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How do we prioritize love when the world is against us?
Answer:
When the world is against us, we must prioritize love by recognizing that there is a biblical hierarchy in love. We rightly love God, then others in our lives, and ourselves. However, if the response of love would be unloving to the higher relationship, the lower must yield to the higher. For instance, if the best interest of another or ourselves conflicts with the best interest of God, love must make a choice. In such situations, we must be willing to sacrifice for the sake of love, even if it means laying down our life for the sake of others. This requires us to order our loves properly, with love for God being the supreme objective. We must be willing to speak out against cultural counterfeits and disregard justice by overlooking sin. This means that we must accept God's judgment of us as the true and reliable one, and find our security and significance in our relationship with God. We must also be willing to sacrifice what we desire or discipline ourselves for the purpose of godliness, which gets the priority. Ultimately, love is a self-giving commitment or devotion to God or fellow humans. We must love our neighbor as ourselves, and do to others as we would have them do to us. This is not something we can do by ourselves, but rather it is God who causes us to love each other. Therefore, we must seek God's help and guidance in order to love others as we should. As the Bible says, "You shall love," and this is the command that hangs on the entire will of God for what people should be and do. By following this command, we can prioritize love even when the world is against us.
Sources:
biblical critical theory
christopher watkin
introduction biblical ethics
robertson mcquilkin
right thinking in age of chaos
john macarthur
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