Matt 5:44 Luke 6:28
We are to forgive those who sin against us...
Love those who spitefully use us....
Pray for the repentance of our enemies.....
How far do those commands extend?
For example - when Jesus declares in Luke 6:35 ".... For He is kind to the unthankful and evil" - who is Jesus speaking about The Father being kind to? Only men....
Can you bring yourself to forgive Satan for the abuse and pain he has caused you and those whom you love? Can you forgive the one who has heaped more suffering upon us than any being in the universe?
Can you Love the one who has spitefully used and abused us more than any other? Can you love the one who has worn us out and spitefully destroyed us more than any being in the entire universe?
Can you offer up prayer and supplication for one who is undoubtably our enemy - even so far as asking God to grant him true repentance... Can you pray for this one who stands as our adversary before the throne of God - accusing and slandering us before The Throne? Begging God for the right to sift us as chaff from the wheat...
Can you bring yourself to do these things - even if only to "Leave room for the wrath of God" Romans 12:19
Yes - I know that this is a little out there (Or maybe a lot out there)... but it's something I have been thinking about.... and I have to say I am more than a bit uncomfortable when I think about it..... BUT - I also understand that filling up my heart with hate, malice, and fear is ALSO not what God wants either....
We are to forgive those who sin against us...
Love those who spitefully use us....
Pray for the repentance of our enemies.....
How far do those commands extend?
For example - when Jesus declares in Luke 6:35 ".... For He is kind to the unthankful and evil" - who is Jesus speaking about The Father being kind to? Only men....
Can you bring yourself to forgive Satan for the abuse and pain he has caused you and those whom you love? Can you forgive the one who has heaped more suffering upon us than any being in the universe?
Can you Love the one who has spitefully used and abused us more than any other? Can you love the one who has worn us out and spitefully destroyed us more than any being in the entire universe?
Can you offer up prayer and supplication for one who is undoubtably our enemy - even so far as asking God to grant him true repentance... Can you pray for this one who stands as our adversary before the throne of God - accusing and slandering us before The Throne? Begging God for the right to sift us as chaff from the wheat...
Can you bring yourself to do these things - even if only to "Leave room for the wrath of God" Romans 12:19
Yes - I know that this is a little out there (Or maybe a lot out there)... but it's something I have been thinking about.... and I have to say I am more than a bit uncomfortable when I think about it..... BUT - I also understand that filling up my heart with hate, malice, and fear is ALSO not what God wants either....