Terry Clifton <
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writes: That is exactly what I am talking about, David.
Jesus said "You have heard it said that you should love your
neighbor and hate your enemy,
but I tell you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you."
Jesus is saying to change. Stop
doing it the way you have been taught. I have a better way.
Why did the Jews teach this?
Look at Leviticus 19:18. It forbids hard feelings or bad
brhavior toward your neighbor, but there
is nothing there about the enemy.
The principle is not new Terry; it has
been there all along. God did not have a change in personality
after the incarnation/cross. Overcoming
evil with good has always been there in fact Romans 12:20 is
Proverbs 25:21,22 exactly and David acted
on this during his conflict with Shimei in 2 Sam 16:12.
If you doubt that, look at Samson. He killed a thousand enemies with
the jawbone of an ass.
After he had killed nine hundred and ninety- nine, don't you
think the thousanth one asked for mercy?
Don't you think Samson could have taken him prisoner instead of
taking his life.
Why would he want to do that? His
ministry to Israel was as a Judge or military leader and in this
capacity he was serving God. He did mess
up with Bathsheba and paid for it with his own life.
They didn't have POW camps back then.
Saul lost the Kingdom over disobedience in this area.
Israel was in covenant with God and their
enemies were also His enemies.
Look at King Saul. God was with him until he showed mercy to
an enemy king.
It wasn't exactly "mercy" - Saul just
didn't do what God said. He kept the best of everything and then
refused to take responsibility for his
actions (telling Samuel it was because of
the people he directly
disobeyed the Lord) and then he became impatient because Samuel was late in coming and took
it
upon himself to do the sacrifice when he knew better (sin of presumption) following which there
was
no repentance and he added insult to
injury by seeing the witch of Endor. A
classic example of what
not to do.
I know that somewhere in proverbs we are told to feed our ememy, but
the reason given is not love.
The reason is always love Terry. God's
nature and character have always been love. Love is not
something new
that was introduced from 5BC to 33AD
David Miller wrote:
Terry wrote:
I was not talking about divorce or brothers
or neighbors.. I was talking about enemies.
Again, when you say, "old law," are you talking about the law of Moses?
What "old law" allows a person to hate their enemies? I hope you are not
talking about the Torah.
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
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He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His Commandments
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