In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul gives us his amazing analysis of love. He suggests that it is a progression. It is preceded by faith and hope. Without these two essential ingredients, you cannot have the zenith expression of love.

There is no place that we cannot go and escape the love of God. No matter how deep our shortcomings, frustrating our defeats, or difficult our failures, love is capable of carrying us through. With that in mind, I would like for us to examine what Paul saw as the three pillars of the Christian faith.

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Now abide these three--faith. Christianity would not exist without it. By Faith Abraham was justified. By Faith, Moses demanded before the king, “Let my people Go.” By faith, Jesus said, we are able to move mountains. By faith, the Apostle Paul said, we are justified.…