Going the Extra Mile

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You Have a Right to be Treated Well

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Matthew 5:38 CSB
“You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
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Leviticus 24:19–20 CSB
If any man inflicts a permanent injury on his neighbor, whatever he has done is to be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Whatever injury he inflicted on the person, the same is to be inflicted on him.

Jesus Taught Us to Set Our Rights Aside

What rights would I give up if it helped someone?
Would I give up my rights if it helped my enemy?

Love Those Who Disrespect You More Than Your Right to Be Respected

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I deserve to be treated better than this!
I deserve an apology!
They deserve to know what it feels like to be insulted!

Love Those Who Take From You More Than Your Right to Your Possessions

2 Timothy 4:13 CSB
When you come, bring the cloak I left in Troas with Carpus, as well as the scrolls, especially the parchments.
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That’s mine!
You can’t have it!
You should get your own!

Love Those Who Inconvenience You More Than Your Right to Convenience

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He wasted my time!
That’s not my job to do that!
I shouldn’t have to go out of my way to do that!

Give to the One Who Asks You

In Summary: Don’t Hold Tight to your Rights, Give Them Away!

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Keep only a loose grasp on the things you have a right to - you will loose them all in the end, why not give them away!

Jesus Laid His Rights Down for Us

He did not resist the evildoer

Matthew 26:53 CSB
Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and he will provide me here and now with more than twelve legions of angels?

He turned His cheek and was insulted

Isaiah 50:6–7 CSB
I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard. I did not hide my face from scorn and spitting. The Lord God will help me; therefore I have not been humiliated; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.

He let them have His coat

Psalm 22:17–18 CSB
I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me. They divided my garments among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.

He went the extra mile

Matthew 27:31 CSB
After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

He gives when we ask and won’t turn away from us

Matthew 7:7–8 CSB
“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

How Could Jesus Do This?

For the joy that lay before Him, he endured the cross, despising the shame. -

His Honor was Coming, and So Is Ours!

Philippians 2:5–11 CSB
Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited. Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death— even to death on a cross. For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow— in heaven and on earth and under the earth— and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

His Inheritance was Coming, and So Is Ours!

1 Peter 1:3–5 CSB
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. You are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

His Rest was Coming, and So Is Ours!

Hebrews 4:1 CSB
Therefore, since the promise to enter his rest remains, let us beware that none of you be found to have fallen short.
Matthew 16:25 CSB
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
Lay down your rights, take up your cross,
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