Clip · A More Excellent Way
What if my gifts are just noise?
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love — I’m just noise. A clanging cymbal.
Key Takeaway
Speech without love is just noise — a clanging cymbal. Love is the more excellent way.
Key Scripture
1 Corinthians 13:1 — If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
In A More Excellent Way, Pastor David G. Kincer opens 1 Corinthians 13 where Paul left off in chapter 12: desire the best gifts… and I will show you a more excellent way. Then Paul says:
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. — 1 Corinthians 13:1
Languages of people. Languages of angels. Impressive. But without love, Paul says it’s worthless racket — the kind of noise that makes you cover your ears and ask, “What’s the point?”
Love isn’t the soft add-on after the gifts. Love is the more excellent way.
Ask yourself: Am I impressive — or am I loving?
Scripture
1 Corinthians 12:31 — Desire the best gifts… and yet I show you a more excellent way.
1 Corinthians 13:1 — Tongues of men and angels without love = a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Plain language: giftedness without love is empty noise. Love is the more excellent way Paul points to.
About this clip
Drawn from Pastor David G. Kincer / Vine Cluster teaching “A More Excellent Way”, refined for Growth on the Vine. Soft hooks stay close to Paul’s wording — speech without love is a clanging cymbal.
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