Today is the last day I will be a part of the Bible study I've been participating in for the last few months. We've been going through "I Am a Palestinian Christian" by Mitri Raheb (Augsburg Fortress, 1995) and will finish it up today. One part resounded with me quite a bit and I thought I would share:
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The Christian is dutybound to follow the Lord as model and thus to love the enemy. This kind of love is not some sentimental response, nor is it an abstract concept. To love one's enemy does not mean one accepts everything the enemy dishes out. It does not mean watching passively while injustice is being perpetrated. It certainly does not mean becoming resigned to the behavior of the enemy or, worse still, collaborating with the enemy. To love one's enemy means neither to cover up the conflict nor play down its seriousness, but rather to endure the tension inherent in that conflict without succumbing to hatred. One should love the persons but not he unjust acts they commit. To love one's enemy as a creature of God who has a right to live, to be forgive, and to love- but not the right to commit and unjust act. (p. 103)
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