Outwardly every time he turned around, there they were, that Jewish religious/political group that hounded Jesus at every turn, the Pharisees. They were persistent, and finally, they conspired to have Jesus put to death.
All the same, there are three references, all found to Jesus having dinner with a Pharisee, in the Gospel of Luke. However, there we have it; Jesus going from his solution to dine together with his enemies. This is a message that Christ Embassy we at Christ Embassy must come to understand. For us to keep socializing with those with whom we disagree, this openness to share a meal with those who hated him speaks volumes of Jesus' desire. Before we possess the opportunity to make choices that result in further isolation we're isolated. It's, consequently, more required than ever to heed the call of Christ and actively fall upon "our enemies." This call to see our enemies isn't limited to Christ of eating with the Pharisees 's example; to what Christ decided not to do it extends. With infinitely less effort than it takes my fingers to snap, Jesus Christ, God-made-man, could have wiped the Pharisees from the surface of the planet earth. Not only that, he could have removed all memory of them. It really is not indeed difficult to feel warranted in our hate of "our enemies but the only real one who is truly warranted gave us a living example of mercy. Rather than obliterating the Pharisees, Christ shared a meal with them, and ultimately died for them. We hear in the Holy Christ Embassy 14th chapter of Romans that "if we live, we live for the Lord, and when we die, we die for the Lord." Jesus shows us that with "our enemies" sharing a meal is not the limit of how far we may be requested to go - for "our enemies, dying " is just not outside the realm of possibility. Yours in the Lord - The Christ Embassy
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