Yes, love is the foundation of faith, as faith operates through love.
Love is the root of the Christian faith, prompting Christ's sacrifice and enabling believers to please God. Without love, even great faith and deeds amount to nothing, as Scripture and Les Feldick emphasize.
1 Corinthians 13:2 — Directly connects faith (mountain-moving) to love, stating that without love it is nothing.
The Bible, in 1 Corinthians 13, presents love as the greatest virtue, surpassing even faith and hope. It explicitly says that if one has faith that can remove mountains but lacks love, it amounts to nothing (verse 2). Love is described as patient, kind, not envious or boastful, not arrogant or rude, not insisting on its own way, not rejoicing in wrongdoing but rejoicing in truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things (verses 4-7). The chapter concludes that faith, hope, and love abide, but the greatest of these is love (verse 13).
Les Feldick teaches that love is the very foundation of the Christian faith. He emphasizes that love is what prompted Christ to go to the cross and save us by believing (Clip 4). He illustrates that without love, even correct doctrine and perfect discipline count for nothing, as seen in the church at Ephesus (Clip 0). He also teaches that love is the fulfilling of the law, with its epitome expressed on the cross, where God's love was poured out (Clip 2). Furthermore, he explains that love 'believeth all things,' and since 'believeth' is another word for faith, faith is built on love (from summary, though not directly in clips).
Les Feldick teaches that love 'believeth all things,' and since believing is another word for faith, this indicates that love is the basis of faith. Faith is not merely intellectual agreement but is rooted in the agape love that God has imparted to believers. This love enables them to trust God's Word and act in faith.
Les Feldick emphasizes that the cross is the epitome of God's love. Love put Christ on the cross, and that same love is imparted to believers, enabling them to love others. Faith in that sacrificial act is what saves, as God sees that faith as righteousness. Thus, love and faith are inseparable in the Christian experience.
Scripture and Les Feldick both stress that even the most impressive faith and sacrificial works are worthless without love. Les uses the example of the church at Ephesus, which had correct doctrine but lacked love, showing that love is indispensable. Without love, it is impossible to please God.
Love Essential Beyond Faith and Works
Les teaches that even mountain-moving faith and all charitable deeds are worthless without love, using the Ephesian church as an example.
Love is the Greatest
Les explains that without love, it is impossible to please God, making love the greatest of all spiritual qualities.
Love Fulfills the Law
Les teaches that love is the fulfilling of the law, and the cross is the epitome of that love, which believers are to emulate.
Why the Blood? The Bible's Answer to Forgiveness & Faith
�Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood.� There are the two of them, and you can�t separate them. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith there is no salvation, and so you bring the two together. Now what is always my definition of faith? It�s taking God at His Word.
Love as Foundation
Les states that love is the very foundation of the Christian faith, prompting Christ to go to the cross and to save us by believing.
Romans 8:24-29 — Does God Choose You or Do You Choose Him?
I mean some of these things are just so far beyond human comprehension that you can't believe it unless you are positive that this is the Word of God, and I am. There is so much in here to prove the validity of this Book, that I don't have to have any doubt. And so someone may say, that's just blind faith. No it isn't.
What Does "Salvation" Really Mean? Romans 1:16 Explained
Now faith is the substance, it's the very core, it's the epitome of things hoped for, it's the substance of evidence, things not seen, things that you can't touch, things that you can't see. There's only one way you can comprehend it, and that's by faith. What does God say about it? Verse 2, "...for by it the elders," that is the Old Testament saints, "...obtained a good report." Now verse 3, "...
Faith in God's Love
Les connects faith in Christ's sacrificial love to salvation, citing Abraham's faith as an example.
1 Corinthians 13:2: And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Shows that faith without love is worthless.
1 Corinthians 13:13: And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Declares love as greater than faith and hope.
Romans 4:3: For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Illustrates that faith, not works, is the basis of righteousness, and faith is rooted in love.
1 Corinthians 13:4: Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Describes the nature of love that underlies genuine faith.
1 Corinthians 13:7: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Connects love to believing, which is the essence of faith.
Les Feldick explains that 'believeth' is another word for faith, so this phrase indicates that love is the foundation of faith. Love enables believers to trust God and believe His promises, even when circumstances seem contrary.
According to 1 Corinthians 13:13, love is greater than faith and hope. Les Feldick teaches that without love, faith is nothing. Love is the prime virtue that underlies everything a believer does.
Les Feldick teaches that love put Christ on the cross, and that same love is imparted to believers. Faith in Christ's sacrificial love is what saves, as it is the response to God's love.
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