Christian love

Christianity is often associated with several key concepts, two of which be have it away and legal expert. However, it is crucial to correct these two terms to arrive at a clearer understanding. This paper proves to discuss the Christian view of applaud and nicety.What is savour? More importantly, what is Christian deal? What are the characteristics of Christian savor? Paul B. Henry enumerates the characteristics.One, love is voluntarily extend ton.1 It is non nipd, or de gayded. Christian love is all about entrustingness to give and share. One rumpnot seek love it place only be received if it is willingly delivered. It cannot be called love if it is by force or manipulation. One should not be compelled to submit. warmth is only love when it is willingly given it cannot be derived any early(a) way. Suppose a woman is engaged to be married to a man her parents chose for her. She does not love this person, but she will marry him. The marriage whitethorn demand her to love her husband, and she might. However, this is not real love. Real love is not demanded or demanding. It is always willing.Second, love is personally mediated.2 Christian love is personal. There is no such thing as loving impersonally. Since love is voluntary, it follows that is also personal. It is simply because when virtuoso willingly gives something, it automatically denotes a personal decision. Say for example, a college student decides to give a fellow a gift, even when there is no occasion.The gift comes from the willingness to give, and the act of giving is personal decision. This person distinguishable to give a present out of her own free will. In turn, the choice of the gift is personal as well. Love is personal insofar as it exhibits the exercise of ones free will.Third, love always entails sacrifice. One wants give up something for the welfare of another. Suppose a mother has enough currency to purchase a new pair of shoe to replace her old, worn pair. At the las t minute, however, her squirt gather ups something for a class project. The mother will then postpone the purchase of the shoes to give way to her daughter. Because there is no extra money, the mother will put the childs need first. That is sacrifice.Lastly, love is beyond ordinary moral obligation.3 To begin with, it is not an obligation. If one is feels the need to fulfill an obligation, it is not voluntary. It is not personal, either. It is because there will be an external factor that will burden to oblige.Now that the primary(prenominal) characteristics of love have been discussed, justice should also be elucidated. What characterizes Christian justice?First, justice should apply to all. It is universal, arrant(a) and objective.4 Since immortal is the Supreme Being that reigns through all the creatures of the earth, justice should also cover everything that God createdSecond, justice should also be contained within a specific social structure5. Gods creations are diverse, and the mickle themselves are diverse. If justice was constructed as such that it was to a fault general, it would not appeal to the specific attributes. Justice may be universal but it is not general.Third, justice provides methods and guidelines that when followed, it will further the premises of justice6. Take humankind rights, for example. If human rights are honored, people will be respected and treated as individuals, and when human beings are treated as human beings, there is justice.Fourth, justice is objective and stands apart from human intervention. The rules of justice will not be bent because of human volition. It can stand alone, and must be applied to all. subjectivity can only cause injustice. As was earlier mentioned, justice is universal yet specific.The characteristics of love and justice have been dealt with, and the focus is now on both concepts. How are love and justice relate? behind they exist together? How does love and justice differ? How are they si milar?According to Henry, love and justice cannot stand juxtaposed.7 It is because love may transcend the very concept of justice, but it cannot be sustained with something little that justice. Both concepts are related but the relationship between the two cannot be called pit. It is not equal because the premises of one concept may exceed or fall short of the other.For example, justice can exert supply to achieve its desired effect, but love cannot do the same. As was earlier discussed, love must be voluntary. It cannot demand results. It must not resort to force to establish its ends. On the other hand, justice exerts power to maintain its characteristics. For one, for justice to subsist in a specific social order, power must be applied.David Tracy also points out a dependency between love and justice. Justice needfully love in the sense that it must not be abusive of its power. The two concepts should co-exist in a way that both can manifest their differences but at the same time, highlight their similarities. Tracy writes Love should put all Christians to struggle for the self-affirmation intrinsic to the struggle for justice8Here in this statement, he describes that love can fulfill its end, an end that is needed in the fulfillment of justice. He also states that love should always turn over justice, because without it, it can be overtly sentimental.9 Moreover, justice should also be with love because it might be too preoccupied with power. It might be self-righteous.10Love and justice are indeed two important and related key concepts of Christianity. Love is willing, it is deeply personal, it entails self-sacrifice and it is beyond an obligation. When one says God is Love, these characteristics come to mind. Gods love is willing He does not demand love from His people. He wants His people to love Him willingly. disrespect the number of people He created, His love for each and every one is personal. He sacrificed His own word of honor to save the p eople from sin. Lastly, He loves not out of obligation He loves because He wants to. In addition, God is universal and eternal, and His terms of justice are objective. These two concepts come from God, and these concepts describe Him too. This is the Christian view of love and justice.BibliographyHenry, Paul. Love, violence and Justice, Christian Century (1977) 1088.Tracy, David. God is Love The Central Christian Metaphor, The LivingPulpit 1, no.3 (1992) 10.1Paul B. Henry, Love, Power and Justice, Christian Century (1977) 1088.2 Ibid. 3 Ibid. 4 Ibid. 5 Ibid. 6 Ibid. 7 Ibid. 8 David Tracy, God is Love The Central Christian Metaphor, The Living Pulpit 1,no. 3 (1992)10. 9 Ibid. 10 Ibid.