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Matthew 5:43
Matthew 5:43–44 (ESV)
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:43
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
Love Your Neighbor
Love Your Neighbor
Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
Who is the neighbor Leviticus is referring to?
Who is the neighbor Leviticus is referring to?
Neighbor = Fellow Israelites.
Hate Your Enemy
Hate Your Enemy
1. How could a God of love command them to hate their enemies?
1. How could a God of love command them to hate their enemies?
2. Nowhere in the O.T. God commanded to hate their enemies.
Matthew 5:43
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
Matthew 4:4
But he answered, “It is written,
“ ‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
To understand the next verse we must find out “Who Is The Enemy?”
To understand the next verse we must find out “Who Is The Enemy?”
Those outside the Jewish community.
Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
How Important Is That Truth For Us?
How Important Is That Truth For Us?
Romans 5:8
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Matthew 5:45
so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
We should love and pour out our goodness on the just and the unjust alike.
Common Grace
Common Grace
Common grace includes all undeserved blessings that natural man receives from the hand of God: rain, sun, prosperity, health, happiness, natural capacities and gifts.
Romans 12:20
To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”
1. We reflect God's own mercy to us who were once His enemies.
1. We reflect God's own mercy to us who were once His enemies.
2. It shows we are stronger than those who harm us.
Romans 12:20
To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Proverbs 25:21-22
Proverbs 25:21–22 (ESV)
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
You win the battles of the Lord by blessing enemies.
Only to conquerors are the great promises of the Book of Revelation Given.
Revelation 3:20-21
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
3 Lessons on Real Ways to Love Our Enemies.
3 Lessons on Real Ways to Love Our Enemies.
1. The Concept of “Enemy” Is Not a Permanent State but a Temporary Position.
2. We Must Realize That We, Too, Were Once Enemies of God
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
3. We Love Our Enemies So That We Might Please the God Who Loved Us.
Luke 6:35-36
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.