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"Love Your Enemies"
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Question? Are you a disciple?
Now a disciple is someone who follows the teachings of another. Do you follow the teachings of another or are you "self-disciplined"? The One called The Messiah teaches His disciples to, "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that you may be the children of your Father, HE WHO is in Heaven;" (Matthew 5:44-45a)
Hope is your desire is to be a Child of “your Father, HE WHO is in Heaven"?
Hope is you have chosen to follow the teachings of The Messiah, He Who is "The Prince of Peace".
As you continue, remember that The Messiah testified, "the words you hear are not My words, but
they are The Words of The Father(Creator) WHO sent Me."(John
14:24) "You
have heard that it has been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth: But I say unto you, that you resist not evil: but whoever
smites you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any
man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have
your cloak also. And whoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with
him two. Give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of
you, turn him not away. You have heard that it has been said, “you
shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy”, but I say unto you,
Love Your Enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that
hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute
you; that you may be the Children of your Father WHO is in heaven: for
HE makes HIS sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain
on the just and on the unjust. For if you love them who love you, what
reward do you have? Do not even politicians do so? And if you salute
your brethren only, what are you doing more than others? Do not even
politicians do so? Therefore be perfect, even as your Father, HE WHO
is in heaven, is perfect." (Matthew 5:38-48) The Testimony of The Messiah you just read was preceded by the following verse in what the "catholic/christian" religions of this world call their “bible”. "Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven: but whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven." (Matthew 5:19) Some believe that this bore witness to the laws within the Old Testament, yet this verse rightly applies to the teachings of The Messiah that followed, one of which was to "Love Your Enemies"!
The Messiah also testified, "Why do you call Me, Master(Lord), Master(Lord), and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46) And as Our Father spoke through Him, He testified, "If you love Me keep My commandments". (John14:15, also read verses 16-24)
At
the end of The Messiah’s testimony, in what is commonly called
"the sermon on the mount" (Matthew chapters 5,6 and 7) The
Messiah bore witness to the following, "Not every one that says
unto Me, Master, Master, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but
he that does the will of My Father WHO is in Heaven. Many will say to
Me in that day, Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Thy Name?
And in Thy Name have cast out devils? And in Thy Name done many
wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from Me, you that work iniquity. Therefore WHOEVER HEARS these
sayings of Mine, AND DOES them, I will liken him unto A WISE MAN, who
built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not:
for it was founded upon a rock. And EVERY ONE THAT HEARS these sayings
of Mine, AND DOES THEM NOT, shall be likened unto A FOOLISH MAN, who
built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and
great was the fall of it." (Matthew 7:21-27) "HEARS
these sayings AND DOES THEM"! May The Messiah’s GOD and Father,
HE WHO is The GOD and Father of The Messiah’s Brethren, help us that
we would hear and do! For except HE gives the grace, strength and
love, except HE gives of HIS Spirit, none could do! “ And so the
elect "cry unto GOD day and night"! (Luke 18:7b) The
letters in what this world calls the “bible” are in perfect
harmony with The Messiah’s teaching of "Love Your
Enemies". “Bless them who persecute you: bless, and curse
not." (Romans 12:14) "Recompense to no man evil for evil.
Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as
much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved,
avenge not your selves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is
written, vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord. Therefore if
your enemy hungers, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink: for in
so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of
evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:17-21) "See
that none renders evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that
which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men." (I
Thessalonians 5:15) "Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for
railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that you were called to do
so, that you should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life,
and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips
that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him
seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the
righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of
the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will harm
you, if you are followers of that which is good? But and if you suffer
for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and be not afraid of their
terror, neither be troubled; But sanctify the LORD GOD in your hearts:
and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you for
the reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear: Having
a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of
evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good
conversation in The Messiah." (I Peter 3:9-13) "For
we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12)
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through GOD
to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and
every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of GOD, and
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of The
Messiah;" (II Corinthians10:3-5) "You
therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of The Messiah. No man
that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may
please HIM who has chosen him to be a soldier." (II Timothy
2:3-4) "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of GOD,
that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
GOD, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this
world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, Will of
GOD." (Romans 12:1-2) Many
desire and expect ease in this temporal life, but tribulation awaits
those that follow the teachings of The Messiah in this world! Yet,
what a blessed end! "Blessed are they which are persecuted for
righteousness' sake: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are
you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all
manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. Rejoice, and be
exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted
they the prophets which were before you." (Matthew 5:10-12)
"Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to
continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter
into the Kingdom of GOD." (Acts 14:22) "These things I have
spoken unto you, that in Me you might have peace. In the world you
shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the
world." (John 12:33) "For unto you it is given in the behalf
of The Messiah, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His
sake; having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be
in me." (Philippians 1:29-30) "Forasmuch then as The Messiah
has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the
same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from
sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh
to the lusts of men, but to the Will of GOD." (I Peter 4:1-2) Whom
do you follow? Do you desire The Will of “The One GOD, Father of
All”?
