A Sequence In Engaging Evil

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Evil: Obvious and Obfuscated
Viral
Saturate
Encounter 
Discernment 
Love and Truth 
Called
Resolve 
Engage 
Courage 
Faithfulness
Hope
Sacrifice 
Imitation of Christ 
Redemption
Justification 
Reconciliation 
Restoration.

There is a notable, vital and primary application in the sequence of Luke 10:27, and that at our own peril, we would do well to be careful not to create an inverse and opposite relationship with... 

He [Jesus] answered,
(A) “‘Love the Lord your God 
with all your heart 

and with all your soul
and with all your strength
and with all your mind;'
and,(B) ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’"

The inverse and opposite relationship looks like this:

(B)We answered,
"Love your neighbor
[as yourself],
because, [you say that]
(A) you love your God
with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your strength
and with all your mind.

Authentic (A) always leads to a meaningful (B), but An authentic (B) does not lead to a meaningful and authentic (A).

The Mission Statement of Jesus

What Many Consider To Be The Mission Statement Of Jesus From Luke 4:18-19


18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the 

poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the 

blind, to release the oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." (GRACE)

Many would interpret this passage LITERALLY, but perhaps there is more...

What Other's Might Consider To Be The Mission of Jesus From John 1:29

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who   

takes away the sin of the world! (TRUTH)
How Do We Reconcile The Two? Notice The Use And Tension of GRACE and TRUTH, according to the Apostle John.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the 

glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth... 17 For the law 

was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:14 and 17

To emphasize one over and against the other is to misrepresent Who God Is and What God is About...