“All you need is love.” Gays are not harming anyone. True or False?
Objection Stated “All you need is love.” But this is consensual. We’re not harming anyone. Biblical Response “ All You Need Is Love ” is a Beatles song that does not make for good theology or ethics. We will not argue about the prominent place of love in Christian theology and practice; without it we would not have redemption ( John 3:16 ; Romans 5:8 ; 1 John 4:10). Nor will we argue about the Christian requirement that we love one another. It is unquestionably Christian doctrine that “the one who loves his brother abides in the light” (1 John 2:10). Furthermore, “we know that we have passed out of death into life because we love the brethren” (1 John 3:14). We agree that we should “not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth” (1 John 3:18). The loving of one another is evidence of the life of God abiding in us (1 John 4:12). Truly, “we love, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19), and we must love one another if we truly love God (1 John 4:20). While thes