Perfect here means “complete.” You are not complete til you love your enemies because the Lord set the example in loving His enemies. Who are those “enemies.” For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Romans 5:6-10 KJV So we are “those people.” We were once enemies of Christ. Wow That should change the way we see everyone else. We should want to share that and spread that message of grace. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch, like me. Ben Afflek’s quote in the movie Pearl Harbor “I am in a hurry to matter.” There is a mission field in our valley. |