The conventional wisdom of our day, even within many Christian circles,
Blithely advances the truism:
“That there is no Truth worthy enough
For which one should ever risk the loss of a friendship,
Or surrender the sense of belonging, to a community for…”
Those who support this kind of thought could not be more perilously wrong...
For there is no clearer path towards utter idolatry
Nor an easier route that will lead to chaos;
Than the one lined with friends,
Or that courses through a community...
That for the sake of “relationships,”
Affirms and gives permission, for the belief in almost anything...
Loving friendship and surrendered obedience to Christ is the nonnegotiable canon…
There is a unyielding difference between loving those fully, like Christ loves
And “loving others,” despite the nature of Christ…
Scriptural Encouragement:
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 14:6
23 And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. 24 "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it…
Luke 9:23-24
4You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"?…
James 4:4-5
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