Using the Prophetic in Church

If I have not love

1 Cor 13:1 "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Cor 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
1 Cor 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing."

Scripture is clear that without love we are a noisy zero that gains nothing. Love is the only acceptable motivation for the prophetic. It is true therefore to say, "The prophet or the prophetic without love is like the creaking of a rusty gate."

"So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love."

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