Love Must Be Uneven to Be True | Blog and Mablog 

I grew up in a narcissistic family upbringing. I am in my mid 30s and only now in my life is Jesus showing me what true love really is and means. Thank you, Lord Christ.

Almost done reading “The Four Loves” by Lewis and this wisdom is all in there. Very true but also very hard to live out Scripturally…

This is something God has been showing me the past few weeks. I was just starting to put my finger on what I was witnessing.

I have always thought loving my neighbor means hoping the best for them, which is hoping for their eternal salvation. The level of action this translates into varies. When I have malicious thoughts towards others I know I need to check myself.....or say an imprecatory prayer as the case may be.

I see so much shallow, useless love in churches. Very often it starts with pastors.

Excellent! Thank you pastor.

CS Lewis sometimes described this as "disordered loves". I think the two who disappear into the fog you mentioned at the end would make good characters in a Great Divorce sequel.

Without the eyes to see and ears to hear the wisdom inherent in scripture becomes unattainable, and yet not obscured to those whose heart is open to the will of God

Love is the primary purpose of our function/function of our purpose(God is love and we are created in His image - thus to love is to be like Him)and thus* doing so is sabotaged to make it more difficult- for some more than others- when it’s not really that hard(to do). With God[only are] all things possible.🙏👀

Great words Pastor Wilson!

Thank you pastor

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Reminds me of C.S. Lewis's criticism of people in his time. How can you love the one you do not see, when you don't love the ones you do? Looks like uncle screwtape has been busy

In some ways, love is the ability to give everything you can possibly muster, for the betterment of somebody you hate.

Thank you

Idk, the last time true equal love was ever known, the Holy Spirit proceeded

I know the context is arguing against a nonsensical universal love of all people, but this point really deserves some nuance before everyone that agrees with you turns into CS Lewis critiquing Psalm 119:118. The point of the gospel text is not hatred when compared to love for Christ but that nothing should get in the way of love for Christ, including the real antagonism that can occur in the closest relationships when two people serve two different masters. The disassociation and estrangment of a man in a homosexual marriage by a brother/sister/mother/father for example cannot be defined as an act of love proper for the individual as it is an act of judgement and rejection. We just try to reframe it to look like we're being faithful to a super-abundant standard of love rather than calling it what it is: rejection, disapproval, and, in a sense of the word, hatred. You may love the person all you like in the sense of wishing them well, but it's stupid not to recognize that it looks like you hate them. The same can be said for self-defense. I cannot love the theoritical gunman who's threatening my family while I'm shooting him dead. If such a man exists, I would justly hate him, because the love that I have for my family requires it. It's more than comparison: it's treasuring and valuing Christ with a zeal that consumes everything it touches.

Love is wanting the best interest of someone else as a priority over your own wishes. For a stranger, that primarily means giving them no help so that they may seek it from their family members or petition a local church.

What they have is for good people to love evil and that would make them not good anymore because God does not love evil. The devil goes about like a roaring lying lion seeking whom he may devour. Chose loving all things or love God. The question is how to feel about those that lie about God?

In the last video Doug said something along the lines of getting accused of endorsing slavery so he starts cussing. So now he brings up slavery. Funny.

Second!

Did David get it wrong in Psalm 139:21-22, "do I not hate those who hate you O Lord, I hate them with the utmost hatred"?? Does this mean that David loved (or should have loved) his (the Lord's) enemies less than his own family, countrymen or friends?? Is there such a thing as a holy hatred??

6:00 Squirrely language? You mean written by different men at different times to get their own PERSONAL point across.

I have always thought loving my neighbor means hoping the best for them, which is hoping for their eternal salvation. The level of action this translates into varies. When I have malicious thoughts towards others I know I need to check myself.....or say an imprecatory prayer as the case may be.