We live in a day and age when “love” is touted as “live and let live”, “love is love”. The world would tell us to be alright with sin and even acknowledge it (think pride parades). But the question is is that love, are we to subscribe to man’s definition of love or God’s? 

Recently I was reprimanded by a family member because I told someone “not to use foul language”. A friend of the family was visiting and in their conversation, they felt the need to be loud and cursing to express themselves. Being the only Christian in the family I made mention of this behaviour as wrong and inappropriate. As I made mention of this the individual said “I didn’t curse” which then I replied “you did it’s just that you don’t realise it because you curse so much” I then said “it’s not a normal thing to do” it was at this point when a family member said “it’s normal for us”. 

Matthew 15:17-20 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

God has given us His word we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23) but since the beginning, mankind has rebelled against their Creator, just as the Israelites have rejected God’s voice in the wilderness. The same as when Moses would try to get His brethren to stop fighting among themselves they said to Moses (Exodus 2:14), the Lord Jesus also told us about the ten servants in Luke who were to Occupy till He comes but his citizens hated him saying “We will not have this man to reign over us” (Luke 19:14).

Exodus 20:19-20 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 

The same is happening today as unsaved people shake their little fist at God saying “We will not have this man to reign over us”. After the same family member and I had a discussion, I was told that I was wrong in saying “explicit obscenity” that I should allow people to live their lives the way they see fit. I asked “is it loving to allow people to continue in sin”, do we now turn a blind eye to sin and pat people on the back in their sin is that love? I explained that if I love them then I must speak the truth about sin, they have to know that they are in grave danger of going to hell because of sin.

The answer I received was shocking to say the least I was told “then let them go to hell!” how horrified I was to hear those words coming from a family member. I then asked “would you place your hand on a burning stove?” the response was obviously “no or course not” at this point I said “hell will be infinitely worse than a hot stove and you said let them go to hell?! this unloving for you to say”. This particular family member besides being unsaved has a fear man issue as most do, the motto is to let people do as they please. This is satanic in its nature the well-known satanist Aleister Crowley said “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law”. 

This is the problem with mankind people love their sin more than they love God, they won’t come to God because they know they will have to give up their sin and be accountable to the LORD. We pray they bow the knee to God now rather than later as it will be too late then. As Christians, we face an ungodly world people who are on the ledge of falling into a lost eternity, eternally separated from God forever and they will wish then that they could hear the gospel message once more. 

It’s with a grieving heart that I write this I see family members on their way to hell and I wish I could just shake them out of demonic sleep they succumbed too. The bible says that “the whole world lieth in wickedness” that “the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not” (1 John 5:19, 2 Corinthians 4:4). Only God can wake them out of that slumber but as believers, we are commanded to preach the word to every creature (Mark 16:15-16). We are in a war not with flesh but with unseen powers and wickedness in high places, and we must have on the entire armour of God in order for us to do battle (Ephesians 6:10-17). 

We have to reach out to the lost and speak the truth in love, it won’t be easy you will have resistance but we must persevere. In the book of Jude it says: 

Jude 1:22-23 And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 

We should be willing to lay down our very lives in order to bring them to Christ Jesus. 

John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 

Let’s continue to reach out to our family and friends with the gospel because it’s the good news, wonderful news of salvation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners! 

So what the answer to the question posed in the beginning what’s love? God gave us the greatest example of love over 2000 years ago. God the Father loves us so much that He sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die on the cross as a sacrifice to pay the penalty for our sins. He was buried and rose the 3rd day conquering death and hell and whosoever places their trust in Jesus Christ for salvation will be saved and have everlasting life. And that my friends is true love (John 3:16)!