Thursday – Letters

Reading – Jude

Highlight Verses:

“And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering. Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.”
‭‭Jude‬ ‭1‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I have long heard it said that we must love the sinner but hate the sin.

More and more hear people claim that you cannot love someone if you don’t accept their differences even if those differences can be considered sinful.

To that I would say, how can you love someone without extending a hand to rescue them when they are drowning.

When a person’s identity becomes so rapped up in their sin, they are drowning.

Every person is a beautiful creation of God and deserves to be loved.

Sometimes that means accepting them with all their sins so that they can learn to trust you to help them escape that sin.

But accepting them does not have to mean accepting their sin as good.

How do you show love to someone whose identity is wrapped up in their sin?
Have you ever had someone help you escape from your sin? How did they do it?