"You heard it said: You will love your neighbor and hate your enemy," Matthew 5:43.
Yep, sounds like a pretty good life plan. But Jesus says: Not so in his kingdom, not where He is Master. The people of his kingdom love their enemies. They pray for those who persecute them. They refuse to behave like godless people. They want to look like their Lord. So they repent from the old world ways in order to imitate the mercy of their Father, God, in a new covenant.
We visit a brother or sister today, forgiven by Christ who prayed even for us. And together we give him thanks that he showed mercy when we were his enemies.
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