Loving the Unlovable
It is possible to love the unlovable. Recently in a Dollar General store, a young man stole a box of feminine products. The woman who waited in the van for him came into the store to check on him, probably because she thought he was taking too long. They both left the parking lot with stolen merchandise. If it is one thing many people have in common, is that they cannot stand a thief. Perhaps both of said individuals were down on their luck and were too ashamed to ask for money to buy the supplies. Or perhaps they are just the type of individuals who do not want to work and make a living stealing from those who work hard. Regardless of their reasons for stealing, they have souls, and God counted them just as (un)worthy …show more content…
He continues, "that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous" (Matthew 5:43-45). Having been judged by a stranger based on an assumption, how did it make you feel? If only you could have told that stranger your life experiences so that he would better understand your decisions, he would have been compassionate and less judgmental. God loves the sinful, and this fact alone should prove that no one is unlovable. Did not the Apostle Paul via the Holy Spirit teach that Christ died for the ungodly? (Romans 5:6).
The Apostle James condemned Christians from judging other Christians without having all the facts. This is also a good lesson for those who are outside of Christ. To judge, in the sense described in James 4:11, is to form unfavorable opinions without being able or willing to know the real character of the act condemned, or the motives which led to its commission. Doing so would put the worst possible interpretation on one's words and actions. (This violates the command that forbids evil speaking against a brother. Such a one also speaks against the law, and judges the
It is possible to love the unlovable. Recently in a Dollar General store, a young man stole a box of feminine products. The woman who waited in the van for him came into the store to check on him, probably because she thought he was taking too long. They both left the parking lot with stolen merchandise. If it is one thing many people have in common, is that they cannot stand a thief. Perhaps both of said individuals were down on their luck and were too ashamed to ask for money to buy the supplies. Or perhaps they are just the type of individuals who do not want to work and make a living stealing from those who work hard. Regardless of their reasons for stealing, they have souls, and God counted them just as (un)worthy …show more content…
He continues, "that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous" (Matthew 5:43-45). Having been judged by a stranger based on an assumption, how did it make you feel? If only you could have told that stranger your life experiences so that he would better understand your decisions, he would have been compassionate and less judgmental. God loves the sinful, and this fact alone should prove that no one is unlovable. Did not the Apostle Paul via the Holy Spirit teach that Christ died for the ungodly? (Romans 5:6).
The Apostle James condemned Christians from judging other Christians without having all the facts. This is also a good lesson for those who are outside of Christ. To judge, in the sense described in James 4:11, is to form unfavorable opinions without being able or willing to know the real character of the act condemned, or the motives which led to its commission. Doing so would put the worst possible interpretation on one's words and actions. (This violates the command that forbids evil speaking against a brother. Such a one also speaks against the law, and judges the