“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.” (Romans 12:9 NASB)
Nobody is perfect. We have all done something or other that we are ashamed of in our pasts. We have had wicked thoughts, said inappropriate things, and committed sins. Thus, it feels inappropriate to repudiate evil. Who are we to judge? Should we not forgive others? Isn’t tolerance a virtue?
According to the above verse, we are to abhor evil. To abhor something means to regard it with contempt or disgust. It is natural to recoil when you see a poisonous snake. It would be unwise to let it crawl on your lap. Smooth-tongued, double-dealing deceivers are no exception.
Tolerance of evil in the name of love is hypocritical. We become proponents of the lie, participants in the pretense. We cannot cling to both good and evil. Either we are shackled by our fondness for falsehood and depravity, or we are attracted to truth and sincerity. We must choose.
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