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If God instructs us to love our enemies...?
...are we not supposed to love Satan? He is, after all, the enemy of God, and 1 Peter 5:8 refers to him as "your enemy, the devil" or "your adversary, the devil."
9 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
God doesn't say what he means. He ordered an awful lot of smiting and raping and pillaging of enemies in the bible. That doesn't seem very loving to me
- ?Lv 45 years ago
God communicated his will to committed patriarchs of old, alongside with Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and interest. (Genesis 6:13; Exodus 33:a million; interest 38:a million-3) Later, by Moses he set out an entire code of rules for the rustic of Israel. The Mosaic regulation benefited them in many approaches. via observing it, Israel became into separated from all different international locations as God’s specific human beings. God certain the Israelites that in the event that they obeyed the regulation, he could bless them not purely materially yet additionally spiritually, making them right into a kingdom of clergymen, a holy usa. The regulation even provided nutritional and sanitary regulations that promoted solid wellness. regardless of the undeniable fact that, God additionally warned of the tragic effects that could desire to consequence from disobedience; that's what your scriptures are conversing approximately. in case you examine all of financial ruin 28, that's telling them what happens once you obey and disobey God's instructions.
- Khalil UllahLv 68 years ago
The Bible refers to human enemies: our brothers and sister of Adam, not evil itself which is Satan. And thus Satan is our adversary that causes death. For that reason Jesus came to defeat death so that we all can have eternal life.
- MinettoLv 68 years ago
Satan is not your enemy ; adversary yes that slight deference is important or simply put he is your teacher of evil because without him you would not know evil and with out evil good could have no worth.
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- Anonymous8 years ago
No. satan is what he has become, not his soul that God created. Don't hate his soul, he was just an angel that went bad. But satan(adversary) that he is this you can hate because it is evilness.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Yeah you have to love Satan. Enjoy Him on earth.
- Anonymous8 years ago
uhmm. well in my opinion, feel free to disagree, but I think Satan is more of a force or spirit than an actual being, and therefore doesn't really follow with that whole thing
- SunmanLv 68 years ago
they're only our enemies if we participate in the war;
"....what if they threw a war and nobody showed up?"
the enjoyment of shift is the greatest weapon;
the experience of spacious joy is an exalting experience where not even the slightest urge to violate is entertained even remotely;
it is the true meaning of the "meek" that shall inherit the earth..
"...he who can think thoughts of peace in the middle of a war will remain untouched by it..."
- Anonymous8 years ago
Sure, we're not required to hate anyone or anything, except sin.