Love.

"'Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.'"  Matthew 5:44,45 (NRSV)

God does not punish the wicked.

He loves them as He loves the good.

This is because He knows why they do evil.

It is the result of fear and false teachings.

So He does not judge them.

But He loves them.

Because love is the universal panacea.

And it is love that they are seeking.

So we should love our enemies and those who do evil.

Because it is love that will save us.


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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