Love your enemies

 DAILY INSIGHT WITH GOD

THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST, 2020

TEXT: MATTHEW 5:43-48

TOPIC: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

KEY VERSE: 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; Matthew 5:44

             The Pharisees and the scribes had taught that "love your friends and hate your enemies". This is logical and appealing to the moral sense but Jesus told his disciples that this is not enough as Children of the kingdom. Even the so called sinners do the same. In the kingdom of God, you do like your father who love both good and evil people and cause rain to fall on both. 

          The word used for love in the  Greek text means to love in a moral or social sense and bless mean to speak well of them. This connotes that when your enemy is hungry give him food, if he is sick and need your help, pay his medical bills if you can afford it, if he needs cloth, clothe him. Simply be morally good to him, Do not use his wrong doings to react to him and speak well of him to others. 

              Above all pray for the salvation of your enemies' souls so that they can repent from their evil and become  new beings in Christ. This is the expectation of God from his disciples in relating with their enemies and this is the true test of the kingdom principle. 

Prayer: Lord Jesus help me to love my enemies the way you love them in Jesus name. 

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