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Big view.
Leviticus 18:1
notice He brackets the statement by “I am the Lord your God, I am the Lord your God,” beginning and ending with that statement.
And because I am the Lord your God, you don’t act like anybody else acts.
You don’t live according to any worldly standard; not the one you came from and not the one you’re going to.
Because He was their covenant God and because they were His special people, they were supposed to be different from anybody else.
They were to follow His commandments and not take their lead from the standards of the people around them.
Israel, though, forgot.
Israel, though, forgot.
In fact, it came to be that in Israel they desired to have a king and their statement is this, “We will have a king over us that we may be like the nations.”
1 Sam 8:19
They wanted to be like the rest of the world.
And through it all, God kept sending them prophets, and the prophets kept reminding them about their uniqueness.
They wanted to be like the rest of the world.
They even went so far as to say, “let us be like the nations and worship gods of wood and stone.”
So God kept sending them prophets, and the prophets kept reminding them about their uniqueness.
Prophets like Jeremiah who said, “People learn not the ways of the nations.”
Prophets like Ezekiel who said “Do not defile yourselves with the gods of Egypt.”
Jeremiah said, “ learn not the ways of the nations.”
Ezekiel who said “Do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt.”
The message is no different in Jesus’ time, nor is it different today.
God wants His people to be different.
He wants His people to be unique.
Kingdom life is be absolutely distinct, absolutely unique.
Love Enemies / pray -
So that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.
And the key to it is that you can’t live that way unless you are led by the Spirit, having been reconciled to God through Jesus Christ.
peacemakers 5:9, called sons of God.
And here in Jesus calls out the substandard view of God’s law held by the religious leaders.
They were following the lead of the “nations” rather than seeking the holiness of God.
Summary(Anger, Lust, Divorce, Deception (oaths), Retaliation)
Summary(Anger, Lust, Divorce, Deception (oaths), Retaliation) 5
Pinnacle.
Paul [greatest…Love]
Like this is a summary:
Romans
Paul says love fills up the whole law.
Jesus says love fills up the whole law.
And so in when Jesus begins to speak about loving, he is touching on that which sums up the whole law.
matthew 22:3
Matthew 5:43
Principle of Law:
Simple: Figure out who your neighbor is and then feel free to hate everyone else.
In fact, that was the big debate of the day… who is your neighbor?
Two points:
In their teachings:
1) They left out “as thyself” (speaks to pride… the primacy of yourself above all)
v 10 mentions the sojourner (foreigner).
This was a big debate in Jesus’ day.
To whom did the Love command apply?
1) They left out “as thyself” (speaks to pride… the primacy of yourself above all)
2) Where is command to hate your enemy?
Nowhere.
(prejudice) Added it.
Where is command to hate your enemy?
Nowhere.
Who is your neighbor?
The excluded gentiles (sojourners?)
They also excluded certain classes of jews.
example:
They fed their evil proud hearts by concluding that anyone not a neighbor was to be hated.
In other words, they said, “The Bible says love your neighbor.
Therefore, if someone who is not your neighbor is not to be loved and the opposite of love is hate, so love your neighbor means hate your enemy.”
Matthew 9:10
3) Who is your neighbor?
I mention because this was the debate in Jesus’ day.
Love your neighbor; love your enemies.
Love all!
Fullness of the law:
An abundance of Love is given us.
[finish ch 5 in a couple of weeks]
May we show and may others see in us a special and unique Love; a strange love for even enemies that flows from big, forgiving, merciful, and compassionate hearts.
May that light of Love shine before men, and Glory be given to God.
Stand and sing.
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How are we [different / set apart / holy] for God if we don’t love like God loves?
who makes his sun to shine on the just and the unjust; rain to fall...
Circles us back to the beattitudes; salt and light.
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