https://www.marv.us/matthew-5-43-48/ What are Judeo-Christian Beliefs? Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:38:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.marv.us/matthew-5-43-48/#comment-82 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:38:54 +0000 https://www.marv.us/?p=457#comment-82 Righteous hatred? Is there such a thing? These are the sorts of passages that give a person pause. It is a stark reminder that God is not all roses and popsicles. Are love and hate opposites? Or is it apathy that sits opposite love?

]]> https://www.marv.us/matthew-5-43-48/#comment-81 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:33:22 +0000 https://www.marv.us/?p=457#comment-81 I think it does make sense to love you enemies and pray for them if you pray that they will change. God does demonstrate this when the sun rises and shines on the good and the evil as well as the rain that comes down on the just and unjust.

]]> https://www.marv.us/matthew-5-43-48/#comment-80 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:48:54 +0000 https://www.marv.us/?p=457#comment-80 For modern westerners, Jesus’s quotes in these verses are moral and philosophical. However for the Jews hearing these sayings from Jesus, it was a hard reality feeling and seeing Rome’s oppressive daily presence in their land and then hear Jesus say love your enemies. How did the crowd react I wonder?

]]> https://www.marv.us/matthew-5-43-48/#comment-79 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:40:26 +0000 https://www.marv.us/?p=457#comment-79 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Another impossible demand from God except through the blood of Jesus.

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