Loving Our Enemies

Question #18 How must we understand the words of the Lord when He commands us to love our enemies? Answer #18 The one who asked this question is concerned with the false teaching so very common in our day that God is said to “love all men,” and the accompanying teaching that therefore we “must love all men,” with the result that it is taught we must no longer speak of sin, but must find the good in all men, etc. At the same time the questioner is aware that the Psalmist prays, “do not I hate...