I Corinthians X
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (I Corinthians 13:13 ESV)
Forever
What’s so great about love? Paul clearly finds great value in faith, hope, and love. Then he claims that of these three great things, love is the greatest.
What makes love so grand?
It is probably not the mushy love feelings that we all enjoy.
It is probably not the fact that more “love stories” are written, than “faith stories,” or “hope stories.”
It is probably not that Paul is a feel-good hippie.
All three are gifts from God, through Jesus Christ. All three are helpful, meaningful, and cool.
But only love lasts through eternity.
We will not need faith in heaven, because faith is the key to heaven’s door. No more faith is needed. Also, our faith will be made sight! We will SEE the One we have faith in!
We will not need hope in heaven, because heaven is perfect. We will have nothing left to hope for. Jesus Himself is there with us. And all of His promises are fulfilled, when we are in heaven.
But we will keep on loving in heaven. We will keep on being loved in heaven. We will encounter new and greater love every moment in heaven. We will live in love in heaven.
Love is the greatest, because it alone of the three, is forever.