Love Ain't What it Used to Be

Liberals and cults are famous for using terms that are misleading or down right deceptive.  The list above is one that is appearing around the nation.  At first glace one might think, that is simple enough.  The problem is, it is too simple.  We could take each line apart but let's just take one.  "Love is Love".  For those that don't study the bible it might come across as a fair statement but for those of us who have had to look at the original words in Greek or Hebrew we are faced with a problem.  In English we have only one word for love whereas in Greek there are several.  Is the love you have for your wife the same as a cowboy might have for his truck?  Or is your love for pizza the same as your love for your mother.  Or how about your love for a pet, is it the same as your love for a family member.  Love for some people is so twisted that it is confused for lust.  For other selfish people they will sacrifice relationships with humans over that of their pets (their pets will put up with them whereas humans will not).

A soldier in battle might have love for his comrades or his country such that he would lay down his life.  But it is not likely he would lay down his life for a truck (unless that truck is the only way to safety for his friends).  Put simply, words and simple phrases need definition because they mean different things to different people.  How about the line "Science is Real".  Real what? 

God so loved the world that he gave his Son Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins. 

Others love God's creation rather than God himself.  Admittedly God's creation is awesome and we should take care of it but to replace it for God is idolatry.

Another misleading statement found on signs is "all people are equal".  Tell that to a blind person or someone born with no limbs.  This egalitarian notion sounds good in politics but does not fit well in the real world.  If one is a foreigner and not a legal resident we are not equal in society.  From a biblical perspective we are equal in that we are all born into a fallen creation in need of redemption.  Jesus said unless we are born again we cannot enter the kingdom of God.  So there are two classes of humans.  Jesus even said to one group that their father was the Devil thus making an obvious distinction between those in His kingdom and those of this fallen world.

Cults Always Redefine the Terms

The word Trinity is a classic case of how people redefine terms to fit their religious view.  All cults either attack the concept of the Trinity flat out, or they will say they believe in the Trinity while redefining what it means.  The Mormons will often say they believe in the Trinity while being polytheists, that is believing in many gods.  They will claim the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are not one God, only one in purpose.  The Muslims will reject the Trinity based on what the Quran says, that is, the Father, the Son Jesus, and his mother Mary are the Trinity.  At least the Jehovah's Witnesses are honest and will reject it flat out as something dreamed up by the Catholics.

The reality is that our Father in heaven is obviously God (though Muslims will reject the title Father).  When Apostle John wrote that the Word was God and that he became flesh in 1:1,14 it seems quite clear.  The Jews knew what he was claiming and picked up stones to kill him for blasphemy.

 Next we find that the Holy Spirit (or Ghost, for the KJV people) is referred to as a person not an "it" or an energy or force.   In John chapter 16 Jesus said "And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness, and judgment..."  An energy does not convict anyone, only a person can do that.  So there it is in a nutshell.  Within the one God there are three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  We are made in God's image and we also are triune; spirit, soul and body.