Love without Hypocrisy

 

Romans 12:9,14,16,17,19 NASB1995

“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.”

“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.”

“..Do not be wise in your own estimation. Never pay back evil for evil to anyone..”

“Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord.”

This word “love” has to do with preferring what God prefers, which is all that is morally pure, upright, godly, honest, faithful, sincere, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. When we love others with this love we don’t do evil to them, not even to those who do evil to us. We show genuine love and compassion and caring even to the worst of the worst, no matter who they are or what they have done. We do not approve of their evil, and we should speak the gospel truth to them even if they hate and persecute us in return.

But when we love others with this kind of love, it must be genuine love which comes from what is within our hearts which prefers what God prefers, i.e. a love based in moral preference. And we should never be hypocritical in our expressions of love to others by saying, “I love you,” but then turning right around and deliberately and habitually sinning against those we have claimed to love. For that is not love. So don’t claim it if you don’t mean it, and if you don’t live it, but if you do the opposite of what is love, instead.

Now we are to hate evil. We are to detest it. We are not to cling to it as the world does. We are not to be entertained by evil in the sense of being those who are enjoying it and applauding it. We should not be setting our eyes on what is immoral and sensual, enticing us to do likewise. But this is not to say that we can’t watch something where evil is shown for what it is, like in the Scriptures, and where right and wrong are clearly defined, and where good is the ultimate preferred outcome, as long as it is not enticing us to sin.

But we who profess to know Jesus and to love God must be those who obey God and who put sin to death in our lives, by the Spirit, in the power of God, as a matter of life practice. We must be those whose lives are being led by the Spirit of God and not by the flesh, who are following our Lord in obedience to his commands, and whose desire it is to do what pleases our Lord, and to do what his will and his purpose are for our lives. So God is to be our commander in chief, and no one else, and not anything else.

Love Must Be Genuine 

Based off Romans 12:9-21

An Original Work / October 22, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Love must be genuine.

Hate what’s evil; cling to good.

Love each other with affection.

Show respect for ev’ryone.

Never lack in your zeal.

Serve the Lord with diligence.

Rejoice in steadfast hope.

In affliction, patient be.

Keep on praying; share with others.

Practice hospitality.

Bless those who persecute.

Feel with others sympathy.

Be not filled with conceit.

Daily sit at Jesus’ feet.

Live in harmony with others.

Live at peace with ev’ryone.

Repay not to someone

With the evil he begot.

Do not take your revenge;

Leave it to the wrath of God.

If your enemy is thirsty,

Give to him something to drink.

Do what’s right for mankind.

Evil: overcome with good.

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Video Talk Based off the same Scriptures

https://youtu.be/-ApFkDzQ3J8

Love without Hypocrisy

An Original Work / March 9, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love