Thoughts on 1
Corinthians Chapter Thirteen-part 4
In his discussion or the “Love
chapter” Adam Clarke, in his explanatory notes on 1 Corinthians chapter
thirteen, goes on to say,”This was a proof that love for God and man was lacking;
and that without this, their numerous gifts and other graces were nothing in
the eyes of God; for it was evident that they did not love one another…” In St. John 13:34 Jesus said, “A new
commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you,
that ye also love one another.”
Hard
feelings and old hurts can, either fester and get bigger and bigger and bigger
during one’s senior years, or the mature years can be a time when a person
allows Jesus the great physician to “Heal our old hurts and resentments”. Jeremiah 8:22 states, “Is there no balm in
Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter
of my people recovered?” This Scripture
means that God will heal our hurts if we will let Him. Ephesians 4:32 teaches
us, “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even
as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
We cannot control what others say or how they act, but we can control
our own thoughts and attitudes.
Thought
for the Day
I recently heard a Christian re-hashing some old happenings
that should have been buried in the sea of forgiveness, but instead I could tell
that they were still festering in his mind.
I have found that the person who refuses to forgive and forget is the
one who suffers the most spiritual damage.
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