Father Christian is to emulate nature.
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Matthew 5:38-48
Teaching of lex talionis (eye for eye, tooth for tooth, etc..) Basically prevents excessive retaliation. Important law in the Torah is meant to make the people of God is not vigilantism, but handed it to the institution of the priesthood who have authority for it.
From the description of Jesus we find that as His followers, we are required to do more than the usual others. Replying to those who hurt us are commonly committed by others, but we are required to do more than that. No reply to the evil treatment of others to us was not an attitude which is rare, and we were required to be more than that. Jesus requires every child of God to be able to declare the goodness of God the Father to everyone, even to people who are evil (verses 39-42). Jesus requires the children of God expressed thanks to those who condemn and persecute (verses 43-44).
There are two reasons why we are required not only to forgive but also to bless the people that are bad for us.
1. Because we have the forgiveness of the Father for our sins (Col. 1:14; Acts 26:14) even more than that He blessed us with limpahnya.
2. Father give the same blessing to the good people and bad people, then we must be the same channel of blessing to them (verse 45) .. (Ezekiel 34:26; Psalm 37: 25.26)
If the world were living with the principle of defeat and master, the children of God must live with the divine principle, which is a blessing to others.
Meditation: When we express love to others, we're devoting the Father's love to the arid carefully.
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