SPIRITUALITY IN TOM AND JERRY by Awotiku Akinlayo David
Final Episode Here is a little lesson Jesus taught us about our enemies (Matt.5:43-48). ‘Enemies’ was explained by Jesus in the same verse 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;’ the contextual meaning of ‘enemies’ here refers to human being persecuting us not the devil which is the real enemy. Jesus understood clearly what we termed to be enemies in our human understanding since he was also human as at that time. Jesus told us to love them, give gifts to them and be good to them, bless them and pray for them that they might also come to the knowledge of the truth, this is when you are showing that indeed you are truly a child of God, it shows you are a merciful child just as your father in heaven is merciful (Other reference on this is in Lk.6:27-36), It means you are portraying your father’s attributes. Don’t waste time trying to kill them with dangerous pr...