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Originally Posted by stv2kplus4
plus he added to the commandments, or 'raised the bar', in cases such as adultry. This too, is part of the new. so we must observe his teachings as they also ADD to those of the OT. So we cant just look at King David, and then say the OT makes re-marriage OK(save for fornication) . Jesus changed alot. So we need to have love for our enemies, do good to those who mistreat us, and so on. It goes in both directions
"Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen."
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Of course we need to love our brothers. (And hint: that's in the Old Testament, too).
Does that mean to lie to him and tell him what he wants to hear? No. It means to tell him the truth, and warn him to flee from the wrath to come.
As we are commanded in Leviticus 19:17, "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him." Here, loving your neighbour is defined as rebuking him, and not allowing sin to come upon him. Further, we have never suggested that we don't love our neighbor. We're not saying "We hate sinners" - we're saying "God hates sinners." The purest, most exalted form of love is to tell people the truth, especially about weighty matters such as life and death, sin, righteousness, judgment to come, Heaven and Hell.
But remember, David said: "Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? Am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them mine enemies." Psalm 139:21, 22. David hated God's enemies with a perfect, spiritual hatred (as opposed to the fickle human emotion of hatred), just as all of God's elect do.