Messages From on High
"I am the Way to a True Life in Me"
Message 428
Title: " LOVE YOUR ENEMIES! "
(Notebook XLII, pp. 48--54)
Live + Jesus
Sunday, February 22, 1998
Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
[The Lord speaks.....]
Sweet children of the world, hear My address to you. This is a form of general address to you; but in Truth, I speak to each heart. Each heart who would truly hear Me speak.What of My Word, this day? Yes, the Word prescribed by My Church? What shall I say of My David who sought for his enemy, the king? [ref. to First Reading] And when found, he saw My anointed one, King Saul, who had been chosen to lead. Why did David bow before the authority of Saul? Because David had vision, My Own! All TRUE authority comes from Me. And David left to Me the life of his king. David trusted in his Lord. I am the Lord.
David sang for his Joy in My Mercy, My Forgiveness. My Mercy, My Mercy. My Forgiveness, My Forgiveness. But to flow, it must have the riverbed of your sorrow. Your desire to become sinless. It is a union in Me. A communion. An offering of your sinful self into My Hands. That you would trust in your Lord. I am the Lord. [ref. today's Psalm]
Human flesh, wandering this life; never knowing Me.....such a sorry sight. I have placed within you each, a Natural Law which by its very nature, would draw you to Me. Unless you resist. My Gift to you is My Spirit. But how shall True Life begin, unless you open your heart to Me? For I am ever-present. When do YOU become present to ME? When is your flesh lifted into the Presence of Me? Into you I have breathed My Spirit: your soul. When will your life in Me begin? You are a walking corpse until you willingly embrace My Spirit. For recall, I shall not inflict Myself on you. I am ever-present, but it is for YOU to recognize ME! [ref. Second Reading]
And now, I come to My Own Word Which has poured from My Own Lips. [ref. the Gospel] Do you believe in the Son of Man? Do you believe that I am the Truth? When will you look upon one another and see My Presence there? Yes.....look and see an enemy. Who is the transgressor? Is he the enemy?
I have said to Love your enemy. How far do I expect you to go? At what point has My Instruction told you to cease in Love and to move in hate? Who has truly Loved their enemy? I say: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES!
Children, I should stop here. For in Truth, there needs to be no further clarification. This IS what I have said. Who obeys? I did not say, "Love your enemy, except for....." I did not make an excuse for you, did I? There is a saying to Love the sinner but to hate the sin. Do you? Really?
Do you look upon he who would take your life, and despise the sin of murder, but yet Love him who would commit the act? I have said: Love your enemy.
Words which are not easy. I know. But I have fed you My Grace to achieve what I ask of you. You are already a part of Me, for you have a soul which is My Life shared with you. It is stained by the sin of Adam, but it [the soul] is still from Me.....this soul which I have breathed into you. In Baptism, even that "excuse" for separation from Me is removed. Now, you walk in My Light. Where I say clearly: Love your enemy.
Who is the King of this world? Are not all things subject to Me? No one is condemned until I cast My Judging Hand upon them. Who is the Judge of all? Man or Me? You or Me? Children, there is not one sin which cannot be forgiven, except that which I have taught: the sin against the Holy Spirit. He who has with a raging hatred turned his back on My Spirit is guilty of such sin. But *I* am the Judge of such things. *I* see hearts, not you! I Judge hearts, not you.
I say: Love your enemy! Though he may be guilty of the unforgivable sin, it is for YOU to LOVE! For children, I am looking at YOUR hearts as well! I Judge hearts. I Judge YOU! Lambs, will you obey Me? Do you understand Me? Will you Love one another? Let Me tell you a story.
Let us talk of weather. It so governs your lives. The need to know if it shall rain, if it shall snow, if it shall storm. Children, you have entered a storm. And how you behave within it can cause it to continue, to worsen, or to become diffused. Did you know that? To become caught up in the fury of the storm is to lose your life. You lose your life FROM Me.....rather than FOR Me. For in the storm you have separated yourself from Me and My Judging Hand must grant the verdict which you have given to yourself. Would you forfeit My Kingdom, for the sake of being swept into a storm?
How did you enter it, this storm? By judging another? By viscous tongue? By loss of focus on Me! You did not live My Word!
Enter the storm if you must, in Love. Remain in Love. Yes, storms come your way and you cannot control the weather, but you CAN control YOURSELF! I give you the Grace, but you must be turned to the Sun, to My True Light, to live fully in Me!
Children, I have not said that at times, you may hate your enemy. I have said to Love your enemy.
And now, having instructed you, I shall leave you to think. To digest. My Word. To Love one another as I Love you. To Love the sinner, not the sin. THIS, dear child, is how *I* Love you!
(1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Psalm 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13;
1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38)With Love, in the Two Hearts,
His Sarah
