This is, I think what separates us: Muslims are lacking in a true understanding of what it means to love. For you believe that God hates wicked people. We have all done wicked things, haven't we? Does God hate us all? We must follow the example that Jesus gave us, and that is to love one another as Jesus loved us. He loved us enough to lay down His life willingly. Those who crucified Him thought they had defeated Him, but they did not, for He took His life back up and rose on the third day. Read these verses and try to understand what it means to truly love:
John 13:34: "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another"
Luke 6:27-28: "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."
1 John 2:9-10: Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble
Luke 23:34: [As Jesus was being crucified, He cried out]: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing"
And perhaps, in my opinion, the most important lesson that Muslims should learn is:
1 Corinthians 13: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love,.I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love,.I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. .It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But.where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ,For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. .When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I hope you took the time to read that. I doubt you did, since you don't seem to read any scripture that I post. If you want to understand us though, there it is. The rest I leave to you.
