BUILD UP YOUR CHURCH IN LOVE

What purpose do spiritual gifts serve? Continuing our studies in 1 Corinthians we find the answer as we read the first three verses of chapter 13 alongside Ephesians 4:8-16. We learn firstly that the purpose of spiritual gifts is to build up the church. We find secondly that this building up is the joint responsibility of every believer in a local church. We are told that the priority is to build up the church in love and that in the absence of love our spiritual gifts are useless and a church enjoys no spiritual growth. Finally we are warned in Revelation 2:1 that a loveless church stands in peril of being removed by Christ since it serves no purpose in the plan of God.