Often times it's easy for us to say that we love people. Everybody loves people. Where I think we miss the point is that we love people for the wrong reasons. These reasons keep us from seeing what real love can be, not only for us, but for the world. Over my next few posts I will share some reasons why you really don't love someone, no matter how much you say you do. Reason number one (in no particular order):
You don't love people because you hold love back.
Love (and relationships for that matter) is doomed to fail when it's conditional. You cannot love somebody with restrictions. I cannot say to my wife, "I love you as long as you do x, y, and z." When we make our marriage vows we basically say that we will love and cherish our spouse through thick and thin, no matter what.
People who are far from God need that same kind of commitment made to them. We cannot expect sinners to be with you any other way than they are with themselves. There is no way to love someone only after they clean themselves up.
Love is not conditional, nor can it be restrained. The Bible says in 1st Corinthians that love does not fail. Love at it's very core cannot fail. It cannot come up short. When true love is given, one that is without restrictions, it changes the world. The love of Jesus Christ forever shaped the world because it was given with no prejudice. Love was not given based on skin color, academic achievement, self worth, or status: it was only given.
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