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I KNOW WHAT LOVE IS…
A commercial by the Ad Council (Feb. 2018) tells us love has no limits. It shows people
behind an x-ray screen embracing only showing their skeletal outlines. The people emerge from
behind the screen to reveal they are a same sex couple, to a cheering crowd. The scene is redone
with people of different races, religions and ages. Each one is accompanied by the text: love has
no gender, love has no race, love has no disability, love has no religion, love has no labels. The
ad campaign claims to combat what is seen as bias in our world today.
It got me thinking about how the world is trying to redefine love. We hear the argument in
our world today, “How can a person be against two people who love one another? To try to put
limits on love is wrong.”
But how does God label love?
“Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does
not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a
wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things,
believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Cor. 13:4-7).
Some things stick out to me in this passage that are in conflict with the world’s definition of
love. The world says you should cheer when someone is in sin, but Biblical love does not rejoice
in unrighteousness. The world says love can act any way it wants, but Biblical love never acts
unbecomingly. The world says you should be proud of your lifestyle, but Biblical love does not
brag. The world says you are offensive and should be shunned if you don’t accept what it
accepts, but Biblical love does not take into account a wrong suffered. The world says you
should accept any belief no matter if it is valid or not, but Biblical love rejoices with truth.
There is a saying, “He who controls the language, controls the masses.” When it comes to
love, who makes the definition, God, who is love, or the world who does not know Him?
Barry Haynes, Hope, AR
via Chambersburg church of Christ Chambersburg, PA
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