The New Testament 1 Corinthians 13, section 1-8, writes: "If I can speak in the tongues of thousands of people and the words of angels, but have not love, I will become a sounding gong and a sounding cymbal. If I have the ability to predict, all kinds of mysteries and knowledge, and all kinds of beliefs, I can move mountains, but without love, I am nothing. If I give all my money to the poor and burn myself, but have no love, it is still useless to me. Love is patient and kind; Love is not jealous, love is not boastful, arrogant, shy, does not seek its own benefits, does not get angry easily, does not count people's evils, does not like injustice, but only likes truth; Always tolerate, always believe, always hope and always endure. Love never stops. "

Love runs through the whole Bible, and here it is another concentrated expression of this topic.

I believe all the friends who heard this passage for the first time were moved by it. Here, I want to share my understanding of this passage with you.

This book makes it very clear that no matter how eloquent we are in front of outsiders, how smart and capable we are, no matter how generous and fearless we seem, if there is no love in our hearts and everything we do is not from our hearts, then all this is superficial and worthless. Because all these superficial things will eventually disappear with the passage of time, only love, beyond time and space, will never stop. For example. Everyone here, can you come?

When Stanford came, they were all excellent. I want you to think about it, if you can go to Stanford.

Come on, study alone, don't accept the care of others, and don't care about others. When you get the acceptance letter from Stanford University,

When you find that you are alone and others are living in care, you get a quotation for yourself.

And happy, or sad for losing the most important thing in the world "love"?

Well, let's go back to the words in the Bible and see what "love" is. The Bible tells us what love is in affirmative sentences. "Love is patient and kind", and love is "only like the truth". In other words, the quality of "love" is very simple, which is patience, charity and honesty. However, it is often not an easy task to do this. Many times, it shows the opposite quality in us. Take me for example. I remember that if a classmate came to ask me a question, I would patiently tell him once, twice and three times. The third time, if he doesn't understand, I will be impatient. I would say, why are you so stupid?

I used to be a very proud person myself. I always feel great and cherish my time. If others ask me for help when I am busy, I will be very reluctant. I will say to him, "can't you see I'm busy?"

You see, my pride is easy to show.

Personally, I think the last of the three is the most difficult to do. What is honesty? Honesty means not deceiving others or yourself. When you walk in the dark, your eyes can't see the truth, but your ears hear it. Can you face it honestly, stop your steps and look back at the light of truth shining on your back?

When we talk about love, it is easy to confuse all kinds of love. In the last century, as a famous professor and literary critic at Oxford University, Lu (C.S.

Lewis), made a classification for love. He divided love into four categories: affection, friendship, lust and agape. Because of time, I can't analyze these four kinds of love carefully. If you are interested, please discuss with me below. 1 Corinthians

The love mentioned in chapter 13 refers to the fourth kind of love-holy love. Love from people (affection, friendship, love) is limited. We all long to be loved, and only by living in love will we be willing to give our love. It is hard for me to imagine that a person who lives in hatred will have love. But where is the source of love? This is God's love. Holy love is unrequited, willing to pay and sacrifice, and endless. Only when you have experienced this kind of love will you be willing to take responsibility, give and accept others. To let holy love come to your heart, you must accept God and let the Holy Spirit work in your heart. Many friends who love Taoism, including myself, used to have an idea. I just need to observe and learn Christian morality and love, and I don't need to believe in God. I can pursue the love in the Bible. But I later found out that I was wrong. Because when I am humble, I see my limitations. I know that I am always weak, impatient, proud and self-deceiving. At these times, the love in my heart has no source. I finally realized that only by accepting the love from God into my heart, my love will not be passive water, and I can bravely take responsibility, tolerate others and dedicate myself. Dear friend, I wonder if you have a clearer and deeper understanding of what love is after listening to my sharing. Everyone here, do you want to experience holy love? Do you want to "tolerate everything, believe everything, hope everything and endure everything"? Then please open your heart and let the Holy Spirit touch you to experience divine love.