When we have engaged our human enemies long and hard, one day we may hear the Spirit of God whisper as we stand on the battlefield:
"The heart is sick. Look into the core. The center is imperfect."
Love the sinner, hate the sin. It doesn't take much reconnaisance to locate the enemy. These ills are all common to humanity. When we enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we will learn to hate hate, greed, jealousy, vindictiveness, pride, rage, slander, gluttony, lust. One by one, when we strip our hearts of our enemies within, we reveal the love that God placed there when he clothed us in the divine nature.
A passing kind thought for humankind does not aim high enough: we must continue to rid ourselves of the enemies within, for it is the pure in heart who see God.
"The heart is sick. Look into the core. The center is imperfect."
Love the sinner, hate the sin. It doesn't take much reconnaisance to locate the enemy. These ills are all common to humanity. When we enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we will learn to hate hate, greed, jealousy, vindictiveness, pride, rage, slander, gluttony, lust. One by one, when we strip our hearts of our enemies within, we reveal the love that God placed there when he clothed us in the divine nature.
A passing kind thought for humankind does not aim high enough: we must continue to rid ourselves of the enemies within, for it is the pure in heart who see God.
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