God's Love Versus Self-Love (Part 5)

"Just two choices on the self--loving God or loving self"
1 Corinthians 13

GOD'S LOVE

• Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but refoiceth in the truth (vs. 6)--sacrificing self to love what God loves and hate what God hates; is excited to do the biblical things; doesn't take iniquity by the hand and escort it into some other area of life. "If God likes, it, I'll like it. If God hates it, I'll hate it." "

SELF-LOVE

• Rejoices in iniquity; entertains sin; escorts it right into his life; gets a thrill out of sin--his own or someone else's. "It's my life; I'll do it if I want to. I'm strong enough to handle it." "It's my body; I deserve a little pleasure!" "Did you hear about what _______ did?" "

GOD'S LOVE

• Beareth all things (vs. 7)--sacrificing self to cover others' weaknesses; covers, supports, protects; covers anything it can righteously cover; bears, not bares

SELF-LOVE

• Uncovers and exposes someone's sin to others unnecessarily; bares, doesn't bear sin. "I don't mean to gossip, but...." "Did you hear about _______? She did a terrible thing! Don't tell anyone, but it's a fact that...." "Well, my wife/husband has her/his faults too!""