Schaeffer: observable love

Friday, November 8, 2024
    Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England
Meditation:
    Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
    —1 Corinthians 13:6 (NIV)
Quotation:
    So often people think that Christianity is only something soft, only a kind of gooey love that loves evil equally with good. This is not the biblical position. The holiness of God is to be exhibited simultaneously with love. We must be careful therefore, not to say that what is wrong is right, whether it is in the area of doctrine or of life, in our own group or another. Anywhere what is wrong is wrong, and we have a responsibility in that situation to say that what is wrong is wrong. But the observable love must be there regardless of the cost.
    ... Francis A. Schaeffer (1912-1984), The Mark of the Christian, Inter-Varsity Press, 1976, p. 28 (see the book)
    See also 1 Cor. 13:6; Rom. 12:9; Eph. 4:15; 1 John 3:18; 3 John 1:3
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You are teaching Your people to love the way You love. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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