![]() ![]() He is correcting what everyone had heard in his day from those who claimed to expound the Old Testament. When Jesus says, “You have heard it said… but I say to you,” in the Matthew 5 passage, He has already made it clear that He is not changing one little thing from the Old Testament. In fact, the instruction of the New Testament to love our enemies and to do good to them is actually based upon the teaching of the Old Testament. Some people see this teaching of the New Testament as a corrective of the teaching of the Old Testament where you have people like David commended for killing enemies. ![]() In the first passage, Jesus says: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you…” and in the second passage, Paul explains how we are to leave vengeance to God and do good to our enemies. Matthew 5:43-44 and Romans 12:9-21 are notable examples. The instruction of the New Testament to love our enemies is well known. That is a great question because David is one of the best examples in scripture of what it means to hate your enemies biblically and to love your enemies biblically at the same time.Īt first, it seems like a contradiction in God’s Word. How is it that David is called a man after God’s own heart, yet is commended for slaying tens of thousands? As Christians, we are supposed to love our enemies.
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