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Trump Rejects Christian Forgiveness, Even With Heaven on the Line
Imagine you just died, and all you have to do to get into heaven is find it in your heart to forgive your earthly enemies. Do you think you could do it? Donald Trump does not.
In his 60 Minutes interview released last night, the president said he would not obey the Bible’s command to love his enemies even if an eternity in heaven were on the line, telling interviewer Ross Douthat, “The answer is no. I want to be honest.”
“I do hate some of my enemies,” the 80-year-old Trump said. "I think they've been terrible… I probably cannot [forgive], I do hate some of my enemies, and I always will.”
As mere men, we do not get to judge the president for disregarding the teachings of Jesus. Only God can do that. All we want to do is point out the irony that so many Christians still view him as some sort of spiritual leader. He is clearly disinterested in the meaning of the Good Word.
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