2006-07-17 07:45:57 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
No one is humanly capable of loving everyone by theirselves. It is only through the grace and love that our Saviour Jesus Christ showed that anyone is able to love everyone. You must have Christ in order to love everyone.
2006-07-17 07:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by Rainbow Bright 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just do things for them. It is hard but when they know that you want to make things right then they will feel the same. I think your enemies are only your enemies. They may not feel the same about you. Try to see the good in them.
2006-07-17 14:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by McKell S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love and like are different things. I love my family members. I would do anything for any of them, but I don't have to like them. I am obligated to be there when they need me and to care about them, but it doesn't mean that we talk every night and that I would consider them friends. For some of my family members (whether or not we were related) we would probably become friends if we just happen to meet eachother as strangers. That's not true for others. As far as my enemies go, I pretty much would treat them the following way:
think about them as human beings, not as people who you dislike. life goes by too fast and staying angry at someone just doesn't make sense. you have to let it go eventually. it just doesn't matter. people travel in and out of our lives quickly. a past enemy can become a future friend. whatever those people do to you is not personal. they are simply going about their lives and if they are making you miserable, then they are probably miserable as well. you can't let them hurt you. love and hate are extreme feelings, opposites of the same coin and as a result hate can turn to love and love to hate. without pain/hatred/sorrow we wouldn't know love. so you should love your enemy because they are people who are truly in need of love and how they treat you shows you what a lack of love looks like.
2006-07-17 14:56:48 · answer #3 · answered by smcmsam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are referring to the command in the Bible to love your enemies, then a lot of explanation is needed. I'll keep it as brief as possible. In the Greek language, in which the New testament was written, there are 3 words translated "love":
Philos: Brotherly love, or friendship type love.
Eros: Sexual love between a man and a woman.
Agape: Relaxed mental attitude toward people.
The third type is what we are commanded to do toward our enemies. Just have a relaxed mental attitude toward them and let them be jerks or biggots or whatever it is that makes them your enamy. When you have to have contact with them, just don't show hostillity. Think to yourself, we are only enemies because of their problem, not mine. Of course this means you have to forgive any wrong things they've done to you in the past. And keep forgiving as they do more in the future. Hopefully your relaxed mental attitude toward them will change their attitude toward you as well.
2006-07-17 14:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by El Pistolero Negra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just have to wonder why they are your enemies in the first place. I've been able to do so for some of my enemies but not all.
2006-07-17 14:49:49 · answer #5 · answered by Meg...Out of Hybernation 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means weather friend or enemies, treat all as you would want to be treated..HARD WOW you better beleive it, so says the Bible some day you"ll get your just reward, and that my FRIEND is alot of what keeps me going in this forsaken world...My wife asked? Dont you hate anyone? No I dislike, maybe dont agree with them but I dont hate any one...YOUR FRIEND here in Tennessee ROB
2006-07-17 14:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just ask God to help your enemies. Imagine what you'll ask for your loved ones. This will help you insure you are allowed to enter the gates of Heaven.
2006-07-17 14:52:37 · answer #7 · answered by hpneil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can not denie yourself or your feelings, but what you can do is maybe control your actions.
Like if you cant stand a particular person and you walk in front of them, then maybe hold open the door for them and dont slam it in their face like you would like to do.
Doing or saying "polite" things by controling your anger sometimes makes the others wonder about you and helps solving conflicts.
2006-07-17 14:51:47 · answer #8 · answered by ganja_claus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you met Christ and knew him as your personal savior you wouldn't have to ask that question. Would you like to know him. You can be introduced. Since he is a God of love then you can know love through him.
2006-07-17 14:51:24 · answer #9 · answered by Kewl__Kat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" Without a parable spoke he not unto them." Pay more attention to what it says just before the end. Use a Strong's Exhaustive.
Whatsamatter? How come you don't know this?
2006-07-17 14:49:49 · answer #10 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