for very good reasons? Most of us do.
Probably it is because:
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
Not absolute however because there are a lot of jerky “Christians.” And because we are either saints or sinners, (we can’t be both) we are either in God’s kingdom or the evil one’s. God calls the righteous His children, holy, dearly loved. Satan’s children are wicked, unrepentant and headed for Hell. It’s simply the truth: it’s simply Bible.
Selah.
Don’t feel bad. You will never be at peace with the devil and his kingdom when you are loving God and man! And: it is a privilege to be Satan’s foe. He is defeated and God is exalted!
Amen!
Getting back to family members you are not in unity with. There has always been one hugely important topic that separates the wheat and the tares: Israel. They are in covenant with God and are, without any doubt, the apple of His eye. (Please note: any Jewish person who is accountable for sin does not love the God of Abraham and is a sinner.)
The Churches cherishes God and man:
Matthew 22:35-40
One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
And Israel cherishes God:
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
If you are in Christ, you love your unliked family members. You don’t have to be around them, you should not fellowship with them:
2 Timothy 3:1-5
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
Wise and godly people know there are people to stay away from – including some of your own family.. We know that Satan is the accuser of the brethren and lies all the time. Jesus said there is no truth in him! What a statement! Good to know! Check out Matthew, chapter eight.
Because Satan is the author of confusion and wants us to believe him, of course, he wants all to believe the Jews hate Jesus. Jesus is Messiah! How could godly Israel hate him? They don’t!
HERE ARE TWO CHALLENGES:
If you do not understand, if you discount, if you are in absolute opposition with God about Israel – you had better learn the truth. If you love God and man as you commanded – not asked – to do, you had better challenge any family member, any person at all, who hates our Jewish brethren – or hates anyone at all!
Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
If you feel they either hate God’s Jewish people or that they are lying about their true core beliefs… challenge them!
No one who hates Israel, any Jewish person, or any person could possibly be a child of God. We’re talking two different lifestyles here; two different kingdoms and yes, two different fathers. Our Father in Heaven called us good when we were created. Those who are in covenant with Him are His children; are His saints.
Selah.
There are spiritual reasons why the Jewish people are attacked by so many and by Satan, himself…
The Jewish people are the apple of God’s eye:
Zechariah 2:7-9
“Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!” For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.
Growing up in a home without the love for God, an invalid father, heavy financial hardships, and tremendous (sometimes dangerous) discord is always difficult. Add on to that extreme shyness, a feeling of inferiority, and some may think this girl was rejected. But God’s hand was on her and His heart was for her. Today, Ann Marie Turner has performed many great services in Jesus’ name for the love of God and man; and for herself! She has ministered in the male correctional for over ten years. Along with this website, Ann is the author of Joy Stories, Volume One and The Free Incarcerated Man. Writing about the joy of the Lord and the victory that is available for a willing soul is one of Ann’s now greatest joys! Ann’s prayer for you is to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony. Celebrate the God of the Bible and your personal victories in Christ unceasingly! Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.