Hypocritical Love

Hypocritical Love

Romans 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

“Love.” It is one of the most wonderful and one of the most misunderstood words in the English language. Love is great, but it can also be filled with hypocrisy. The world defines love as acceptance, tolerance, and inclusion of what scripture calls evil. James tells us that kind of wisdom does not come down from God. It is earthly, sensual, even demonic. (James 3:15)

In the book of Romans Paul says, “Let love be without hypocrisy, and then he immediately tells us how to do that. First, we must abhor what is evil. The word “abhor” is an extraordinarily strong word in both English and the original Greek language of the New Testament, but in both languages, it means to utterly detest—to hate. We are to hate what the Bible determines to be evil. Without that kind of hatred genuine love is impossible.

On the other hand, love without hypocrisy demands that we cling to what the Bible determines is good. The Greek word translated as “cling” literally means glue. We are to be glued to what is good. No one can express genuine love unless they are glued to what the Bible says is good.

Make sure you understand this truth. Love requires hatred of evil and a desire to stick to what is good, and the Word of God is the only standard for determining what is evil and what is good. The world wants to define good and evil on its own terms, and in doing so, it calls good evil and evil good. The result of that kind of sensual logic is a form of hypocritical love that is not love at all, but true Christians are to love without that kind of hypocrisy, and that kind of love is genuine love.

Have a God Filled Week,
Brother Donnie