"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you." This is one of the most difficult teachings to follow, but its one of the morst important. Jesus himself lived the perfect example of this. When they are crucifying him he prays, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34). I have wrote about his many times because its one of my favorite stories because its mind blowing. How could someone be so selfless to be praying for other people when they are killing you. Steven then does the same thing later on in the new testament. This is such an important lesson and it is an essential teaching in most religions including Buddhism and Hinduism (nonviolence).
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be open to you. For everyone who asks, recieves." I love this idea that if you seek for Gods way you will find it. In proverbs it says seek for truth as if it were silver and gold. This idea does pose a difficult question though. Thousands and thousands of people, chiristans and other religions alike, say that "God" led them to the truth. Well how can opposing ideas all be the truth? I mean how can one person say this is the truth because God "showed them it" and someone else say no that is the truth and I know because God "showed" me. Well who is right? Can it be that God brings us all to different truths at different times, and no one has the entire truth.
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