Romans 13:8 (NKJV)
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he
who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Here the apostle expresses that there is one debt we
should keep and that is to love one another. All other debts should be paid
even if it means sacrificing our desires for things to fulfill the debt that is
owed. Ensuring our debts are paid is one way to express love and appreciation
for those who have helped in a time of need.
Daniel Burke, CNN, writes in the story, The accused
Kansas killer’s neo-pagan religion, about Frazier Glenn Cross. Frazier Glenn
Cross is a white supremacist, an avowed anti-Semite and an accused killer. But
he is not, as many think, a Christian.
Cross, who also goes by the name Glenn Miller, is accused
of killing three people – all Christians - on Sunday at Jewish institutions in
Overland Park, Kansas.
Authorities are weighing whether to file hate-crime
charges against Cross, who is suspected of targeting Jews.
The 73-year-old has espoused anti-Semitism for decades.
He also founded racist groups like a branch of the Ku Klux Klan and the White
Patriot Party, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Both groups have deep ties to Christian white
supremacists.
But according to Cross' 1999 biography, he is an adherent
of Odinism, a neo-pagan religion that experts say has emerged as one the most
vicious strains in the white supremacist movement.
Stories like this bother me. It is hard to understand the
mind that wants to hate for no good reason other than just to hate. Then in the
midst of the story you read these groups have deep ties to “Christian” white
supremacists. I’m sorry but The Bible doesn’t tell Chistians to hate one
another, instead it says we should love one another. Christ loved us enough to
die for us. We should be willing to love others out of respect. Hate drives
people to violence. Love drives people to compassion for others. Pray for those
that hate that they may understand love and experience the true love of Christ.
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