Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true (is realized) in Him and in you, because the darkness (moral blindness) is clearing away and the true Light (the revelation of God in Christ) is already shining.

Whoever says he is in the Light and [yet] hates his brother [Christian, born-again child of God his Father] is in darkness even until now.

Whoever loves his brother [believer] abides (lives) in the Light, and in It or in him there is no occasion for stumbling or cause for error or sin.

But he who hates (detests, despises) his brother [in Christ] is in darkness and walking (living) in the dark; he is straying and does not perceive or know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. (2 John 1:8-11)

It is my contention and my intercession that we are in the hour of the lifting of moral blindness.  As the Spirit of Christ rises in the lives of his people, that which is dark begins to lift off of their lives and they begin to be filled with a new love and joy for humanity.

When I encounter so-called Christians who detest people around them I am horrified.  Such poison in people’s hearts will only kill them in the end.  Hatred is a disgusting fragrance of hell and those who justify their hatred will end up there in the end because those who hate have no fellowship with light.

The child of God grows in love.  It is not that we love perfectly or that we love completely when we come to Christ, but Holy Spirit works with us and convicts us and leads us to repent of our hatred and bitterness in order to love more completely.

The Grace of God leads us to higher places in LOVE.  Love becomes irresistible and addicting.  You learn to quickly forgive and overcome offense so that you can remain in the place of love.

I was recently preaching in a region that has historically justified hatred toward their fellow brothers and sisters in the church.  I had to speak in this region and so I asked the Lord what he would have me say.

He told me that if these people do not repent of their offenses toward their fellow man then they would die in darkness and sin.  He told me that if I didn’t remind them that hatred and offense was sin then their blood would be upon my hands.  So I told them.

Quickly after that I noticed that some of the people in those meetings were writing facebook messages on the need for forgiving their brothers and sisters.  The word that I spoke was bold but it produced results.

We cannot have a revival of Christianity on earth if we continue to hate each other.  We have to lay down our weapons of hatred, offense and bitterness and take up a new weapon called “love.”

Only love will save a nation.  Only joy and peace will overcome the offenses in the earth.

When I love my fellow man even when they despise me it is only then that I can hope to lead them to higher ground.  When I promote them above myself I will win them.

This is the key in this hour.  We must walk in love and humility and this by the power of Holy Spirit in us.

God can help us to do it.  It is possible because the early church walked in this power.  You and I are being renewed to walk in this hour in love in a new way.

I pray right now that the spirit of love will overtake you and you will be pulled deeply into God’s arms and that His love will become your love.