And because lawlessness is increased, the love of many will grow cold. The love that grows cold is the agape that defines the community's identity — the love of neighbor as oneself (Matthew 22:39) and the love that distinguishes the community from the world. The lawlessness (anomia — the violation of God's standards) that produces the cold love is the moral deterioration that persecution and deception together generate.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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