John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

The world is full of unlovable people. I was one of them. The love of God changed me. I am no longer that man. So my problem now is how can I love the unlovable? I think that is a struggle for all of us. Not that we sit in judgment of others but that we find it difficult to love as commanded.

So I have determined that if I cannot do it, then I must allow the Lord to do it. How can I love with that which possesses me? Here in the opening scripture is a hint of how to love that way.

Take his Word and make it mine. Then keep my Word.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Take the Word in, make it yours, take it to heart and the Word will change your heart causing you to love as He loves.

Gnostic  as defined by Dictionary.com is possessing knowledge, especially esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters.

Esoteric is defined by that same group as understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: intended to be revealed only to the initiates of a group:

Here is my difficulty in relying on definitions imposed on me by the world.

Psalm 98:2 The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

The Lord is not hiding from anyone. We do not hold secrets, nothing we believe is withheld from unbelievers. It is not our intention to hold ourselves as a secret society.

Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Rather than holding the truth close to the vest, we are shouting it from the rooftops. Who is listening? Certainly not the agnostic. Agnostics refuse to commit to anything. In a way the agnostic is more lost than the man who believes the lies. At least that man believes in something and will perhaps reason with us and discover the truth. The truth being that we hide nothing as it pertains to salvation.

So we battle with how the world views us, defines us, and gossips about us. There is little that can be done about that. We are only contributors. We are not the publishers. In this we can only live the life we are given and be what God has created in us.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Show them who you are.