Please Don’t Love Me to Hell
Brotherly love is practical, not always rosy, but could be tough love. In a typical family setting, we share times of laughter, rejoicing, crying - good times and not-so-good times together. Brotherly love is a popular topic everybody looks forward to. This is because we all want to be loved. Sometimes we can overdo it and love people to hell. Here are the ways it could be done without realising it.
· When you see your brother or sister doing wrong and you keep quiet.
· Covering up for your brother or sister doing wrong in order to save your relationship or association with them
· When one cannot tell another the truth because they dislike being told the truth,
· Forming cultural or unholy alliances for mutual benefits (“scratch my back” and “I scratch your back” syndrome).
And others save with fear; pulling them out of fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Jude 1:23 KJV.
The scripture above requires the tactical skills of those in the “Kingdom Rescue Squad”. Those who engage in rescuing souls from eternal damnation in love.
Emergency service teams have to overcome barriers such as breaking through doors in order to access a building on fire so also Kingdom Rescue Squads must have the courage to rise above the barriers that people or Satan have put in place and prevent them from knowing the truth or being delivered from hell. Examples of these barriers include; emotional blackmail by making the other feel guilty for telling them the truth; catchphrases such as you are judging me or them. I remember a few weeks ago, as I was speaking to a family member over the phone, the Lord reminded me that there was something I needed to tell this person to stop doing. I had the intention of telling this person a while back, but I already knew the answer they would give me (you are judging) and so I kept quiet. On this day, as I was conversing with this person over the phone; I felt convicted to speak and so I did; immediately after our conversation; this person corrected the error but mentioned that I was being judgmental. So, I went back to the Lord and said Lord; you see why I didn’t want to say anything at first as I already knew what their response would be. Immediately, the Lord reminded me of Ezekiel 3: 18 KJV “When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand”.
Brotherly love could involve making some tough decisions; For example, in a fire incident where a tall story building is on fire, the emergency team is called in to rescue those in the house; and there are times they will need to make some tough decisions, for example; throwing a child through the window from the tall building to the ground; knowing that child could break a leg, but it means the child will be saved from the fire. Jesus said, “it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire”. Matthew 18: 8 KJV.
Remember that those alliances, relationships, and things we are seeking to keep, we will lose them and if we seek to lose them for the sake of the Kingdom of God, then we will preserve them – Luke 17:33: Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
The Lord is looking for Kingdom Rescue Squads, who will rise above the fear of intimidation, false accusation, and evil speaking; and snatch souls from hell.
This team is recruiting and to qualify, one has to be teachable and must always have on the whole armour of God according to Ephesian 6:11 in order to stand against all the fiery darts and wiles of the enemy.
