Anyone that actually reads the bible knows Christians should do what Jesus said: Love your enemies, bless your enemies, and pray for your enemies that they repent.
Matthew 5:44-45 & Luke 6:27-28
If they do not, He will destroy them with divine prejudice.
Matthew 7:19, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 13:41–42, Luke 19:27, John 3:36, 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9
Dude, St. John Chrysostom was not only the patriarch of Constantinople, but also one of the Church Fathers who affirmed the 27 books of the NT and helped fleshing out the canon of Scripture. I think he knows what he's talking about.
You may love your enemies, but If you love and tolerate the enemies of Christ, you're an antichristian and you're one of them basically. If what you said was true, Christians wouldn't be allowed to fight in wars, killing their enemies. Yet many Christian saints were warriors because they fought the invading muslims. According to your interpretation, they must be destroyed then, right? Not to mention the examples of the OT where God commanded Israel to wage war and slaughter their enemies. Protestants can never get this correct with their quote mining arriving to heretical positions like pacifism, marcionism and origenism. That's why there's an apostolic Church which holds the authority on interpretation of Scripture.
22/12 edit: You never answered if you love your greatest enemy, who is Satan and his principalities?
You: "bUt yOu sHoUlD LovE yOUr eNeMieS huRR durRR!1!! Scripture says so, so I'll read it out of context and I'll tolerate and extend grace to the absolute demons who blaspheme, destroy my country and civilization and want to kill and enslave me and my family".
The problem is not about loving your enemy, but about what such a love entails and the literal naive understanding people like you have about what Christ means by those words. You're equivocating on the word love. It doesn't entail what the modern liberal thinks it does (surprise surprise, 'love is love' is not love). The love of your enemy doesn't prevent you from waging war against him and destroying him or delivering his soul to judgement.
When Chrystosom talks about hating the enemy, he doesn't contradict Christ. He only does if you don't understand words have different nuances depending on context. Chrystosom knows very well Christians can't really hate the way non-Christians understand hatred because we know everyone is an icon of Christ. Again, do you really believe you have more wisdom and spiritual insight the early Church fathers who were guided by the Spirit and who were crucial for spreading Christianity and made it possible for it to come to our day and age?
I'm rabbi for telling you you shouldn't love jews? Makes total sense.
Why did Jesus command His followers to buy a sword? Why did He call the pharisees vipers and sons of the Satan? Why did He whip the moneychangers in the Temple? Because He loved them so much?
Is Christ the God of the OT who gave the Mosaic law?
Face it - you don't follow the Christianity of the early Church established by Christ. You follow the judaized subverted fake and gay Christianity that came 15c after Christ where each individual is their own Pope with zero regard for tradition. Your translation of the OT is based on the Masoretic texts (jewish Torah) and not on the Septuagint which was used in the NT. Do you care to guess why is that?
Except you're wrong. All those questions with zero Scripture to corroborate your bad opinion. It's almost like you are leaning on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5-6
I'm not interested in your opinion about the Word of God. I'm only interested in the Word of God. You can have a vengeful heart if you so choose though but.. first consider the levity of the parable of the unforgiving servant in Matthew 18:23-35. Right now, you're the unforgiving servant.
Anyone that actually reads the bible knows Christians should do what Jesus said: Love your enemies, bless your enemies, and pray for your enemies that they repent.
Matthew 5:44-45 & Luke 6:27-28
If they do not, He will destroy them with divine prejudice.
Matthew 7:19, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 13:41–42, Luke 19:27, John 3:36, 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9
Dude, St. John Chrysostom was not only the patriarch of Constantinople, but also one of the Church Fathers who affirmed the 27 books of the NT and helped fleshing out the canon of Scripture. I think he knows what he's talking about.
You may love your enemies, but If you love and tolerate the enemies of Christ, you're an antichristian and you're one of them basically. If what you said was true, Christians wouldn't be allowed to fight in wars, killing their enemies. Yet many Christian saints were warriors because they fought the invading muslims. According to your interpretation, they must be destroyed then, right? Not to mention the examples of the OT where God commanded Israel to wage war and slaughter their enemies. Protestants can never get this correct with their quote mining arriving to heretical positions like pacifism, marcionism and origenism. That's why there's an apostolic Church which holds the authority on interpretation of Scripture.
22/12 edit: You never answered if you love your greatest enemy, who is Satan and his principalities?
You: "bUt yOu sHoUlD LovE yOUr eNeMieS huRR durRR!1!! Scripture says so, so I'll read it out of context and I'll tolerate and extend grace to the absolute demons who blaspheme, destroy my country and civilization and want to kill and enslave me and my family".
The problem is not about loving your enemy, but about what such a love entails and the literal naive understanding people like you have about what Christ means by those words. You're equivocating on the word love. It doesn't entail what the modern liberal thinks it does (surprise surprise, 'love is love' is not love). The love of your enemy doesn't prevent you from waging war against him and destroying him or delivering his soul to judgement.
When Chrystosom talks about hating the enemy, he doesn't contradict Christ. He only does if you don't understand words have different nuances depending on context. Chrystosom knows very well Christians can't really hate the way non-Christians understand hatred because we know everyone is an icon of Christ. Again, do you really believe you have more wisdom and spiritual insight the early Church fathers who were guided by the Spirit and who were crucial for spreading Christianity and made it possible for it to come to our day and age?
Settle down, rabbi. Jesus said what He said and there's no amount of kvetching you can do to change that.
I'm rabbi for telling you you shouldn't love jews? Makes total sense.
Why did Jesus command His followers to buy a sword? Why did He call the pharisees vipers and sons of the Satan? Why did He whip the moneychangers in the Temple? Because He loved them so much?
Is Christ the God of the OT who gave the Mosaic law?
Face it - you don't follow the Christianity of the early Church established by Christ. You follow the judaized subverted fake and gay Christianity that came 15c after Christ where each individual is their own Pope with zero regard for tradition. Your translation of the OT is based on the Masoretic texts (jewish Torah) and not on the Septuagint which was used in the NT. Do you care to guess why is that?
Except you're wrong. All those questions with zero Scripture to corroborate your bad opinion. It's almost like you are leaning on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5-6
I'm not interested in your opinion about the Word of God. I'm only interested in the Word of God. You can have a vengeful heart if you so choose though but.. first consider the levity of the parable of the unforgiving servant in Matthew 18:23-35. Right now, you're the unforgiving servant.
Denounce the talmud and have a great day.