The ability to prophecy presupposed a special favor of the God of the Jews.
St. Paul's exposition of the changed viewpoint that comes to one who has
entered into cosmic consciousness, was therefore aptly illustrated by his
open avowal that there was a far greater power--a more exalted state of
consciousness, than that of the gift of prophecy and of "knowing all
mysteries;" that state of one in which love was the ruler, and in order
that they might the more fully comprehend the simplicity, and yet the
perfection, of this state of consciousness, he made clear the fact that no
one truly who became "a new creature", as he characterized this change,
ever exalted himself, or made high claims; or became exclusive, or
"superior," or "holy," in the sense the latter word had been used.
How, then, would they know when they had attained to this state of
consciousness, of which he spoke, and which they but dimly understood?
How might they know when they had found this great love that was to make
them "a new creature"?
First of all, they might know because:
_LOVE NEVER FAILETH_.
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