Jan 25, 2025
The Golden Rule: I love my enemies because I want them to do the same to me
Jesus introduces the "Golden Rule" by applying it: love my enemies, do good to those who hate me, pray intentionally for the benefit of those who mistreat me, and practice non-resistance to evil against me in a loving and calculated way.
I will now begin to apply an extended passage from Jesus’ “Sermon on the Plain,” recorded in Luke 6:27-40. Jesus’ message in this passage can be summarized as: I should love my enemies and do good to them because this is what I want them to do for me (even though I don’t expect them to); showing love to those who don’t love me is acting the same way toward them as the Heavenly Father acts…
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