Luke 6:27-36
Love for Enemies
27"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. 30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. 33And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. 34And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. 35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Jesus still calls them enemies and thus we reminded of this...But how hard is this, to love those who hate you (and maybe ones you don't like)...Be kind to the ungrateful and wicked, and then expect nothing in return...
This teaching is very difficult, but if the world would take it up violence would decrease so dramatically...Because this starts from within, each of us individually if we could somehow adopt this our planet would be so much better...God is merciful to all, just as we are to be merciful to all...
There will never be complete peace on earth or heaven, for that matter, until this is mastered...