Grace and peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ.
There are enemies all around us. People who, as Jesus says, hate us because of him. Knowing this there are two courses of actions we can take. We can hate them right back. We can deride them, hurt them, and try our very best to get rid of them. Or we can love them and pray for them. Jesus commands us to do the latter, and if that is not reason enough, I think we can come up with a few more. Hatred begets hatred. Someone needs to stop the circle of hate, or it will continue forever. There is also the call that has been placed on all our lives: to make disciples of all nations. We are to bring people to faith, and hating them just will not get that done. It is far more easy to hate those who hate us. Loving our enemies is not an easy thing. But we need to. We need to share with them the love of Christ, no matter what they have done to us. God bless you.
Pastor Josh
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