How are we to love our enemies? How are we to hate those whom God hates? Is there a contradiction between Matthew 5:44 and Psalm 139:21,22? Matthew 5:43 You have heard that it was said, "You must love [Greek transliterated, Agapao, a form of Agape] your neighbor," and "You must hate your enemy." Matthew 5:44 However, I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray concerning those who persecute you. {Psalm 139:21} Jehovah, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? {Psalm 139:22} I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. In Matthew 5:43, Jesus is referring to aspects of the Law and the Prophets regarding human relationships. On the one hand, the Law says we are to "love our neighbor" (Leviticus 19:18), and on the other hand, it tells that David hated those whom Jehovah hates. (Psalm 139:21,22) Was David out of harmony with the command to love one's neighbor? Evidently not, for ...
This site is related to the "ransom for all" that Jesus gave on behalf of mankind, and the defense of Charles Taze Russell, who spent nearly his entire life proclaiming this message. "For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time." (1 Timothy 2:5,6)