Genesis 1:27 “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” I love the term “image bearer”. There is a certain weight to it. The term seems to capture what we are at the core. We are all image bearers. But whose image are you displaying? Are you bearing the image of God or are you bearing the image of Adam? As Christians, we are to be image bearers of God to this lost and broken world.…
Category: Bible Reflections
A Word or Two from the Word - 1 Corinthians 13:5 - Part 4
1 Corinthians 13:5 “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” Love keeps no record of wrongs. Growing up playing sports, I can be pretty competitive. It’s not fun to play, it’s fun to win. There wouldn’t be points if you weren’t meant to keep score. It’s “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.” Couple that with an intense need for affirmation and that means that I have to be the best. But love doesn’t keep…
A Word or Two from the Word - 1 Corinthians 13:5 - Part 3
1 Corinthians 13:5 “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” Love is not easily angered. It’s not easily provoked or irritable. The phrase “slow to anger” appears 9 times in the Bible and is always used as a description of God. That phrase is always followed by another phrase that is also only applied to God, “abounding in love”. Our God is slow to anger and abounding in love. What does a love that is not easily…
A Word or Two from the Word - 1 Corinthians 13:5 - Part 2
1 Corinthians 13:5 “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” Love is not self-seeking. To understand this concept one just has to look at the progression of magazine names over the years. We went from Time, to Life, to People, to Us, to Self. “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.” Matthew 24:12. Our preoccupation with self is a booming industry. In 2016, the U.S. self-help industry was worth about $9.9…
A Word or Two from the Word - 1 Corinthians 13:5 - Part 1
1 Corinthians 13:5 “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” Love does not dishonor others. Another way of saying this is that love is not rude. Have you ever been around someone that is rude? Maybe they keep interrupting you when you are trying to speak. Or that guy that has no concept of personal space. Or the person that cuts in line in front of you. Or someone that never says thank you no matter what…