We Must Love
Jesus said,
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” Matthew 5:43,44.
Do you love your enemy? Are you willing to sit down with those whom you do not like? Are you willing to sit down with those of different faiths and lifestyles?
Here is an interesting quote from the Talmud,
“An aged man, whom Abraham hospitality invited to his tent, refused to join him in prayer to the one spiritual God. Learning that he was a fire-worshipper. Abraham drove him from his door. That night God appeared to Abraham in a vision and said: ‘I have borne with that ignorant man for seventy years: could you not have patiently suffered him one night?” The Talmud.
Sadly many who claim to be Christians are not willing to sit down with those of other faiths or lifestyles. They, in some cases will not do business with them. How tragic. For in doing so they are pushing people away from God.
God in sending Jesus to this earth showed us unconditional love. This is the kind of love we are called to show to others.
As I said in my previous blog post it is not the Christians place to judge anyone. It is our job to love.
The apostle Paul defines love this way,
We must never ever judge anyone.
We must remember the words of Jesus who said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16,17.
We must remember we are Christ’s representatives on this earth and that the only way we will win souls for Christ is to love everyone unconditionally.
Please think about it.
Jesus said,
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” Matthew 5:43,44.
Do you love your enemy? Are you willing to sit down with those whom you do not like? Are you willing to sit down with those of different faiths and lifestyles?
Here is an interesting quote from the Talmud,
“An aged man, whom Abraham hospitality invited to his tent, refused to join him in prayer to the one spiritual God. Learning that he was a fire-worshipper. Abraham drove him from his door. That night God appeared to Abraham in a vision and said: ‘I have borne with that ignorant man for seventy years: could you not have patiently suffered him one night?” The Talmud.
Sadly many who claim to be Christians are not willing to sit down with those of other faiths or lifestyles. They, in some cases will not do business with them. How tragic. For in doing so they are pushing people away from God.
God in sending Jesus to this earth showed us unconditional love. This is the kind of love we are called to show to others.
As I said in my previous blog post it is not the Christians place to judge anyone. It is our job to love.
The apostle Paul defines love this way,
“Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails....
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a,13.
This is the kind of love we as Christians as believers in Christ Jesus must show to the world.We must never ever judge anyone.
We must remember the words of Jesus who said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16,17.
We must remember we are Christ’s representatives on this earth and that the only way we will win souls for Christ is to love everyone unconditionally.
Please think about it.
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