OK, so I'm commenting on my own post. But here's the thing--we say we're "A church passionately loving God, then actively loving people" right? But what does that mean?
I think we have to passionately, sincerely love God IN ORDER to actively love people. For one thing, if we don't know what God has designed for us--His purpose, law, and plan, how CAN we love people and hate sin. I think our ignorance often leads to the opposite--loving sin and hating people! We have to put God first to know what's next.
Then--and we could unpack this for years--we ACTIVELY love people because love is a decision followed by actions of service, giving, forgiveness, protection, helps, etc.
Thoughts?
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