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A friend was once troubled when accused of “intolerance” for opposing sexual sins until he realized that his accuser was fiercely intolerant as well, only intolerant of Christianity. The truth is simple: intolerance is inescapable. If we love God and submit to His Word, we will necessarily be intolerant of murder, theft, adultery, false witness, and every assault on God’s order; such things violate true freedom and oppress the righteous. But if we love sin, we will be intolerant of God, His law, and His people. As Jesus declared, no man can serve two masters he will love one and hate the other (Matt. 6:24). Regenerate men love God and therefore hate sin; the ungodly hate God and therefore rage against anything that reflects His rule. What you tolerate and what you cannot tolerate reveals your heart, your allegiance, and your nature.
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0:00C.R. 101 Radio.com, podcast and more. 16. Tolerance and intolerance A friend was accused of intolerance by an associate because he expressed his opposition to various sexual offenses. He was briefly troubled by this chart until he suddenly realized that this accuser was himself savagely intolerant, intolerant in his case of Christianity. Intolerance is inescapable. If we are Christians and abide by Scripture, we will be intolerant toward murder, theft, adultery, false witness and other offenses against God's order. They will be to us a violation of our freedom and order under God and an oppression of Godly men. If on the other hands we are sinners and lawbreakers by nature, we will be intolerant of God and his people, intolerant of Godly laws and restraints precisely because we tolerate and love sin.
1:09Our Lord stated the issues clearly. No man can serve two masters, for either he will hit the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other, Matthew 624. It is necessary for us to love God in his word, and if we are regenerate, it is our nature to do so. This means that we therefore hit sin and regard it as an offense against God and man and an intolerable violation of Godly order which must be eliminated. Similarly, those who hit God want to eliminate him and us and everything which is an aspect of God's law and order and word from their universe. They are savagely and bitterly intolerant. In other words, what you tolerate says a great deal about you. It identifies your loyalties and your love and it classifies your nature clearly.
2:10Men are known not only by their fruits but also by their love and hit, their tolerance and intolerance.
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