"Cain was very angry...And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him." (Genesis 4:5,8)
When King Ahab wasn't getting his way, Jezebel came up with a scheme. She told her husband, "Set two worthless men opposite Naboth, and let them bring a charge against him, 'You have cursed God and the King.' Then take him out and stone him to death." (1 Kings 21:10)
Should I go on? Corporate conspiracies, water cooler enmities, family hatreds...Oh, what the all-knowing God sees churning in our hearts and minds!
"With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My Brothers, these things ought not to be so." (James 3:9-10)
"Many bore false witness against Jesus." (Mark 14:56)
"I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins." (1 Corinthians 15:3)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Spiritual love will speak to Christ about a brother (or sister) more than to a brother (or sister) about Christ. It knows that the most direct way to others is always through prayer to Christ. (page 36) My, wouldn't that change interpersonal relationships?
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