Have you chosen to serve GOD and follow HIS Only Begotten Son,
The Messiah, on The Way to The Truth of The Life? The Messiah was “a
servant of The Only True GOD” and The Messiah Loved His Enemies!
Whom do you follow? Whom do you serve? "No man can serve two
masters!" (Matt 6:24a) Choose
rightly! Choose to follow The Messiah! Chose to be His disciple and
call upon GOD day and night for the strength needed to "Love Your
Enemies" so that you might "enter in at the strait
gate": "for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that
leads to destruction, and many there are who enter that gate: Because
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads unto life, and
few there be that find it." (Matthew 7:13-14) Be one of the
few! Lest there be confusion it is well to remember that The Messiah “Loved His Enemies”, and so it was when He rebuked the pharisee’s, those religious zealots who denied Him as they sought to crucify The Truth: “Woe unto you, scribes and pharisee’s, hypocrites! For you are like whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and pharisee’s, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,” (Matthew 23:27-29)
Yes,
The Messiah loved them! And so He told them The Truth even though He
knew the pharisee’s wanted to kill Him. “Some save with
compassion, others with fear....” "But i say unto you who hear, Love Your Enemies!! (Luke 6:27a)
Are you listening? Do you hear?
The Messiah testified, "...whoever HEARS these sayings of Mine, and DOES them, I will liken him unto a WISE man, which built his house upon a rock:" (Matthew 7:24) and "And WHY do you call Me, Master, Master, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46) "For whoever shall do the will of My Father WHO is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother." (Matthew 13:50)
That which The Messiah taught was of The Only True GOD, for The Messiah spoke The Words of GOD, and GOD’s Word is HIS Will! And The Messiah testified, "Love Your Enemies"!
Do you “Love Your Enemies”?
And the religious systems that are of this world?
Do they follow The Messiah, He Who is “The Prince of Peace”?
Do they exhort their “members” to “Love Your Enemies” in deed, or in word only?
Seems the fruit of death is born of religious ways, because life is but a pawn in the wicked game they play ;-(
Seems religious systems are but the legacy of the pharisee’s ;-(
The Messiah testified, “Whoever lives and believes in Me (My Testimony and My example of The Life) shall never die!”
And then The Messiah questioned, “Do you believe this?” YES!!
And you? Do you believe?
If you do believe, then your desire will be to "Love Your Enemies" for you know that victory over death is assured! And The Victor, The Messiah, desired above all else, "Father, not My will, But THY Will Be Done"! And those who seek to follow The Messiah, those who would be His disciples, will have the same desire. Simply,
the desire for “Father, not my will, But THY Will Be Done” is “The
Way to The Truth of The Life”.
So simple that
“a child will understand”! An adopted child of “The One
GOD, Father of All” that is. Such “children” will no longer deny and defy The Father that created them, for they know that The Life is Their Father’s Will ;-) HIS “children” will no longer be of those “GOD will destroy because they are destroying HIS Creation(earth/water/sky/creatures/Truth/Love,,etc,,) ;-( (Rev 11:18) Lest there be confusion, be aware of the fact that The Messiah testified of “a wicked world” and that “those of this wicked world hated Him”. The Messiah also testified that those of this wicked world “would also hate His disciples”! And John testified, “love not the world or its things”, and “if any man loves this world, the Love
of The Father is not in him”,
And James testified, "whoever is a friend of this world is the enemy of GOD(Elohim)"! “Love Your Enemies” refers to mankind. Disciples of The Messiah are not to love this “world”, for this “wicked world” is but the product of “the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life” that is mankind’s “imag”ination. And mankind’s "imag"ination, their "evil inventions" and self-centered ways are destroying Creation ;-(
And "the god of this world", he who is "the father of lies, is "d"evil spirit that dominates and provides the fuel for mankind's "imag"ination ;-( The children of GOD(Elohim) are to resist that evil, lying spirit which is leading those of this world along the broad way to destruction ;-(
You can not use the religious systems that call themselves "catholic", or "christian", or "pentecostal", or "mormon", or "jehovah witnesses", or any other system of religion as an excuse for not believing and seeking to follow the teachings of The Messiah, because "religions" do not follow The Messiah, religions follow and believe the lies that are of mankind's "imag"ination. One such lie was the "imag"ined name, "jesus christ", a name they gave to one head of a three headed pagan "god" some 500, or so, years ago ;-( Because of their "imag"ination, theo(ry)logical lies, and a love for this wicked world, "The Way of Truth is evil spoken of" ;-( Yet
while there is breath(spirit) there is hope!
Hope! Not for that which is of mankind's "imag"ination ;-( But for that which is of The Only True GOD(Elohim), that which is of The Truth!
Hope! For Miracles do happen!
May there be those who experience The Miracle that is "receiving a love of The Truth"! Those who receive will "Love Their Enemies"!
.......Peace, in spite of the dis-ease(no-peace) that is of this wicked world.......
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