• 1 Corinthians 13:9
  For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
• 1 Corinthians 13:12
  For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

In dentistry a partial only fills in the gaps of missing teeth to allow us to chew better.

Partial knowledge and partial prophesy fill in the missing parts and allow us to eschew the truth in order for us to properly digest it in fulfilling God’s will for us in the here and now, today.

1 Corinthians 13:2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Having it all does not make us more loving.

The whole purpose behind Christ dying for us was to show the love of God to a lost and dying world. Sinners will only surrender to someone they can trust,where they can recognize the love that is God sent.

Gangs know that and gather the disenfranchised by offering them a place of protection, identity, and what they have not found at home or in their community, love of any type. Sure they are being used, but being used is better than being ignored.

Jesus ate with sinners and it did not change who He was but we are not Jesus. There is always that human side of us that says something along the line, “I am an alcoholic, I cannot go to a bar where drinks are served.” Drug addicts have to stop associating with users and dealers. Those are just the realities of the weakness of our humanity.

Jesus would say  “You are healed, go and sin no more.” To the blind man who sees for the first time, he has to ask himself, did my sin cause me to be blind? No it didn’t, it just means something worse might befall him if he were to sin. We should look at the circumstances of that time. The Holy Spirit had not yet been given. God had not yet given the helper to identify and resist sin.

Temptations abound in this world and we might not even be aware of some of them because we have not been tempted in every way. There is always that possibility. In order to resist temptation don’t you need to recognize it as a temptation. The diabetic knows temptation because a doctor has diagnosed him. Temptation; I know thee and thy name is Bluebell coffee ice cream. Other brands don’t tempt me as much even though they are just as dangerous as Bluebell. Now let us address temptations’ power.