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, 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. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? ...
Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus asks us to do hard stuff. And this, loving our enemies is one of them.
I think the reason why we need to love our enemies is so that we do not become like them. Think about it. Chances are our enemies have a lot of hate, not just for us but for a lot of other people and things.
Do we want to be filled with hate? No. So, the solution is obvious - love. We do not have to like what our enemies do or how they behave or what they say, but we have to love the person.
Jesus asks us to do hard stuff so that we do not become hard, but remain filled with God's love.
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