2 Peter 1:5-8 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. This passage doesn’t ask much does it? (I ask with my tongue in my cheek.) This list of virtues can be a bit overwhelming at first glance. This is such a huge passage to get my mind around, but as I look at it, I recognize a growing kind of pattern to the list: We start with proclaiming
29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Luke 6:29-30 (NIV) This is a tall order, but Jesus doesn’t ask us to do something he didn’t model for us. He was willing to take the abuse, even
27 “But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. It is one thing to love a friend, a brother, sister, parent, son or daughter who has hurt you. That is because you value their friendship. But what about your enemies–those people who rub you wrong today, yesterday and always… those people who oppose