Instructed to Love and Hate

In Matthew 5:43-48, Christ instructs us to love our neighbor and in Psalm 139:19-24 instructs us to hate those who hate God. Seeing the Bible is inerrant and infallible, how do we reconcile the message in these passages? “Do not, O Lord, I hate those that hate thee?” “But I say unto you, Love your enemies.” These two texts found in Psalm 139:19-24 and Matthew 5:43-48 respectively, are two texts that have caused much controversy in their interpretation of the text. As Christians we must look...