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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Who are Jesus' enemies?


I have written many times in the past about people who declare themselves "enemies of God".  In case you are wondering if that is Scriptural check out this passage.

Luke 19:24-27(NKJV)
“And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’ 
(But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) 
‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 
But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’”

Jesus Himself tells us that His enemies are those who rejected His Kingdom.  Those who don't want Jesus to rule over them. 

Now many point to the Scripture where Jesus tells us to pray for our enemies and I believe that we should do that.  But what is it exactly that we should be praying for?

I believe what we should be praying for is that the enemies of God repent and ask Jesus in to their lives.  Because until they do that they are still enemies of God.  They are not deserving of the promises of God as long as they choose to remain enemies of God.  And make no mistake about it.  The choice and decision is always totally up to them.   

Notice that Jesus doesn't say bestow all of the blessing of God on our enemies.  Only to pray for them.  Those who choose to repent are welcomed with open arms and enjoy all of the blessings of being saved.  Those who choose not to repent, well, in the final disposition of things Jesus still deals with them as enemies. 

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