Category 1: The Radical Command to Love and Forgive This first group addresses the core, counter-intuitive Christian response to hostility: an active, willed love that sets one free from the prison of bitterness. Matthew 5:44 “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Reflection: This is not a command to feel affection for those who harm us, but a call to a radical act of will. Hatred is a heavy, corrosive burden on the…
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