Compassionate - Luke 6
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Introduction
Introduction
The Sermon on the Plain - “on a level place”
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 6
17 After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.
This may be a subset of the Sermon on the Mount or (more likely…)
This is a separate sermon preached by Jesus
Audience - disciples; followers of the message, “repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand”
The ESV Study Bible Chapter 6
The Beatitudes are not conditions for entering the kingdom of God but blessings pronounced on those who have already entered. The main theme of the Beatitudes and the following “woes” involves the “great reversal”
v. 20
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 6
Blessed are you who are poor,
because the kingdom of God is yours.
v. 24
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 6
But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your comfort.
Love All
Love All
27 “But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don’t hold back your shirt either. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and from someone who takes your things, don’t ask for them back. 31 Just as you want others to do for you, do the same for them.
“Love your enemies” -
The Jews had enemies (e.g., the Romans)
We used to have enemies, but they were far away (The Russians)
Now we are coming closer to having “enemies” in a divided and polarized country
“Do what is good” - how is this fleshed out?
“Pray for them” - for their good. We sometimes fail to pray for our friends.
“Hits you on the cheek” (turn the other cheek) - may be a bit misunderstood.
administered to an inferior (husband-wife, master-slave)
maybe a little like flicking someone’s ear in school?
certain gestures - offensive
when someone cuts you off - laying on the horn!
striking on the cheek - offensive, more so than bodily harm
“Takes away your coat”
Possibly through a lawsuit, possibly by theft
A big deal - outer coat, blanket, pillow
Someone takes your car - throw in the owner’s manual, snow tires
Maybe the shirt goes with the cloak?
“go the extra mile”
“Give to everyone who asks you”
Wisdom - what is best for that person?
Generous - even to the “undeserving”, because we are all underserving
Happy Cow Creamery - FB post
Any questions? Just apply the Golden rule (v. 31)
With a Pure Heart
With a Pure Heart
32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High. For he is gracious to the ungrateful and evil. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
What brings glory to God? Loving those who love us?
v. 35 “Your reward will be great”
Luke: An Introduction and Commentary 4. Love (6:27–36)
He never urges people to serve for the sake of reward. To do that is no more than to exchange material selfishness for spiritual selfishness. But he insists that the reward is there: it is one of the facts of life.
Sermon on the mount - doing good works in private so that God will reward publicly
v, 36 “Be merciful”, to have sympathy, compassion, pity
And with Mercy
And with Mercy
37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
v. 37 “judge” - a legal concept
Speaking out against sin - not judging
John the Baptist - spoke out against Herod’s sin
“the tendency to criticize and find fault with others” - assuming that we know the back story
v. 38 “give”
“God is generous to persons who, with loving hearts, are generous toward others”
This is part of God’s character - giving. God so loved the world that he gave...