Little Thoughts, February 19th, 2025

By Pastor Sammy Little, First Baptist Church of Stowell

  The Beatles have a song “All You Need Is Love” and I hate to go on record as if I am anti love, but I feel they should have said “All You Need Is Faith”. I Corinthians 13, the love chapter, ends with “These 3 remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” which seems to say love is more important than faith or hope, but hold on. How do we become saved? “We are saved by grace through faith, and that not of yourself, it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8). Real love flows from faith which is believing truth. Many people crave love (acceptance, kindness, caring) but rare is the person that believes and is committed to truth. If you get faith you get love, hope, salvation, and mercy thrown in too. Let us believe God’s word and have faith!