Love your enemies: even in the Boko Haram crisis?

Avec : Markus Gamache
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When Jesus talked about loving your enemy, did he ever think about the Boko Haram crisis?

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My favorite sermon and I will
continue to preach until when I die:

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"Love your enemy as yourself."
What a difficult sermon!

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When Jesus wrote, when Jesus
said about that loving enemy,

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did he ever think about
the Boko Haram crisis?

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Did Jesus actually knew we are
going to fall into this kind of situation?

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What kind of someone is that,
in this type of situation where

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families will witness a
husband being killed,

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a wife being kidnapped,
younger daughters being raped

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and people being
slaughtered like a chicken,

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and after all this, Jesus said
you go back to that verse and said,

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"Love your enemy as
you love yourself."

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And those people that
have committed that atrocity,

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Jesus is telling me,

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"go after them, love them,
give them food and pray for them."

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What quite a challenging life!

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My favorite sermon and I will continue to preach until when I die: "Love your enemy as yourself." What a difficult sermon! When Jesus wrote, when Jesus said about that loving enemy, did he ever think about the Boko Haram crisis? Did Jesus actually knew we are going to fall into this kind of situation? What kind of someone is that, in this type of situation where families will witness a husband being killed, a wife being kidnapped, younger daughters being raped and people being slaughtered like a chicken, and after all this, Jesus said you go back to that verse and said, "Love your enemy as you love yourself." And those people that have committed that atrocity, Jesus is telling me, "go after them, love them, give them food and pray for them." What quite a challenging life!