![]() We can learn to do good to the people who don’t do good to us. But, with God’s help, we can learn to love the people who don’t love us. Because it is easy to love the people who love us and do good to the people who do good to us. If we are stingy and selfish with people then they will most likely treat us the same way. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” If we are generous and giving with people, they will be generous and giving with us. Then in verse thirty-eight He says to, “Give, and it shall be given unto you good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. Jesus tells them not to judge or condemn, but to forgive and they shall be forgiven. He is talking about their Heavenly Father, not their earthly father. ![]() ![]() In Luke 6:35, Jesus says, “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.” Jesus says to be merciful, as their Father is merciful. He even wants us to love those who don’t love us or mistreat us. He says everybody loves the people who love them, but He expects us to go beyond that, and show a Christ-like love to everybody. It is only something we can do with the Lord’s help and with the Holy Spirit living in us. Loving our enemies isn’t something we can do on our own. But Jesus says, as Christians, we should love those people as well. ![]() It is another thing to love the people who curse you, spitefully use you, hit you, or steal from you. It is much easier to love the people who love you, such as your family and your friends. In this Scripture, Jesus is talking to His disciples, and is telling them to love their enemies. Today’s Daily Bible Reading is from Luke 6:27-38. ![]()
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