Without Love, We Cannot See God
Love is not optional in Christianity; it is the highest expression of knowing God.
A life bereft of love is a life bereft of the knowledge of God.
A Molue Monologue on Empathy, Holiness, and Truth
The Scriptures
Epistle to the Hebrews 12:14
“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.”
First Epistle of John 4:8
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
First Epistle of John 4:12
“If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.”
The Inference
From these, I infer:
Without love, we cannot know or behold God,
for love is the only true lens through which He is seen.
The Conclusion
Anyone, thus, who lacks empathy does not know God.
Period.
And those who extol the virtues of those who crucify Christ,
those who proudly declare, “Empathy is a made-up word, I hate it,”
they do not know God.
The Burden of Knowing
These are things I know.
Things I cannot un-know.
That’s all I have to say about the matter, for now.
Don Kenobi
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