Christ-Like Love Is Always Suppose to Accompany Righteousness...We Must Forsake Transgression and Any Hint of Advocacy for It in Others

Christlike love is the greatest need we have on this planet in part because righteousness was always supposed to accompany it. So if love is to be our watchword, as it must be, then by the word of Him who is love personified, we must forsake transgression and any hint of advocacy for it in others. Jesus clearly understood what many in our modern culture seem to forget: that there is a crucial difference between the commandment to forgive sin (which He had an infinite capacity to do) and the warning against condoning it (which He never ever did even once).

The Cost—And Blessings—Of Discipleship By Elder Jeffrey R. Holland - April 2014 General Conference