The Lord is more interested in
that we show the good when we speak the good. That we hate what He
hates. (Zechariah 8:17). Fasting and feasting during times of
Zecariah (Zechariah 8:19) demonstraed the joy and love of God and of
abhoring what He abhors and doing good and sharing His love. In that
way Jesus taught and is teaching me so that I may teach others and
engrain in myself to love everyone like myself and love God with all
my heart, soul mind and body. (Matther 22:37) and that way follow His
blest command. Also in doing that I can learn to love my enemies,
(Luke 6:27) because that is how we become like God, by walking and
loving as He does, not as the world does. And that isn't easy.
Otherwise Christ would not have said in Luke 6:32 “For
if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also
love those that love them.” The ultimate in agape love,
unconditional and godly, is the love described by Christ to love our
enemies and give without expecting returen (Luke 6:35. That means not
just donations, because those returns are not expected regularly,
although a lot of us take that off our income tax. No He is referring
to lending money to a friend and then expecting repayment from that
friend, or complimenting a friend and expecting a complement in
return. In fact it is following the blest command that Jesus spoke of
in Luke 10:27, love God with everything we've got, heart, mind, soul,
and body and then love everyone as ourselves. If you do one the other
follows because as John says, you can't love God and not love
everyone else.(1 John 2:9,10)
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