Loving people isn’t telling them what they want to hear.
It isn’t telling them that they’re OK when what they believe is contrary to what God has revealed in the Bible.
Loving them is telling them the truth as God revealed in in the Bible.
The Bible warns against false teaching and those who preach *another gospel*. If someone comes along and preaches a Christ different than the one presented in the Bible, or a different way of salvation than the Christ of the Bible, then they are wrong and it is not unloving to warn people who are being deceived by that false teaching of that fact and the consequences they face if they continue in that teaching.
Jesus is God Himself, come to earth in human form, born of a VIRGIN. He is not a separate being. He is not the half-brother of Satan. His death is all that is needed for our salvation, alone, not after trying all we can because nothing we can do can earn us any more love from God than we already have.
Our salvation is a gift and cannot be earned or deserved. Forgiveness is a gift that cannot be earned or deserved and the only way to be right with God is for Him to forgive you. Your own works, which are as filthy rags in His sight, don’t help one iota.
Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
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Interesting note, “filthy rags” is literally translated “used menstrual cloths”. Really brings home the image of how God views our works, doesn’t it?