Jesus said to love your enemies and pray for those who abuse you.
"'For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.'" Matthew 5:45 (NRSV)
But he did not say why.
The reason, hidden from us until now, is because evil and the unrighteous are motivated by fear.
So their crimes are forgivable.
It is not entirely their fault.
They are afraid of retribution.
They are afraid of a false image of God.
An image which is inspired by fear.
So their crimes are forgivable.
God writes off their debts.
And God liberates their souls.
There are only two things in the world:
Fear and Love.
And when fear is gone.
There is only Love.
[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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