Tolerance is NOT love




The sermon at my church yesterday was about tolerance and love and it stuck with me so I want to share it with you all.
It is so popular to be tolerant today, and people even think that tolerance is love. When you are intolerant you are automatically portrayed as unloving and cruel.
Love and tolerance are far from being the same thing. In the sermon preacher mentioned a quote by Josh McDowell.
"Tolerance says, "You must approve of what I do." Love responds, "I must do something harder: I will love you, even when your behavior offends me."
Tolerance says, "You must agree with me." Love responds, "I must do something harder: I will tell you the truth, because I am convinced 'the truth will set you free.'"
Tolerance says, "You must allow me to have my way." Love responds, "I must do something harder: I will plead with you to follow the right way, because I believe you are worth the risk."
Tolerance seeks to be inoffensive; love takes risks. Tolerance glorifies division; love seeks unity. Tolerance costs nothing; love costs everything."
Jesus calls us to love our enemies, to love one another. Love is hard work and we are required to do it every day, and every hour of our day. This is why we gather with other Christians, to be here for each other because we understand what each of us are going through; to lift each other up and encourage one another to love and love and love even more.

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