The Opposite of Love

The opposite of Love:

Many words could be used to describe the opposite of Love, but the one word that sums them all up best is “sin”. Because God is Love than we know that all the attributes of God are also the attributes of Love. Love is, as God is, perfect and eternal and endless in application. Scripture says that “Love cannot fail” even as God cannot fail. The failing of our application of Love would be sin in so much that it takes God out of the effort, and allows one of the other words that would be the opposite of Love to make itself manifest in our responses. That would be words like hatred, malice, despite, vindictiveness, and forwardness.

Let’s also realize that the opposite of Love is the application of making room for sin to be accepted as good also remembering the scripture that “God is good.” So now sin is not only the opposite of Love but is the opposite of God. It is a Loveless thing (sin) to call good evil and evil good.

By scripture we clearly see that in order for us to Love at all times we must be in an intimate relationship with God through His Love Gift the Lord Jesus Christ. “In Him, through Him, by Him, are all things”, so if He is in us than so are all things in Him also in us. His Love, kindness, patience (that’s a hard one for me), meekness, and care of others become a natural performance in our lives and bless others around us because Love always blesses even when present in discipline, (discipline can only be barbaric without Love.)

The greatest testing of Love in our lives will come when others oppose us, especially someone dear, like a family member or friend. When Love is poured out to someone over a long period of time then there almost grows an expectation of “good response” back to the one Loving. But True (Unconditional) Love (although seeing the offence) responds “softly” (“a kind word turns away wrath”), and with aforethought, kind aforethought, forgiving aforethought, premeditation that proves the very Love that we are communicating throughout the conflict. “Love never fails” so if the application of Love is in the conflict the conflict will end on a note of Love and forgiveness having “redeemed the time for the days are evil.”

Again the opposite of Love is sin. True Love never fails. True Love redeems our souls (both offended and offender) and honors God.

Love

In Christ

J&E in Tn