DAILY DEVOTIONAL – MAY 8, 2020 Loving Others in Spite of Their Sins By David Wilkerson (1931-2011)  One of the supreme marks of a mature believer is love for all of lost humankind.  Such a Christian shows love equally for Jews and Palestinians, for Bosnians and Serbs, for everyone. Only a full-grown, mature believer can accept these words of Jesus:  "Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you and spitefully use you. If your enemy is hungry, feed him."  I ask you: can you imagine spending a month in a Palestinian field hospital, nursing and feeding soldiers who want to destroy Israel?  Can you keep your prejudices in check as you read inflammatory news reports in the coming days?  Will you have the same spirit that was in Christ, who said as he was crucified, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"? If you want to walk as Jesus walked, you can't allow your human passions to be inflamed by headlines.  Christ died for every lost soul on this earth!  Right now, our jails are filled with convicts who have become powerful witnesses of the saving love of Jesus, all because somebody loved them in spite of their sins. Are you loving others in spite of how they may have hurt you, someone you care about or simply because they might be different than you?  There are few things that make you more like Christ than when you sacrificially love someone, especially someone not in your circle or easy to naturally be around. You can know you're growing in grace if you're able to pray for those whom the world hates.  As we hear of terrible things happening, we're to stand against every prejudice that rises up in us, and declare, "I take Christ's authority over this.  I will love humankind as my Lord did." Read OnlineDownload PDFForward to a Friend

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