Christians rebuke others in love but it sounds more like accusations, proclamations and condemnations. I’ve been told that love is anything from an unexplainable feeling to very graphic sexual impulses, yet not one person fully understands what love really means. If no one understands what love means how can you love yourself? If you can’t love yourself how can you love others?
In the Bible in the book of Matthew Jesus Christ tells us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves but first one must love themselves, and to do that one must understand what love is. So let’s look at what the definition of love actually are according to Websters Dictionary.
A strong affection for, attachment, devotion to (a person), A strong liking for, interest in (something), A strong, passionate, affection (a person), Benevolent concern (we have for God) devout attachment (God has for us), Benevolence, brotherhood (we have for one another):
Affection- tender, attached, loving, devoted, warm, fond, earnest, kind, ardent;
Attachment- adherence, fondness, affection, inclination, bond, tie, adjunct, appendage;
Devoted-vowed, dedicated, consecrated, very loyal, faithful, doomed;
Consecrated- dedicated, devoted, sacred;
Benevolent- kindness, gracious, tenderness, alms-giving, kind actions, giving, generosity, good will, humanity, kind heartedness;
Passion- original meaning was suffering or agony as of a martyr, now it is any one of extreme or compelling emotions, (A.) great anger, rage, fury; (B.) enthusiasm or fondness as for music; (C.) strong love or affection; and (D.) sexual drive or desire, lust.
Ardent- burning, eager, fervent, fiery, hot, intense, passionate, vehement, zealous;
When we look at the definitions we can see why Ardent and Passion are often put together in the same sentence. We can also see where love has been twisted into something evil and sinful. Such strong emotions such as ardent passion by themselves are not love at all but something evil and perverted like the devil himself. Sexual gratification is merely a manifestation of love shared by two people, not a basis for love to grow on.
Love is tender, kind, loyal, faithful, giving, gracious, dedication, and devotion to yourself and to one another. Let’s look at these one at a time starting with tender. To be tender is to be gentle and caring. Unless you are a person that can feel nothing unless it’s painful, which is the case in many Satanists, you are to some degree tender and gentle with your own body, your hair and/or your nails. When you bathe, dress, comb your hair, put on make up, etc. you are not just being tender but kind as well. By knowing your own short comings and faults and working to change your problems with yourself to better yourself daily you are being loyal and faithful to yourself. When you go out and treat yourself to something you’ve wanted to do without regret you are graciously giving to yourself, even if it is to buy yourself a trinket, a new dress, new suite, pair of dress shoes, etc. or start working out at a gym, or go see a special show, etc that is within your budget. Make a list of all of the changes you want to make with in yourself to make you the kind of person you want to be, less angry or more decisive, more optimistic, stop cussing, less argumentative with your spouse/children, etc. but don’t just say a better mom or wife because you need to specify just what would you change about yourself to make that happen. Then one by one work on those changes. In that way you are dedicated and devoted to yourself.
If you are one of those people that say you need no changes but your life sucks then you need to rethink your personal assessment of yourself. Perhaps you are all the things listed above to yourself but are you tender, kind, loyal, faithful, giving, gracious, dedicated, and devoted to others around you? Not just your good friends either, because even bad and evil people are good to their friends, but to everyone in general you come into contact with? How about those you think or know to be an enemy or hate you? It is so easy to hate but it takes effort to love.
The world would have us believe that men are to blame for all the wrongs in our life, this is not true! It takes two to argue and fight and both are equally to blame. Churches are partially to blame for the state of family life as it is today. Many of the churches today are more concerned with finances than they are the mental and spiritual state of the families that attend their church. Many still haven’t gotten the point Jesus Christ made when he said in the book of Matthew he’d raise the temple in three days. The temple was and is not a building made by mans hands but each individual person’s heart inside their body. Instead of the churches spending lots of money to adorn a building that will ultimately be destroyed they should be teaching, counseling, and helping people to be the kind of Christian Jesus Christ teaches us to be. Most churches today still teach religion not the relationship God wants with us all. Religion is mans ideas of what a Christian is and does, God says we are to look to Him for everything in our lives and to have an ardent passion or burning desire for Him.
The heads of the churches can begin by counseling your people on family life and the real meaning of love. When pastors, reverends, priests, etc. see or think they know something someone is doing that is wrong take the time to find out where that person had been and where they are coming from, share with them what your God has done and what God can do for them. Stop approaching people as though you are God condemning them for what you believe they have done, whether you’ve seen it or not. People have a rebellious nature and if they feel condemned they will tune you out. God is the only judge here and he judges by what is in each individual’s heart. No man, and that includes the heads of all churches on down the line, can see what is in the heart of another person, therefore the only righteous judge is God. If everyone is so busy condemning each other who is there to do God’s work to up lift people, help them to see and understand the error of their ways? Who will help others to learn how to change their lives for the better? To help them on their journey to heaven or pick them up when they fall and encourage them to try again?
It’s time for the churches to take a stand for or against God. This is not a game and this nation if not the whole world is on the brink of the biggest change since the day of Jesus Christ’s first coming and His assent into heaven. Will the blood of your congregation be on your hands or will you all be going to heaven together?
As for the people, you all know right from wrong! You can use any excuse you want but God accepts no excuses for deliberate disobedience. Take a stand and be prepared for the consequences should you choose to side with the devil. Those of you who continue misleading others in the matters of love shall pay for the perversion of the truth in the pits of hell for eternity.
Never think that your sin is too great for God to forgive. The only sin that is unforgivable is to grieve the Holy Spirit. Repent now while there is still time.
