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The title of today’s sermon came from an award that Ron Luna’s grand-daughter won at her Church.
Ron showed me a video of her receiving the award.
She was taking what she learned on Sunday morning and Wednesday night and started a bible study with friends from school.
The name of the award she received was the 2nd Mile Award.
I thought wow thats really cool.
Thats not the right context for the verse.
The context of the verse is, yes, about service, but it is about service in the face of adversity.
It is found in the Jesus’ sermon on the mount in Chapter 5 of Matthew.
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Matthew
Since God chose the Hebrew people as His people from whom he would reveal Himself to the world, he has urged them to stand out from the crowd.
Look at the dietary laws.
Prohibition on tattoos, How they were to dress, how they were to act.
It was all so that they would stand apart from the world because it was from the Hebrews that God would introduce Jesus.
As followers of Christ, He has asked us to stand apart from the world so that people could know Jesus.
So how to we stand out from our community.
How do we stand in contrast to the Motorcycle community so that people may see and get to know Jesus?
Not: Generosity.
You will be hard pressed to out give a bunch of bikers.
Friday night LW clubhouse.
Not Brotherly Love: That is the cornerstone of the biker community.
I believe that answer is found in the verses that we just read.
An eye for an eye
Turn the other cheek
The idea of an insult.
Open hand across the face.
Jesus is not talking about getting beaten, but rather public insult.
How different is that from today’s standards where a facebook slap in the face draws all the attention in the world.
Give up your tunic also
People in that time would wear a loincloth, a tunic and then a cloak.
You could sue a man for his tunic but not his cloak.
I read a story about a guy giving out candy on Halloween.
Older kids with no costumes kept coming to his house.
Told his wife that he wasn’t putting up with it any longer.
Call the police.
Red faced and breathing hard, She said, “George, its only candy.”
We get consumed sometimes with what “our rights” are that we lose sight that He is the source of all that we have and we either trust him or we don’t, because everything good on this side of heaven is only candy.
Go the extra mile
We don’t get pressed into service like was done in Jesus’ time, but sometimes we are asked to do things that we don’t want to.
Jordon’s dog, Martye cleaning his house.
Love you enemy?
There is not a verse that says to hat your enemy.
Matthew 5:4
So That
Matthew 5:
Family tradition: God has not chosen to cover them with darkness or deprive them of the rain, why should we?
Every MC loves their own brothers.
Every biker greets other bikers.
We are to be people of uncommon grace and mercy.
Matthew 5:
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