Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Oh, the dreadful challenge given! How could I POSSIBLY love an enemy? Do good to those that hate me? Now... I can pray for them... pray their breaks go out running down a hill... flower pot falls from a window sill and hit them on the head like I want to!
oh?
It doesn't work that way? Why do I need to be so nice?
"That ye may be the children of your Father"
What does that mean? I'm a child of God!
John 15:8-10
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
We are to be one with Christ, and how did He treat His enemies? How did He treat you, and me?
With love. With Prayer. With blessings, and sacrifices.
A child is born of it's parents; born of their flesh, their DNA. As they grow they mimic their parents to learn how to act, and how to live life. As a child of God, we are born of Him. Not in the flesh are we born of Him, but in the Spirit. We are to look to Him, and mimic Him to grow, and learn how to live life.
We are of Christ, we must act like it. As hard as it is, as much as sometimes you (I) want to yell and smack our enemies, we must not. We must go beyond just not harming them, we must be nice to them. Pray for them.
A challenge to be like Christ. Will you take up the cross?
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