(from SliceofLaodicea.com)
"It’s time that we were reminded of love’s desire to warn. Those who reject God’s clear commands in the Scriptures, but who still want to be considered Christians, like to paint vivid images of those who believe the Word as unloving bigots. Let’s expose that dangerous mythology for what it is.
If someone is going off a cliff, the most loving thing in the world is to warn them. Only the callous would call out, “we love you, we really, really love you. It’s okay that you’re going off a cliff if that’s what you think is best!” It’s the one who truly loves who will cry out with the loudest voice, “Watch out! There’s danger ahead. Eternal danger. Don’t listen to the lies of the enemy and the false church who don’t care for your soul! Jesus saves. Run to Him and find safety!”
That is our heart’s cry today for every person trapped in the slavery of sin, whatever that sin may be. Why do we call out in love? Because once we were running off that cliff, too, and God’s grace saved us from an eternity in hell."
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,
Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save!
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Jude 1:20-23
20But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. 22And have mercy on some, who are doubting; 23save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.
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