http://bdcministries.com/2006/07/30/meditation-for-the-week-of-july-30-2006/ The personal website of Bruce Collins Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:04:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://bdcministries.com/2006/07/30/meditation-for-the-week-of-july-30-2006/#comment-7 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:59:17 +0000 http://bdcministries.com/2006/07/30/meditation-for-the-week-of-july-30-2006/#comment-7 The "love your enemies" is part of the Beatitudes. Some of which are difficult to understand unless you believe He is talking about a "perfect world". Such as, "these are the things we should strive for in a perfect world," but He knows we are not perfect and do not live in a perfect world so He doesn't expect us to be perfect, only to strive for perfection. Should we attempt to love our enemies? Yes. The old hate the sin love the sinner thing. Then again are there truley evil people in the world? I believe so. Can I love an evil person? I don't think so. Does that alone make me a sinner???? The “love your enemies” is part of the Beatitudes. Some of which are difficult to understand unless you believe He is talking about a “perfect world”. Such as, “these are the things we should strive for in a perfect world,” but He knows we are not perfect and do not live in a perfect world so He doesn’t expect us to be perfect, only to strive for perfection. Should we attempt to love our enemies? Yes. The old hate the sin love the sinner thing. Then again are there truley evil people in the world? I believe so. Can I love an evil person? I don’t think so. Does that alone make me a sinner????

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