But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Getting back into my frequent inspirational writings while reflecting on
the sinful conditions of our world, I went to Luke 6: 27-37 KJV, which speaks
to the law of love.
Verse 27 tells us that we are to love our enemies, not with an emotional
love, but with the love of God, which incorporates kindness, compassion, and
peace. We know that love overcame hate
through Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross, so we, as believers in Christ,
are to emulate His love for all humanity.
Another point to loving our enemy does not mean that we as Christians
are to stand idly by and watch and allow evil to bring harm to innocent
people. Still, to the contrary, we are
to confront evil wherever and whenever it occurs. We are to follow Jesus’ model by proclaiming
the truth as truth wins all the time.
Our background verses ask profound questions: what profit is there in
doing good to those who love us? The
gain is in glorifying God by loving those who do not love us. At one point, we all were enemies of God, but
thank God for Jesus and His sin atonement; we, as Christians, now have a loving
relationship with God.
One final point on living our enemy is that we do good without expecting
any good in return from our enemy but look to God for His reward, which is
greater than any reward man can give.
Loving our enemy, we pray, asking God to change their hearts, remove the
hatred, and replace it with love.
Love covers a multitude of sins; this was proven on the cross at
Calvary.
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