"And we have known and believed the love that God hathto us. Christians, on the other hand, are privilegedto understand that the true essence of "Godis Love" (1John 4:8). But, "it isa fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God" (Hebrews 10:31). For example, a sinner maymost likely view the Divine as an incomprehensible, not-always-fair Being, if Heis to be thought of at all. Our comprehension of who God is, demonstrates who we are. "Andnow abideth faith, hope, ,these three but the greatest of these is " (13:13). Loveis so esteemed in the estimation of Paul that he valued it more than even faith orhope, making love the most sought after commodity. "4 suffereth long, and is kind envieth not vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth notbehave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh noevil 6 rejoicethnot in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the Truth 7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things,endureth all things" (13:4-7). Reading the context of what has come to be known as the Love Chapter, it becomesreadily apparent that Paul was using the term to mean more than a special way offeeling. What would a chaste bachelor, Paul the apostle, know about love?Yet, by inspiration he informed us that "thoughI speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not, I am become as sounding brass, or atinkling cymbal" (1Corinthians 13:1).
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