Love Does Not Delight in Evil But Rejoices with the Truth!

Authentic. That’s a good word to describe my father. What you saw is who he was. He stood for the same things no matter what. I remember one time where a man who he worked with and who also went to our church engaged in behavior that was clearly wrong and immoral. It really “shook my dad up” as he honestly couldn’t understand why this man would do it and even went and talked to him, just the two of them. Jesus –His truth and His way of life – was joyfully and authentically real for my dad. It was who he was. And so it was just natural for him to authentically come alongside of others, including us, encouraging and exhorting us in our walk with Jesus. This is also a facet of us “loving one another as Jesus has loved us.” This is our focus today.