Tozer for a Tuesday

The Holy Ghost gives us love that is real. Real love does not always fawn over its object. Real love sometimes rebukes. The sharpest book in the New Testament is the epistle of First John. The apostle of love also could exercise the paddle more vigorously than any other apostle. So the loving John could lay it on when necessary.—A.W. Tozer, Living as a Christian, 72

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Not a popular statement, is it? We prefer the sickly sweet version of love that pampers us and gives in to our every whim. Tozer is reminding us that true love is not that version of love.

The scriptures say to "speak the truth in love." We prefer the second half of the verse; the first half, speaking the truth, can be painful. And it can be deadly if it isn't spoken in love.

John knew how to speak the truth in love because he was steeped in love first and foremost. May we be the same!

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