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Jesus was born King of Kings.

I do not follow Jesus. I am not a Christian.

But He entered a world of hate and He and his followers taught the world how to love and have mercy like no one else before.

Jesus is the Master of Mercy.

Remember the woman who committed adultery? Adultery is the ultimate sex crime. You've made a contract with another to keep faithful. You sleep with another, thereby damaging the spiritual bond between you and your spouse, creating a serious and threatening bond with another party, risking creating a child who may well end up with no father at all, risking catching a verereal disease and giving it to your partner, and causing so much heartache for your spouse that your spouse may never recover.

Jesus said to go and sin no more. He didn't try to find reasons to stone her.

Jesus is the Master at explaining mercy so it makes sense. Anyone can argue against mercy:

"Have mercy on bad people and they will get you and get others."
"Bad people must be punished, that is the only language they understand."
"We must make an example of you."
"You hurt me, so I'm going to hurt you."

Jesus argued for forgiveness, overcoming with love, turning the other cheek, loving not just those who love you but those who do not, blessing those who curse you, and so forth.

If you have never read what his messengers wrote about Him, why not? It is the greatest defense of love and mercy ever written. It overcomes all objections.

I studied His words in depth, but I have not love. I didn't say that studying the reasons to love would change your heart, did I?

Charles Saline