Dear Editor,
It is often said that love conquers all. But the question is what is love?
1 Corinthians 13:4-5. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”
“The Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” (Exodus 34:6)
God, who is love (1 John 4:8), suffers long with sinners. And that’s why those who are born of God and know God also lovingly suffer long with sinners. Love is not permissive; it doesn’t tolerate sin, abuse, or injustice in the sense of enabling those things. We are to confront them. But we do so in the spirit of Exodus 34:6 and in the power of the Spirit of 1 Corinthians 13, remembering that love “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” and that “love never ends” (1 Corinthians 13:7–8). A love that never ends is a love that suffers long.
Man’s love is a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person, a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend, sexual passion or desire. But that love of man seldom lasts. The reason: it is not long-suffering. Most human love depends on the situation, not on commitment.
Man’s love depends on financial status, health or feeling. God’s love has nothing to do with financial status, health or feelings. God’s perfect plan of salvation: “He or she who believes in the Son has everlasting life, and he or she who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him or her.” (John 3:36).
People reject Christ because they love their sin and they hate having it exposed by God’s light.
The 10 commandments are God’s everlasting laws that we should obey, but that is the obstruction to the masses’ lifestyle. Conclusion, God’s love is everlasting and God’s judgment is everlasting.
The first thing to understand about the final judgment is that it cannot be avoided. Regardless of how we may choose to interpret prophecy on the end times, we are told that “it is appointed to men once to die but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). We all have a divine appointment with our Creator. The offensive truth is a hard pill to swallow but it is still the truth.
Choices have consequences. Choose wisely.
The patriot Miguel Arrindell
