We often hear about truth with love after all the Bible tells us to speak the truth in love but I think it is equally important that we love with truth. So what does that mean?
First of all the love for the sinner will not mean whitewashing the message of the Gospel but with love proclaim the truth that Jesus is the only way to God and without Him the sinner is condemned to eternal death.
Second, we need to remind people the importance of fellowship with other believers. You cannot love and not be part of a body of believers. The local church is where this happens. Love with truth reminds Christians that they are not to forsake the coming together of the body.
Third, we need to encourage others to walk in the truth. That means that they must know the truth and that truth is found through the reading, memorizing, meditating and hearing the Word of God.
When we love our children we want them to obey and respect us. We know that they show that they love us when they show respect and obedience. If they say that they love us and then always are disrespectful then we will question that love. It is the same with the body of Christ.
"It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us." 2 John 4
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