity is a difficult thing to assess in our lives. What are some of the metrics you use in your own life to consider whether you are mature in the faith or not? Where do you get those metrics from?
What is one way you need to seek to love someone in a 1 Corinthians 13 sort of way this week? What is the role of the gospel in transforming the way we love others?
