Love Your Enemies
Do unto others as you would have done unto you (Luke 6:31)
It is a terrible temptation to wish our enemies destruction. Our Lord instructs us to love our enemies and to do good to those who hate us or persecute us. To wish for their destruction is to ignore the love that God has for us, even though our sins have made us enemies of God.
Our salvation is not accomplished in a vacuum, for all of humanity is the beneficiary of Christ's redemptive act upon the cross. Christ died for all of us and our salvation is interconnected to all of humanity. We should be just as concerned for the salvation of our neighbors as we are for our own salvation.
When we see someone filled with hate and far from God, we should pity them and pray for them. To wish ill upon them is not in keeping with Our Lord's commandment. Love must reign in our lives, and the salvation of others must be a central theme in our own prayers.
With love in Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
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