But I say unto you, Love your enemies!
The gospel is already challenging enough in terms of the commandment to love, and this also applies to the Old Testament.
But Jesus also says that we should love even their enemies and that it was precisely this love, which distinguishes his disciples from other people.
The mark of the Christian agape: that non-exclusive love, the love even the enemy - because the father in heaven loves him.
The idea is to imitate the Father in Heaven, who shows his goodness both evil as well as the good and the just and the unjust too.
Without the spirit of forgiveness, looks across much of the offsets and not petty, it is impossible to practice the love that the Lord expects of us.
On the contrary, it is often those unbending severity that nothing endures and tolerates nothing to us the gospel can be compared to unfaithful.
as you are done: that seems reasonable and could in the old days are considered "fair". But what was once a hard-hearted people allowed, which can now no longer as God's will be issued. The new commandment is love without reservation. It has its ultimate foundation in God's own character and behavior.
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