Love Fulfilled Ministry

presently looking through a mirror in an enigma, now then face to face; presently knowing from part then fully knowing just as I am also known (1 Corinthians 13:12) An enigma is a puzzle, a mystery, inexplicable, something not so easily explained or seen or known. We look dimly as in a mirror, some translation say, because we do not see fully as we are known. It is an enigma of who we are as children of God. "B eloved, at the present existing children of God, and what we exist has not yet been revealed; but we know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2). There is no greater triumph of the enemy than that the children of God do not know who they are (Ephesians 4:14). And there is nothing that will hold them back, no greater victory than that they do. now, abides faith, hope, and love, the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:12) I know in part of the mystery of faith, hope, and love, but then when I am fully know a...

Greater love has no one than this, that any lay down his life for that his beloved (John 15:13) The word beloved is φίλος ( philos ) meaning loved, dear; devoted; friend. Thus a friend; someone dearly loved. The word for brother love is philadelphía ,fro m phílos , "loving friend" and adelphós , "a brother." Love is something that is experiential, Jesus tells us to love one another as he loves us (John 13:34). A nd it is taught by God ( 1 Thessalonians 4:9). Love is something that increases as we increase in knowledge of God, it is knowing of a deep love of God that will not separate us from God, we will not fall away, be choked out... In other words what overcomes the thorns of persecution, affliction, hardships... is love. Faith without love is nothing, and love is greater than the gifts that God gives. Faith and hope and love abides, and the greatest of these is love. ... purifying your souls in obedience to truth to the extent a sincere brother love for anothe...