Can You Love Your Enemies

Matthew 5:43-48, You have heard that it was said you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even tax collectors do so? Therefore, you shall be perfect, just as your Father in Heaven is perfect.

How many times have we heard love your enemy? First, we must realize that we are not talking about love like we have for family. It can still be a hard thing to do in the human sense.

Romans 12:14, bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

We must take the emotion and pride out of the picture. Our Father Almighty God loves everyone with the same love. If God loves all of us, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ died for all of us, how can we possibly go against that?

Luke 23:34, then Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

It seems reasonable that we should be forgiven for what we do in ignorance if we repent. If we cannot forgive, our father will not forgive us. It is all part of loving our enemies.

Matthew 6:14-15, for if you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7,Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. 

From all of these verses you have probably figured out that loving your enemy involves all kinds of things. How you treat them shows what you think. It all boils down to the old Golden Rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

For our Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away my sins. Your death and resurrection made my salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!