“That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”
So that you may be sons of your Father who is 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. The motivation for enemy love is the imitation of the Father: the sons of the Father resemble the Father, and the Father extends his common grace — sun and rain — to both the evil and the good. The God who does not confine his good gifts to the deserving is the God whose children do not confine their love to those who have earned it. Luke 6:35 says those who love their enemies will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. The family resemblance with the Father is produced by the same undiscriminating generosity.
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