“Love Your Enemies” - A Psychological Analysis of Jesus's Command
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2020
- From Matthew Chapter 5, Verses 43-48, New King James Version of the New Testament: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect."
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You can love your enemy but you don't have to waste pearls for swine. "Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces."
And God said: "Love your enemy" and I obeyed him...and loved myself!
My Christian parents taught me that loving God and obeying parents were most important. There was no mention or place for self love. In fact, I didn’t know that was a thing until my early 20s.
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My parent’s rejection killed me. As an adult, I cant willfully emote forcefully to love them. It’s not there. I can learn to love myself, and I love other people, but I can’t love my parents, sadly.
INTRESTING point Daniel. I don't know if it's because I was traumatized as a little girl (raped,emotionally abused,psychically abused,bullied and rejected by society AND FAMILY) I am honestly in SO much pain at the moment NO ONE protected me as a kid I had to be there for myself and I am honestly SO MAD at this! Dealing with profound loneliness that is DEEP pain. I've heard religous people say that I'm lonely because all I think about is myself in my bubble which IS NOT the case. When you've been rejected by society,family, you are bound to feel loneliness. It hurts because I'm an empath and highly sensitive person and I would NEVER EVER EVER hurt anyone the way I've been hurt. And at this point I've become bitter and mad and I don't want to be I'm just tired of hurting. Also one side of me doesn't want to love my enemies ,especially a freaking rapist like what the heck?
Daniel Mackler, the more I listen to you, the more I'm pleased to hear your next words. Hearing your eloquent message is like coming to recognize my own self-learning without having to learn every step of it myself. Of course I need to apply it to myself. Thank you for making a safe space for me to see myself within, and to apply your message to my own wounds.
For me loving your enemies was trying to understand why they were hurting me and losing my self awareness. I'm still trying to figure out who is an enemy. Now I practice checking in with myself and knowing when it's time to walk away from someone. I don't know if I did the right thing but what I know is I feel safe when I do. It's hard to navigate in a world when you were taught to ignore how you feel and when your boundaries weren't respected. Forgiving yourself is the key. I became self destructive because I because my worst enemy. I will practice loving the parts that tried but fell short.
The Bible also states, “Be ye therefore separate from the world.” This is a reference to setting boundaries. And when it comes to loving any abusive people, my sister in-law said it best, “With some people, you got to love ‘em from a distance.” In other words, sometimes, no contact is best, for your healing... “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Loving yourself is a mandate as well. I hope this helps. Great video, God Bless you!❤️☺️
I think that when you are in the middle of the storm, feeling hate is adaptative, very appropriate and healthy. But once you walk away from your agressors, hate is no longer useful. It seems that you believe that setting boundaries and loving someone are mutually exclusive. But I think that you can absolutely feel love toward someone and set boundaries to protect yourself at the same time. You don't need to feel hate to protect yourself. So, in short: I think that you can love your enemy. And it doesn't mean that you will accept to be treated badly.
My favourite channel on UA-cam. I just love that you are the only one in the world who hasn’t once mentioned the banal nonsense around the C word over the last few weeks. You don’t jump on bandwagons. Your thoughts are universal and insightful always. F
every time someone hurts me, attacks me, makes fun of me, hates me! i let them go.... i turn the other cheek! why you ask? because 100% of the time they will pay... i dont create reality! this is not my world! someone or something is watching it all.... and no one! i mean no one gets away with anything.. you must learn this... let the universe unfold! be good to people who hate you! bless those who curse you! and you will will see yourself! you will begin to fell sorry for those people...even death will follow them! but dont become them!...
If only a million people could really watch and listen to this. There is so much healing for so many in what he says, and how he says it. Thank you, Daniel.
"Love your (-self DESPITE your) enemies!"
The love we think of in the modern day is likely not the same love that God was describing. Jesus went into the temple with a whip to throw out his enemy's- every action he took was in love because God is love.
Loving if you have no choice isnt love. If you love them, let them go.
I just got a notification for this video, it’s a late night for me. Just wanna say: I really appreciate your content and perspective. I love listening to you speak and I could forever, haha.
Christianity's "Love your enemies" certainly doesn't mean "Love yourself (given that you don't because you were traumatized by actual enemies)." It's about showing God's love for everyone's intrinsic humanity, perhaps in the hopes that they are shocked by your unnatural behavior and become curious and eventually convert to your religion. But more fundamentally, it's about putting yourself last, because the last shall be first in the kingdom of heaven. It's about letting people trample on you in this life so that you have a more glorious afterlife. I believe that it's a very destructive belief that harms people in the only life that they are certain to have, all in hopes to improve a future life that they have only been promised, and for which they have never seen any evidence. I believe that it's a mechanism for religious authorities to gain control over their followers, causing followers to more or less disdain their own desires and their "sinful" earthly body and follow whatever the church leadership says. In reality, having boundaries and not letting your enemies trample on you is extremely important for building and maintaining a healthy and functional life. You must stand up for yourself. Narcissistic abusive people thrive on finding victims who don't resist or defend themselves against their tactics. Letting your enemies have their way with you and feeling self-righteous as a martyr is a weak, delusional, painful, and dysfunctional way to live. I had to learn this through hard experience as I was a very devoted Christian for the first 20 years of my life (I am now 36). Recognizing the deceptions and breaking out of the cult was perhaps the hardest thing I have ever done.
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Loving your enemies does not mean letting them Hurt you. Forgive them and get the heck out of Dodge! Love others..AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF! Be considerate of them by not letting them hurt you and be considerate of yourself by not letting them hurt you. Their words cannot hurt you! It is just their opinion..Nothing in the whole scheme of things. Seek God.. within you..for His opinion!