Greatest Gift
“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 NKJV Sometimes, it is difficult to understand the distinguishing context between faith , hope , and love . Perhaps if we can define faith as the evidence in God’s ability, and hope as the confidence in our ability to use faith , we might just define love as the willingness to freely share our faith and hope with others, even when they seem unworthy. It implies that hope is a derivative of faith , while love is a derivative of both faith and hope . Therefore, we can exercise both faith and hope without love ; but no one can have love without both faith and hope . “ And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” . Love is God’s testing ground or theatre for the demonstration of believer’s faith and hope . Little wonder why relationships with people in our lives suffer because there is no true love? When we claim excellent fai...