1 Corinthians 13:7c Love hopes all things
Really? Does love hope you will get hurt or worse? No, I don’t think so. How about love hopes all things good? That makes more sense than just says love hopes all things.
If the love of God resides in your heart, you would know what it means. His love is pure. We just said yesterday that love does not think evil things, so for both to be true, love would only hope for good.
This is a prime example of why not to take verses out of context in the bible. The consistency of content is extremely important. The bible does not contradict itself no matter how much naysayers point out what they see to be contradictions. They see contradiction because the love of God does not abide in them.
I hope that they come to know the love of God. Even more accurately the love of God in me hopes to reveal itself to them.
I hope my words are received sincerely and not mocked. Once we set free the words and actions of love they are beyond our control. They will land on fertile ground or they will not. I hope they would fall on fertile ground.
Perhaps my words will soften a heart to receive the gospel. I don’t know that they will, but I hope they do. Then again if I speak the Word of God I do not have to hope for I do believe that His Word will not return without having accomplished what it was set out to do. I hope I speak His Word.
Nothing is a simple as the Gospel. I hope you understand and receive it.
Jesus died hoping you would receive Him into your heart.
He is risen to make that possible. I hope you will believe Him.