The Winner’s In You, Your Enemy Can Help

“You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy; [Lev. 19:18; Ps. 139:21, 22.] But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” Back in the days of the law, the old testament, it was an eye for an eye and tooth for tooth mentality, which is in line with being influenced by the law. Today we live in the dispensation of Grace, the new testament. The text today are the words of Jesus. He fulfilled the law by keeping every commandment given to Moses on the mount. Jesus overcame this feat by using the word of God (as we are to now do), and not by the divine powers He had before His earth walk. It had to be done by working the word of God, thereby giving us the example, and legal passage to do the same to fight evil. This command from Jesus to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, is based on the agape love of God. Fulfilling this command brings a maturity in your fellowship with the Lord. The closer we draw to God, He’ll draw closer to us. Without His teachings and your understanding, it could be difficult to love your enemies. And loving them doesn’t mean hanging out with them regularly, or at all. Your position of love should not be predicated on whether you like or don’t like someone, or what they’ve done to hurt you, etc. Your emotions cannot have any say in this task of keeping love first. The winner is in you, let him out!