Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 13:1-7

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

1 Corinthians 13:8

In a world captivated by fleeting pleasures and the mantra of self-gratification, believers are anchored in the unshakable truth that “love never fails” (1 Corinthians 13:8). The divine love we embrace isn’t mere sentimentality; it’s a supreme power (the gospel), rooted in the sacrificial love God demonstrated through Jesus Christ (the finished work of the cross).

2 Corinthians 5:21 echoes this love, emphasizing Christ’s substitutionary sacrifice for our sins. In a culture overshadowed by humanism and self-indulgence, our calling is to shine as beacons of God’s unwavering love. It’s a love that stood firm at Calvary, where Jesus willingly took our place, bearing our sins, and triumphantly rising from the grave.

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

2 Corinthians 5:21

As the world drifts away from all semblance of love (2 Timothy 3:3) we are called to embody the transformative love that mirrors Christ’s finished work of the cross. In every circumstance, love endures, triumphs, and holds the power (Romans 1:16, the gospel is the power) to transform hearts.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

Romans 1:16

Takeaway

Amidst these perilous times and a world becoming unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, and despisers of good (2 Timothy 3:1-3), let’s anchor ourselves in the unchanging truth of God’s word—love never fails. The heartbeat of the gospel is a love that conquered sin, death, and the grave. Let this truth illuminate our lives, compelling us to love all with the same sacrificial, unyielding love that our Savior poured out for us.