Built To Last | Love That Lasts

Paul is saying, you're not everything or everything that you're building your life on will not last. Let me say it one more time. Everything that you're building your life on will not last. Not your gifts, not your platform, not your brand, not your knowledge, none of that. Not even not even some of your virtues that you think are permanent. It won't last. [00:05:21] (36 seconds)  #NotEverythingLasts

You might just be building your life on things that don't last. But today, God wants to show you how to build on what will last. So here's the central question that we wanna kinda build our time together today off of. Here it is. Is what actually last when everything else fades? What actually last when everything else fades? Let's read it again. So now faith, hope, and love abide. These three. But the greatest of these is love. [00:06:14] (38 seconds)  #WhatActuallyLasts

Yeah. Yeah. It was what we need. It was what they needed. Paul knew that that that Paul knew that, yes, we are saved by grace through faith. Yeah. He also knew that without faith, it is impossible to please god. But here's the revelation. Faith is necessary in this life because, hear me good, we don't see clearly. [00:09:55] (23 seconds)  #FaithWhenWeCantSee

Alright. Let me say that one more time. Faith is necessary in this life because we don't see clearly. Hebrews eleven and one says, now faith is the substance of things hoped for, watch this, and the evidence of what? Things not seen. We don't see clearly. Faith operates in the unseen. But hear me good. In heaven, there will be no unseen. I said in heaven, there will be no unseen. [00:10:19] (31 seconds)  #FaithOperatesInUnseen

Second Corinthians five and seven says, for we walk by faith and not by sight. Faith is powerful, but faith has an expiration date. Alright. Faith gets you started, but it won't be needed forever. Faith thrives in mystery. Listen to me good. Faith is for the journey, not for the destination. Alright. I said faith is for the journey, not for the destination. [00:10:50] (28 seconds)  #FaithIsForTheJourney

Second Corinthians five and seven, faith operates where sight is absent. Faith moves forward when you can't see what's ahead. I remember when we were coming out of COVID, and as a church, we were struggling financially, and the lord placed it on our heart the idea of a comeback offering. I didn't see it. I couldn't see how it was all gonna come about. I needed faith. [00:12:47] (33 seconds)  #NeededFaithToLead

And hope sustains you, but it's temporary also. Hope. The Greek word for hope is Elpis. This is not wishful thinking. It means confident expectation. Hope is confident anticipation. Romans eight and twenty four says it like this, for in this hope, we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? [00:14:23] (44 seconds)  #HopeIsElpis

Hope lives in anticipation. Are y'all hearing what I'm saying today? Hope lives in anticipation. Hope says, God hasn't done it yet, but he will. Lord, I feel like preaching this thing this morning. Hope keeps you from quitting while you're in the waiting period. But in heaven, Lord, I feel like preaching this thing this morning. There will be no more waiting. There will be no more anticipation. There will be no more delayed promises. Hope fulfilled no longer needs hope. [00:15:08] (37 seconds)  #HopeLivesInAnticipation