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22.11.2014 Feature Article

The Great Significance Of Love In Societal Peace And Stability

The Great Significance Of Love In Societal Peace And Stability
22.11.2014 LISTEN

I have heard that Emperor Selassie said that "The world will know no peace until there is no segregation". Though this quote has some significance in societal peace and stability, it has a limitation. The total, principal and fundamental antidote to societal chaos and instability is Love.

Love has many earthly and vain kinds and types but I lay the emphasis on the God-kind of love as described in the Bible. The Love which is the supreme virtue, the Love of the Fruit of the Spirit, the Love of the Father demonstrated through His Son Jesus Christ, the Love perfected in the Grace of Jesus Christ, the Love of which God is or represents etc. And if the members of the society faithfully live this Love, societal chaos and instability would be absent or drastically reduced.

Integration would not necessarily ensure societal peace and stability because we may be connected or linked religiously, emotionally, educationally, socially etc, but if we do not Love (the God-kind of love) one another, we may harm one another. That is why Romans 13:10 says "...Therefore, love (the God-kind of love) is the fulfilment of the law", because if you Love (the God-kind of love) others and especially God, you cannot kill or steal them and commit adultery with their wives or husbands whether you are or you are not part of any integration concerned. Moreover, the roots of the prevailing terrorism in Africa would be completely dug out if the terrorists Love (the God-kind of love) other Africans irrespective of their various ideologies, faiths, classes or races.

Therefore, let us understand, believe, appreciate and live this Love (the God-kind of love) by submitting to the Ways of the Lord in order to make our society peaceful and stable.

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