06/01/2026
In this message from 1 Corinthians 13:8–13, we’re invited to look beyond the present age and into God’s promised future. Paul reminds us that many of the gifts and abilities we value today—even good gifts given by the Spirit—are temporary tools for the journey. Prophecy, tongues, and partial knowledge will one day give way to the fullness of God’s kingdom, when faith becomes sight and we see Christ face to face. But love is different. Love belongs not only to the present age but also to the age to come. It is the life of God’s future already taking shape in His people now. As we wait for the day when all things are made new, this passage calls us to build our lives not around what impresses the world, but around the love of Christ—the one thing that will never pass away and will remain forever in God’s kingdom.