Love Your Enemies (3 of 5)
Series: The Upside Down Kingdom
Scott Maze
Luke 6:27-36
Ken and his wife, Reagan, are relatively new Christians. They were just getting oriented to how to find passages in their Bible and shifting priorities in their lives to honor the Lord, when Lacy offered a confession. It was a happy time as Lacy was pregnant with their first child. Before she had converted to Christ, she had slept with Ben's good friend. He had been away on business when the affair occurred. What was even more upsetting to Ben, was that his wife had done much of this in their own home. Ben was filled with fury at his friend and his wife. He was humiliated because he had suspected nothing. And he felt trapped with a child on her way. Lacy was heartbroken over what she had done. But was also desperately afraid because she wasn't sure what Ben would do. She wondered after he left the house, ''Would he seek revenge by seeking out her best friend and doing God knows what?'' ''Would he divorce her leaving her to be another single mom raising a child?'' ''Would she be stuck in a loveless marriage with a bitter husband for years?'' Sometimes, when we read Jesus' words to love our enemies, it's the person we slept next to at night.
We continue our series entitled, The UpSide Down Kingdom and our journey through Luke's Gospel. This morning we examine among the hardest and least understood of Jesus' sayings, ''Love your enemies.''
A pastor from the 1600s liked this to cold snow producing heat. Can a person really love her enemy?
''But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. 30 Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them ...
Series: The Upside Down Kingdom
Scott Maze
Luke 6:27-36
Ken and his wife, Reagan, are relatively new Christians. They were just getting oriented to how to find passages in their Bible and shifting priorities in their lives to honor the Lord, when Lacy offered a confession. It was a happy time as Lacy was pregnant with their first child. Before she had converted to Christ, she had slept with Ben's good friend. He had been away on business when the affair occurred. What was even more upsetting to Ben, was that his wife had done much of this in their own home. Ben was filled with fury at his friend and his wife. He was humiliated because he had suspected nothing. And he felt trapped with a child on her way. Lacy was heartbroken over what she had done. But was also desperately afraid because she wasn't sure what Ben would do. She wondered after he left the house, ''Would he seek revenge by seeking out her best friend and doing God knows what?'' ''Would he divorce her leaving her to be another single mom raising a child?'' ''Would she be stuck in a loveless marriage with a bitter husband for years?'' Sometimes, when we read Jesus' words to love our enemies, it's the person we slept next to at night.
We continue our series entitled, The UpSide Down Kingdom and our journey through Luke's Gospel. This morning we examine among the hardest and least understood of Jesus' sayings, ''Love your enemies.''
A pastor from the 1600s liked this to cold snow producing heat. Can a person really love her enemy?
''But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. 30 Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them ...
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