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! Introduction:
!!!! “Matthew 5:43-48”
I.
The Real Meaning of Human Relationships, 5:43-48
A.
(5:43) — The Tradition of the Jews
1.
Love and hate.
/a) /You have heard that it was said…
(1) This does not refer to the Old Testament Teaching
(2) Does refer to what the Rabbis & teachers had taught them about their tradition
/b) /Love your neighbor and hate your enemies.
(1) /This is based on (Leviticus 19:17-18)/
/(a) /They omitted /“Love your neighbor as yourself”/
/(b) /They added /“hate your enemies”/
/(a) /to justify their hate & accommodate their evil hearts
/(b) /because on the inside they were filled with hate
/(c) /many today fall into the same mistake as Israel.
They interpret /“neighbors”/ to be only their friends and those who live close by.
B.
(5:44) — The Truth of Jesus
/The Real meaning of the law “to love” involves four practical acts./
1. Love your enemies
· Believers are to love /all/ men, even enemies.
· They are to respect and honor all men (1 Peter 2:17).
· Every human being has something that is commendable, even if it is nothing but the fact that he is a fellow human being with a soul to be reached for God.
/a) /Enemy is encompassed in the term “neighbor”
(1) /The Good Samaritan /(Luke 10:25-37)
/(a) /Your neighbor is /“anybody”/in your path, friend or foe who has a need.
/Note Three Facts//./
/a) /Loving our enemies is against human nature
(1) Our reaction is to strike back, hate, and wish hurt.
(2) The root of human reaction against enemies is self and bitterness.
/b) /There is one thing can have for his enemy: mercy or compassion
(1) If a believer does not have compassion for those who hate him, he has gained nothing of the spirit of Christ (Luke 6:36).
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/c) /It is God-like to love your enemies
(1) /We were enemies to God, but God demonstrated His love by dying for us /(Romans 5:10, 8)
2. Bless those who curse you
/a) /“To bless” means that a person has to speak.
(1) Christ is saying to speak softly to the curser (Proverbs 15:1).
Use kind, friendly words.
(2) When face to face, be courteous; when behind his back, commend his strengths.
(3) Do not render “railing for railing,” that is, do not condemn or attack him in bitter or abusive language (1 Peter 3:9).
(4) If we react with sharp, harsh words, it will only stir up more anger and hate in the curser.
/b) /Cursing is a Serious Sin to God – Three Types of Swearing
(1) /Habitual swearing—Unworthy of serious attention./
/(a) /The unrighteous are said to have “mouths full of cursing and bitterness”—Romans 3:10-14
(2) /Hypocritical swearing/
/(a) /There are those who “bless God” in one breath and turn around and “curse men” the next breath.
But no man can tame the tongue.
/It is/ an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.
Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing.
My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
(James 3:8-10 NKJV)
(3) /Silent wearing/
/(a) /This is secretly cursing others /“within your heart.”/
For many times, also, your own heart has known That even you have cursed others.
(Ecclesiastes 7:22)
/c) /The Curser has two major Problems
(1) /He has a weak self-image—he has to play the big boy or big man to come across as being strong./
(2) /He either does not know the Lord or is very immature and weak in the Lord.
/Therefore, he desperately needs the blessing and help of the believer./
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3.
Do good to those who hate you
/a) /“Doing good” goes beyond words.
(1) /It does things for the person who hates./
· It reaches out to him through his family or friends, employment or business.
· It searches for ways to do good to him, realizing that he needs to be reached for God.
· If no immediate way is found, then the Christian patiently waits for the day when he will face one of the crises that comes to every human being (for example, sickness, accident, death).
And then the believer goes and does good, ministering to him as Christ Himself ministered.
(2) /The greatest proof of love is “doing good to those who hate you.”/
"But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, "bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.
(Luke 6:27-28)
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head."
(Romans 12:20)
“See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all” (1 Thessalonians 5:15)
"If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it” (Exodus 23:5)
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Pray for your persecutors
/“Agape love”// can take a criminal who has robbed me & threatened my life & by God’s grace this love can take this person who has treated me the worst & make them the object of my prayers/
/a) /Three things that need to be prayed about:
(1) /For God to forgive the persecutor/ (Luke 23:34 /cf./
Acts 7:60)
/(a) /Jesus could physically no longer walk around touching the blind eyes, touching the deaf ears, because His hands are now held fast to that cross.
/(b) /Though He cannot minister in an active way, walking around their villages any more, still there's one avenue of ministry left.
And He exercises it; /the ministry of prayer.
/ And He prays for them.
And the prayer of Jesus was answered (Acts 2:14-41)
/(c) /Acts 7:60 – Stephen’s last act was to kneel in prayer and to plead for his persecutors and murderers.
He possessed the very spirit of Christ Himself, who had prayed the same prayer (Luke 23:34).
(2) /For Peace Between One’s Self and the Persecutor /
(3) /For the Persecutors Salvation /
/b) /Prayer for the persecutor will greatly benefit the believer.
(1) /It will keep the believer from becoming bitter, hostile, or to react in a wrong manner./
C.
(v.45-47)
– The Incentive to Love Your Neighbor is Three Fold.
1.
Makes you a child of God (v.45a)
/a) /Love is unmistakable proof that a person truly loves and truly knows God.
(1) /A believer cannot hate another person—not a true believer.
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/(a) /If a person says he loves God and hates some person, he needs to search his heart.
/(b) /He lacks the genuineness demanded by God (1 John 4:19-21; 1 John 3:23; cp.
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