“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you…And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.”

Luke 6:27, 31

Ok, so we are called to “love our neighbors,” but for some of us, we may wonder if God really knows MY neighbor and how they aren’t, well, very ‘lovable.’

Peter encourages the elect exiles in Asia Minor to “love one another earnestly from a pure heart.”

This is a beautiful invitation, but the verses leading up to that invitation are profound and reveal how God works inside us to make that kind of earnest love possible.

SCRIPTURES

  • 1 Peter 1:13-25
  • Luke 6:27-33
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