Between Matthew 5:43ff and Genesis 14, I find a perplexing difficulty that we experience even today... varying degrees of separation. What I mean here is that with Abraham, he would have nothing to do with wealth of the king of Sodom (Bera) but he did go and fight for their release and then Jesus tells us to 'love our enemies'. I think the answer to this perplexing and relevant issue is found in the heart.
Abraham later prays for Lot and the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah, Jesus goes on later to tell us to 'be in the world but not OF the world'. Ahhh... there is the key. I do know for certain there are some people I cannot associate with or afford morally to be aligned with. That in itself, does not keep me from loving, helping or praying for them, but it does cause me separate my affairs to some by varying degrees. I know at some point they are going to get what is coming to them (Proverbs 1:29-33), as well all are... but that is at the hand of God, not me. I know for certain I don't want to be inside the blast radius or within the sphere of radioactive fallout, when wicked people are judged.
My prayer today: LORD, I want to love and I want to be 'perfect' in that love in a way that honors you and preserves my own dignity before you and man. In other words, make me more like Abraham.
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