# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S103
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION BIBLE STUDIES
And the final verse of this great hymn reminds us of
making sure Christ’s love is here for the desperately ignorant. Remember that verse from 1 Corinthians 13 that you
hear at almost every wedding you attend? That last verse
that reads, “Now there is faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is love.” Have you ever wondered why love is
greater than faith and hope. I mean, really, where would
we be without faith and hope? Well, we’d be in heaven,
where faith and hope are no longer needed. Sure, think
about it: If faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the
confidence of things not seen. In heaven, we are going to
see it all; faith will have been completed. And hope? Eager
expectation of the glorious things to come? In heaven there
is no longer anything to hope for. Hope will have been consummated. All that we’ll need for eternity is love. And that
eternal love will be ours throughout timeless ages. Verse 5:

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Soon will the saints in glory meet,
Soon walk through every golden street,
And sing on every blissful plain;
To live is Christ, to die is gain.

Just a few minutes left. So go back into your little
groups and share just one excuse you hear about ignoring
the desperately ignorant in your congregation. You know,
like, “It’s their own damn fault” or “We need to take care of
our own first” or “That’s the pastor’s job”—you’ve heard
them all. Now reflect on the story of the Pentecost church in
Acts and what would they say to us today?
To close let’s sing this second hymn #608 TLH
David D. Buegler
Fifth Vice-President
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

2007 Convention Proceedings