How Deep Is Your Love

Love Your Enemies
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, [8] what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Jesus sure has some wild ideas about how we should treat each other. Here in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus talks about love. We as Christians cannot love like everyone else in the world does. Our love has to go deeper. Tonight I asked the youth if they loved their parents, friends, brothers, sisters, and me. They all raised their hands and affirmed that they in fact did love all those that I had mentioned and then I asked if they loved Osama BIn Laden and no one raised their hand. The fact is that we cannot change our world until we love our greatest enemy as much as we love our greatest friend. Think about it Timothy and let me know what you think.

MC