“Saul of Tarsus repented. Cheo kept on killing. “
Nonsense.
Saul repented when we was struck to the ground - well after he killed many Christians. Christ loved Saul BEFORE he repented.
Christ prayed for those who crucified him.
Cheo was an evil person, consumed with hate. Christ came into the world to save people exactly like him. Cheo departed this life without receiving Christ’s forgiveness and will be seperated from him forever.
Christ’s exampe was to overcome evil with good. To miss that is to miss the ENTIRE point of his teaching.
This is the hardest teaching in the Bible (to me anyway) but I think you have hit it on the head. I cannot say I am able to follow it 100% but I think we are supposed to try.
FWIW it’s much easier for those of us not personally touched to say we don’t hate, or to forgive or whatever. To me that’s pretty meaningless anyway. It’s the person who is personally touched, and yet still forgives and lets go of hate that is to be most humbly and deeply admired, and in fact imitated. I don’t know if I could do that, I hope I never have to find out.
susie
As another poster said, I think you have accurately described the most difficult teaching in Christianity. I often wish I could “reason my way around” this teaching, but reason always sends me back to what Christ said.
Well I ain't Christ.
I intend to overcome evil with a bullet.
L