Title: Love Your Enemies (22)
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Luke 6:27-36
INTRODUCTION: There are some aspects of the Christian faith that are deemed acceptable, even preferable in a civilized society.
- Honor your Father and Mother - no matter what religion, no matter what holy book you read, you will find some form of teaching to honor your parents.
- Some forms of the Golden Rule can be found in Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam.
- Commands to help the poor are common in almost all religions.
Yet some teachings set Christianity apart from all other religions.
- The exclusivity and divine nature of Christ.
- The concept that salvation can come by grace through faith alone.
- Then, the one before us today. The command to LOVE our Enemies.
This is one of those commands that we struggle with as Americans. I mean, it's fine for you to love your enemies, but the people on my enemy list got there for good reason.
Nevertheless, at times, Our Lord Jesus Christ points His nail-scarred hand toward the person you most dislike, distrust, and disapprove of and says, "Go love that one".
CONTEXT: We said a couple of weeks ago that Adam was the first King, given dominion over the entire planet. But he subjugated that Kingdom to Satan by trusting the word of the serpent over the word of God.
God promised that He would send a SEED, a male descendant of Adam, who would crush Satan's head... in doing so, he would reclaim and restore all that Adam had lost.
The drama of the OT continues as mankind awaits that coming Seed, that King, that Messiah. Until it happened - the anticipation of the ages was met with a baby's cry in that little town of Bethlehem.
Christ came as the King of all Kings - through His death and resurrection, he bought back what Adam lost and made redemption possible for Adam's race.
Then He called his disciples together and said, Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV)
18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authori ...
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Luke 6:27-36
INTRODUCTION: There are some aspects of the Christian faith that are deemed acceptable, even preferable in a civilized society.
- Honor your Father and Mother - no matter what religion, no matter what holy book you read, you will find some form of teaching to honor your parents.
- Some forms of the Golden Rule can be found in Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam.
- Commands to help the poor are common in almost all religions.
Yet some teachings set Christianity apart from all other religions.
- The exclusivity and divine nature of Christ.
- The concept that salvation can come by grace through faith alone.
- Then, the one before us today. The command to LOVE our Enemies.
This is one of those commands that we struggle with as Americans. I mean, it's fine for you to love your enemies, but the people on my enemy list got there for good reason.
Nevertheless, at times, Our Lord Jesus Christ points His nail-scarred hand toward the person you most dislike, distrust, and disapprove of and says, "Go love that one".
CONTEXT: We said a couple of weeks ago that Adam was the first King, given dominion over the entire planet. But he subjugated that Kingdom to Satan by trusting the word of the serpent over the word of God.
God promised that He would send a SEED, a male descendant of Adam, who would crush Satan's head... in doing so, he would reclaim and restore all that Adam had lost.
The drama of the OT continues as mankind awaits that coming Seed, that King, that Messiah. Until it happened - the anticipation of the ages was met with a baby's cry in that little town of Bethlehem.
Christ came as the King of all Kings - through His death and resurrection, he bought back what Adam lost and made redemption possible for Adam's race.
Then He called his disciples together and said, Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV)
18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authori ...
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