15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. ~ 2 Timothy 2:15
Every time I watch a short on social media, no matter the platform, there’s always someone calling sin sin and someone else telling them they can’t because only God can judge. What a sad world we live in today. We go from one extreme to the next. We go from condemning every little action that isn’t even a sin to supporting every single action, even if it is a sin that will lead to death. And how did we get to this new extreme? Because the first was out of hatred and now we want to walk in love and understanding. But here’s the problem, we don’t know what love is.
We’ve allowed the enemy to come in and twist our understanding of love. We believe that to love, we must accept all sin, and if not, then we don’t truly love. But think about this. Remember the phrase, “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” from the early 1980’s? Well, here is a spin on that, “Love don’t let others go to hell.” We’ve loved people right into hell.
Because ‘a perverted’ type of love says that we must accept them for who they are, no matter what they do. But the Scripture says, “For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, and chastises every son whom He receives (Hebrews 12:6).”
If you love, you will correct. If you love, you will chasten. That is An Acceptable Kind of Love. We help bring out the best in people; we don’t leave them to their own broken-down devices. And it’s true in all of our relationships. With our children. Spouses. Family. Friends. Co-workers. We were put on this earth to share the Light of Christ with others, and we can’t do that unless we show them why they need Christ, which would mean we have to show them that they are living a sinful life away from Christ.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Be Honest In Love.