Jesus said to love your enemies.
"'For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.'" Matthew 5:45 (NRSV)
But he did not say why.
The reason, hidden to 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 that inspires fear.
So their crimes are forgivable.
God writes off their debts.
And God liberates their souls.
There are only two things in the universe:
Fear and Love.
And when the 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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