Here are a few things Christ said about love:
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:36-40
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:34-35
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5:43-45
We are to love not just those who are good to us but to those who hate us, our enemies. If we are to truly love our enemies how can we justify killing them?
Those with faith in Christ often say that the lifestyle Christ preached is the most beneficial for all, believer or not, all will be blessed by that life. But few seem to want to fully commit to that lifestyle.
But two notable men did; Gandhi and Dr. King. They were murdered as Christ was because 2,000 years after Christ the world still wasn't ready for that loving and nonviolent life. They became threats through preaching love of all even our enemies.
Gandhi achieved the independence of His country and Dr. King changed America and got us closer to living out our own creeds.
Both men had more faith in the power of love than in the love of power or violence.
One country earned their freedom through love and nonviolent resistance and America changed radically and for the better.
And maybe the reasons there are so few examples of miracles accomplished by nonviolent means and love is because so few people give these tactics a chance.
Too many people have more faith in violence than they do in love and the worst offenders are often "disciples" of the man who said His disciples would be known by their love for one another.
Faith can move mountains and faith in love can work miracles.
