Should love be a
confrontational force? Many would suggest that unconditional love avoids
confrontation, whenever possible. If love is a confrontational force, is that
not contradictory to its true meaning? In reality, the opposite is
true.
Love should be a powerful, confrontational
force to eradicate sin and bring about the conversion of sinners.
“Love worketh no ill to his
neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:10 King James
Bible
Understanding the true nature
of God’s love leads us to His divine concept of unconditional love. The nature
of man has not changed and thus, every human being is a sinner who needs
salvation, only possible through God’s grace.
Normally people accept
unconditional love as meaning that on a human plane one loves the sinner,
regardless of his or her sin. Taking a stand avoiding confrontation, should
bring about peace. What if it does not and allows room for the sinner to
continue to sin?
At times, direct confrontation
with divine unconditional love is necessary to bring about a change in man.
Divine unconditional love, based
upon God’s Holy Spirit power, enables effective confrontation. When God’s
divine unconditional love motivates confrontation, it includes repentance,
forgiveness and transition or reformation. Unfortunately, unconditional love as
understood on a human plane does not necessarily bring about reformation.
For example, need for the power of
confrontation with unconditional love on a divine plane, becomes evident when a
young man does not realize the error of his ways. He has not sought counseling,
repented or asked for forgiveness.
Tragically, there are many
instances where unconditional love on a human plane of understanding avoids
confrontation when powerful confrontation, motivated by a higher level of
unconditional love would bring about reformation. It takes strong Christian
leadership to demand reformation and the empowerment and strength of the Holy
Spirit to bring about reformation.
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