“love is the difference between religion and Christianity, between sincerity and the synthetic and superficial. It’s the only motive for acceptable service to the Lord. ‘If ye love me, keep my commandments.’ ‘A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you.’
It is the Christian’s identification badge. ‘By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye ha…ve loved one to another.’
There’s no way for us to keep on keeping on or to minister to the poor pieces of wrecked humanity that come to us as delinquents, narcotic addicts, alcoholics (both men and women), poor little girls in trouble- apart from the love that Jesus gives.
We’ve received far more condemnation and criticism than we have commendation. Our failures have been far more vicious to us than the successes and victories have been helpful, and we have to keep looking beyond the trickle of time before we can see the real reward. And yet we dare not quit or let bitterness enter, but lift our face toward Calvary and in love pray for them.”” message entitled ‘The Greatest of These, by Lester Roloff