Love your enemies.
This is hard. Not only do you need to love your enemies, you also need to have enemies. You need to put Jesus' words into practice. You need to pull the plank out of your own eye before commenting on others. You need to forgive instead of judging and condemning.
What if you don't have enemies?
verse 26. "Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets."
And what happened to the false prophets?
Punishment and destruction for themselves and their families and those who followed them (Jer23:34, 1Pet2:1). How can the blind lead the blind? Will not both fall in the pit?
But when men hate you on account of the overflow from your heart, when you would dare to challenge the world to share the way, truth, and life with someone in need; know that you are blessed and may very well have played a part in bringing one out of the pit of their sin and battles and to peace, life and salvation.
They may stop being your enemies.
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