LOVE YOUR ENEMY
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“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
that you may be sons of your Father 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.
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Main Idea: God desires for His kids to love all people.
Main Idea: God desires for His kids to love all people.
Key Question: Do you love the people who hate you?
Key Question: Do you love the people who hate you?
We don’t get the luxury of asking “who is my neighbor?”
1. Loving your enemy is impactful. (v. 43-44)
1. Loving your enemy is impactful. (v. 43-44)
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
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Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
2. Loving your enemy is identifying. (v. 45-47)
2. Loving your enemy is identifying. (v. 45-47)
that you may be sons of your Father 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.
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
Not to earn favor but as attribute that distinguishes the believer
Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
3. Loving your enemy is perfecting. (v. 48)
3. Loving your enemy is perfecting. (v. 48)
No two-level ethic - one for the christian and the “super” christian
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
You shall be blameless before the Lord your God.
but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
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