Loving One Another

by Michael Horton

     "Love covers a multitude of sins." (1 Peter 4:8) 

     "Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends." (Proverbs 17:9) 

     "Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense." (Proverbs 19:11)

     "Especially in Christ, who is Love Incarnate, such wisdom takes on new luster." 

     "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." (1 Corinthians 13:4-7) 

     "This does not mean we ignore violence, vice or false teaching. 'Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them - the sinful works, not the people. (Ephesians 5:11) Properly exercised church discipline aims at repentance and restoration, no matter the sin." (Galatians 6:1)

Final: We don't judge the world