{"id":4682,"date":"2026-06-20T12:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muscularchristianityonline.com\/platform\/?p=4682"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:30:43","slug":"the-elimination-of-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muscularchristianityonline.com\/platform\/?p=4682","title":{"rendered":"The Elimination of Tension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some in our society today want to define &#8220;love&#8221; as being the elimination of tension.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no confrontation, no correction&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;just affirmation.<\/p>\n<p>When you trace that line of reasoning to its inevitable conclusion, you have a situation where<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Law Enforcement (Rom 13:4-5)<\/li>\n<li>Discipline (Prov 15:10; Prov 25:28)<\/li>\n<li>Education (Prov 4:13; 18:15)<\/li>\n<li>Personal Responsibility (Rom 14:12; Gal 6:5)<\/li>\n<li>Moral Courage (Josh 1:9; Prov 28:1; 1 Cor 16:13)<\/li>\n<li>and a healthy Work Ethic (Prov 6:6; Matt 25:14-30)&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;are all regarded as detrimental.<\/p>\n<p>Even the concept of God&#8217;s Grace becomes toxic because of the way it implies that a person needs to be forgiven (Prov 14:9; 28:26; 30:12; Lk 18:11-12; 1 Jn 1:8).<\/p>\n<p>Love is often manifested as a person&#8217;s willingness to endure the tension that occurs when a commitment to another&#8217;s welfare is perceived as an assault on their happiness (Prov 27:6; Heb 12:2).<\/p>\n<p>That kind of love is rare, but it&#8217;s the only kind that is real (Prov 27:5).<\/p>\n<p>Everything else is a cowardly imitation posing as compassion (Prov 27:6; 29:5; Lk 22:47-48).<\/p>\n<div class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"><!--TgQPHd||[]--><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwisxuarpZiVAxW64skDHbs0EhMQi4wTegoIAggACAEIDRAA\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">\n<div class=\"IQKZHf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);\">\n<div class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgBCA0QAQ\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some in our society today want to define &#8220;love&#8221; as being the elimination of tension. 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