Originally a Facebook post here.

“I hate my opponent.” – President Trump, at the memorial service for Charlie Kirk

This is the most ANTITHETICAL to the gospel a person can get save by denying Christ’s divinity, or perhaps admitting it and denying all His teachings.

This isn’t some minor theological dispute, this is LITERALLY what Jesus calls the SECOND GREATEST COMMANDMENT.

“[Charlie] did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That’s where I disagreed with Charlie.”

No, Trump disagrees with Jesus.

Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”

Christian leaders across the spectrum should call this what it is: an evil statement that DIRECTLY contradicts the cornerstone of the message of Christ.

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar…

Nor is Trump’s quote taken out of context; I watched every second of his remarks leading up to this. And you can hear 90,000 people laughing and applauding.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

After years of hearing from Christian leaders that Trump is born again, from charismatic Christians that he is God’s chosen, from Christians that he is here to lead us to a spiritual victory; from a man who sells a Bible with his name on it, this is only a hair shy of unbelievable.

The prideful, public repudiation of the gospel, during a worship service.

God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us…while we were enemies…

If you believe you heard from the Lord during the election, what is He whispering to you now?

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

If you found support for him in the pages of your Bible, what else is in there?

…love one another earnestly from a pure heart…

After this there can be no more debate on if Trump embraces the teachings of Jesus, no room for respectful disagreement, these are the words of the rejection of Christianity.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

I will never again be able to see how a believer can endorse Trump as some kind of spiritually anointed man. Endorse his policies? We can respectfully disagree (and on some occasions, even agree). Consider him some kind of Christian leader? Never.

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

And if you’re a loud Christ follower and a loud Trump follower I ask you: loudly condemn the repudiation of the Gospel by Trump even if you stand by your politics.

Even if you stand by Trump, speak against this antiChristian statement.

Your faith and his hate are irreconcilable.

You may ask, why not this same message for any other politician, whom are also all flawed? Because Christians never flocked to them as messiah-like figures, at least not as a movement.

This isn’t whatabout.

This post isn’t ultimately about politics: it’s about Christianity.