As I was reading The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man by Brett McKay, I came across the following quote...
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." -- Winston Churchill
If the only sinless man who ever lived had enemies, you should to. If you don't, you're not a better man than Jesus, you're a worse one. You cannot, in the name of Jesus, declare Christlikeness a sin. If we are to be like Him, we will have to have enemies. We have them because we have something else... conviction, faith, courage, principles, etc... When we have those, we will have enemies. We don't go looking to collect enemies, we go looking to gather up faith, courage, and the kingdom of God and along the way we find enemies looking for us. We cultivate the former realizing that it will create the latter. Enemies will come if conviction is held. We do not look for enemies, we look to God. When God is in focus, enemies will appear in the periphery.
James 4:4
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
There will be enemies. They are inescapable. It is not a question of IF, but WHO. Not will I have enemies, but who will my enemies be? Not will I be at war, but with whom will I be warring? In other words, the question is, "Will we remain God's enemies by befriending the world around us OR will we endure the dilemma of having enemies in our midst in order to befriend our God above?"
Romans 5:10
While we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son.
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