Romans 12:9 “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”
Romans 12 lays out NEW ACTIONS for believers. The apostle Paul writing according to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit wants to have inward transformation bringing about outward application. We are now approaching daily living differently and living drastically differently from our old, past life. For instance, we now have a different love in which our love is sincere or PURE. We are not loving others to be loved, but loving others because they need to be love. We love the way Christ loved and that means we love when a person is not lovable. I like to say the time a person needs love the most is the time they deserve it the least.
(If you are wondering just how different the Christian’s love is one only needs to read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a as it describes love: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. (I find this list so convicting))
Our love for others is to be sincere!
When it comes to evil we are to hate it. Yes, HATE IT. It does not say hate the evil person but to hate the EVIL. The believer finds a distaste for evil that they may have found enjoyable at one time. What brings about this distaste is growing in a reverence for God. Proverbs 8:13 says, “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil.” Our love for Him and reverence of Him causes us to hate what He hates.
Then we hold tight to what is good. We are good in our living and we are doing good for others, especially those of the household of God (Gal. 6:10)
Changes have come to the believer!
Continue Strong with a love that hates and does the most good,
And Remember to Date the Word