Jesus tells us to love our enemies and to be perfect as our heavenly Father is

[darryl]

Jesus tells us to love our enemies and to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect.

God loves His enemies.

We were all once His enemies.

If He had not loved us when we were His enemies then He would not have sent Jesus to die for us.

Do we love our enemies as Jesus taught us?

God is love.

God is not hatred.

The teaching that God knowingly intentionally created people to burn in hell endlessly maligns the character of God.

The teaching is full of hate.

God is love, holy, righteous, just, merciful, gracious, compassionate, kind, patient, giving, wise, knowledgeable, omnipotent, mighty, sovereign, beautiful in all of His ways.

God is ?gracious in ALL His works.? (Psalm 145:17)

?The EARTH is the Lord?s and ALL its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein.? (Psalm 24:1)

?ALL the kings of the earth shall praise you, 0 Lord, when they hear the words of your mouth.? (Psalm 138:4)

?The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to ALL, and His tender mercies are over ALL His works. ALL your works shall praise you, 0 Lord.? (Psalm 145:8-10)

?ALL the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and ALL the families of the nations shall worship before You. ALL those who go down to the dust (death) shall bow before You.? (Psalm 22:27, 29)

God bless

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God loves His enemies.

We were all once His enemies.

If He had not loved us when we were His enemies then He would not have sent Jesus to die for us.

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Amen darryl! Reminds me of this great video that Gary Amirault made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQefNkEHNB4

4:40 to 5:10 video timestamp

"Love your enemies. Because you were once the enemy of Jesus Christ and in your state of being an enemy, laid down his life for you." - Gary Amirault.