Love Believs In All . . .

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7 (KJV)

Believeth (pisteuo) is word that conveys the idea of being committed to someone or something. It can mean to commit to (one's) trust or to be put in trust with. Believeth is to have credited and to have credit both now and in the future. This word is used to express in Jesus or God by believing them to be able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something. It also speaks of being entrusted with a thing.

Therefore, Love (agape) puts itself in the hands of the one loved and expects a positive result. For instance: God sent His Son to declare and display the good news of the New Covenant (Testament). He (God the Father) put the future of mankind in the hands of His only begotten Son.

Jesus put Himself “in trust” with the Father. Although He (Jesus) could take up His own life, He yielded that ability to His Father and God, leaving the future of the world in His hands, awaiting the Word of resurrection to release Him from the bonds of death.

After the ascension of Jesus the Holy Spirit was sent to indwell the believers who, from then on, would declare and display the good news of the New Covenant. The Godhead put the glorious gospel “in trust” with born-again mankind.

Here again, the “all” is not meant to be understood in the all inclusive sense in every case. The use of “things” after “all” tends to draw the understanding of modern English speaking peoples toward only those things that are all inclusive, thus hiding the depth of understanding that is here available.

So, we can see that “all” does not mean “all” all the time. Where the believer and the things of God are concerned, however, “all” does mean “all” in the all inclusive sense.

Love has committed to your trust the salvation of the lost, the glorious sharing of the Good News; “all things.”