Monday, August 20, 2012

Consider This...

"Love sincerely. Hate evil. Hold on to what is good." (Romans 12:9 GW)

"Love the sinner, hate the sin"and "Love the sinner, hate your own sin" are both equally true. Actually, love for God necessitates hating sin no matter where it's found (cf. Proverbs 8:13). You can't love your neighbor and not hate the evil that threatens to destroy his life/soul. Neither can you love God deeply when you don't hate/deal with your own sin. What we have to reject is condoning our own sin while calling out the sins of others. Stop playing semantics with either of these truths and let's obey them both: "Love sincerely" AND "hate evil."