{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"West Side Church of Christ - Elkton Ky","title":"Why We Do What We Do ( From our 9-21-25 Worship)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1327,"description":"Watch the video Version here: https://youtu.be/jW0wCJtNPzI\nSummary: 1 Corinthians 13 and the “More Excellent Way”\nBig Idea\nPaul’s “love chapter” isn’t a sentimental poem—it’s the solution to a divided, chaotic church: “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13, ESV)\nText Overview (1 Corinthians 13)\nWithout love, gifts and sacrifices are empty (vv. 1–3).\nWhat love is/does: patient, kind, not envious/boastful/arrogant/rude; not self-seeking or resentful; rejoices with truth; bears, believes, hopes, endures (vv. 4–7).\nWhat will last: miraculous gifts are temporary; love never ends (vv. 8–12).\nWhat must remain: faith, hope, love—and love is greatest (v. 13).\nFull text: “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Cor 13:13, ESV)\nContext in Corinth (Why Paul wrote this)\nThe church was fractured by division and comparison (cf. 1 Cor 1:10–13).\nEven spiritual gifts became a contest (cf. 1 Cor 12:29–31).\nPaul offers a “more excellent way”—love—as the cure for chaos (1 Cor 12:31).\nWhat “Abide” Means\nAbide = persist, remain. Prophecies, tongues, and partial knowledge will pass away; faith, hope, and love remain as the church’s bedrock (1 Cor 13:8–12).\nWhere Do Faith, Hope, and Love Abide?\nThey certainly reside with God (Heaven), but Paul’s burden is that they abide in us—become lived realities, not just ink on a page.Faith in us: “I am reminded of your sincere faith … now … dwells in you.” (2 Timothy 1:5, ESV)\nHope in us: “… we have our hope set on the living God …” (1 Timothy 4:10, ESV)\nLove in us: “… God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit …” (Romans 5:5, ESV).\nFull text: “… and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” (Rom 5:5, ESV)\nWhy Is Love the Greatest?\nWhen faith feels weak and hope runs thin, love still acts—and often rekindles faith and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lvjrvJQzIzEamCIrdKMIrIgeJhJiQm_6B3NGmBkvnkU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMTFj/NDA4ZDU1M2YyMDdj/ZWFiZjA0MDU1MDE2/NWNmNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}