How are you supposed to love your enemies?

To “Love Your Enemy” is to find it in your heart to put aside any wrongs, and to love them as a fellow human being. You don’t have to love them like you love your parents or children or best friend. Picture the person you dislike most, and see if it’s easy to find that love for them.

What does the Bible say about loving your enemy?

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; For example, the New International Version reads: “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”.

Why do we have enemies?

Put differently, this research suggests that people create enemies in order to maintain a stable, coherent, clear view of the world. This is because they can attribute the negatives of the world (which are inevitable) to these enemies. Having enemies even appears to make people feel, ironically, safer.

How do you silence your enemy?

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How does the Bible say to deal with enemies?

“Be reconciled to thy brother.” “Agree with thine adversary quickly.” “Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Loving our enemies and protecting ourselves are not incompatible.

How do you overcome evil by doing good?

To overcome evil with good, we have to become more intentional about helping people who can’t offer us anything in return. Offer an encouraging word, lend a hand, be kind — there are dozens of ways to drive a stake in evil by laying down your self-interest on a daily basis.

Why should we love our enemies?

So, in both these reasons for loving our enemy we see the main thing: God is shown to be who he really is as a merciful God and as gloriously all-satisfying. The power to be merciful is that we have been satisfied with God’s mercy toward us.

What did Jesus say about loving our enemies?

Jesus said to love our enemies. That is what he said, as Matthew recounts his words from the Sermon on the Mount: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you .’” ( Matthew 5:43–44, emphasis added)

Do we have any excuses not to love our enemies?

No excuses. We have no excuse not to love our enemy. Often, when we read passages of scripture that command us to love our enemies we come up with a ton of excuses to absolve us of our responsibility. We think that if we don’t feel loved by someone then we don’t have to show love to them. This lie couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Do we really hate God’s judgment?

“We do not hate God’s judgment. That is just and wise. But we do hate the evil that leads a person to oppose God and incur his judgment” ( What Jesus Demands from the World, 224). To be sure, our enemies aren’t mere victims of evil’s tyrannical force, and we don’t parse individuals away from their actions.