Faith, Hope, and Love.

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. "
- 1Corinthians 13:13

The answer lies in time, or more precisely, eternity. In the return of the Lord, and the ushering in of eternity, time will end and God will be manifest to all. At that time, faith will disappear because God will reveal Himself to all. There is no faith when there is knowledge. Faith is when I don't know. Faith is gone because I know. I believe because I have seen and know. Now I have trust.

On the same note, hope is hope until we see. We hope because we can't see. When we see, we don't need hope. Hope is gone when I have seen.

But, in contrast to all the others, there is love. When God returns, love not only continues, it is amplified. Even in eternity, love will never end. That is why love is the greatest of all these. That is why we need to practice love so strongly. We love with faith. We love with hope. We love and love.

That is why the greatest of these is love.