Not On Its Own Way

   It’s been said, perhaps with a touch of cynicism, that in a marriage you can be happy or you can be right.  Take your pick.

   Yet, how is that different from Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 13, where he says of love, “It does not insist on its own way;” (vs. 5)?

   The word that Paul uses is agape, Greek for selfless love.  It is the name of the kind of love with which God loves us.

   The Christian life, like a marriage, is based on this kind of love. 

   There are many ways to live a counterfeit Christian life.  But, there is only one way to live an authentic one.  That is to live in God’s selfless love: by faith alone, through grace alone, informed by the inspired Word of God, the Bible, alone.

   There are many ways to feel good about what we do as Christians.  But, there is only one way to be made good, and that is through the cross of our gracious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.