The pages of Scripture are permeated with a resplendent theme: the inestimable and unspeakable love of God. This love cascades through time and eternity, an everlasting torrent of grace and mercy. We are taught even as little children the profound simplicity of love, expressed in Christ's commandment to love one another (John 13:34), drawing from the well of God's love for His creation.
According to Christ Himself in Matthew 22:37-39, the greatest of all commandments given is a call to love: to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. This love is a hallmark of Christ and authenticates us as His disciples.
But here's the snare: the perversion of love's true meaning.
Many, under the sway of today's popular Evangelical pulpits, believe themselves to be disciples of Christ simply because they "love one another." But we must first confront the question: What is biblical love? The answer is not found in fleeting emotion, in receiving or taking, nor in accepting or tolerating sin.
The modern mantra "love is love" has already taken over the progressive mainline churches. This seemingly benign phrase has been transformed into a battering ram, used to level any biblical opposition to the normalization of sin. Even mainstream Evangelical churches have succumbed to this pressure, adopting an attitude that "it's unloving to confront sin."
But this represents a grievous misunderstanding of the true nature of love. In the biblical understanding, love never turns a blind eye to sin; rather, out of concern for the eternal state of one’s soul, it seeks the repentance and redemption of the sinner. Anything less is counterfeit love, masked in the guise of compassion but devoid of truth. It is from the pits of Hell itself.