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Context:
In a sermon Jesus preaches in , called the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus makes six statements beginning with the words, “You have heard that it was said…but I say to you.”
In these six statements Jesus is explaining what righteousness, goodness looks like beyond what the Scribes and Pharisees require (what was common customs and beliefs of the day).
In each of these Jesus is calling His disciples to do something different, something deeper, something more radical than what culture expected of them (what was the social norm).
Transition: In the last of these six statements, Jesus is going to teach us that about God’s desire for us to love other.s
I. God Desires Us To Love Others
A. Context
In these six statements Jesus is explaining what righteousness, goodness looks like beyond what the Scribes and Pharisees require (what was common customs and beliefs of the day).
In each of these Jesus is calling His disciples to do something different, something deeper, something more radical than what culture expected of them (what was the social norm).
I. Our Natural Inclination Is Retaliation
A. Our Model (vs.
43)
Pharisees taught sone should love those near and dear to him - “Love your neighbor” ()
A. The Teaching Of The Age
Pharisees taught that one should love those near and dear to them - “Love your neighbor” ()
Pharisees implied that their hatred was God’s means of judging their enemies - “Hate your enemies” = Not found in Scripture
“Hate your enemies” (No Scripture) =
Pharisees implied that their hatred was God’s means of judging their enemies
“Hate your enemies” = Not found in Scripture
Pharisees implied that their hatred was God’s means of judging their enemies
However, both were common teachings in Jesus’ age and both are still common today
B. Who are our enemies?
Who are our enemies?
None of us want enemies, most of us want to me be liked
Personal enemies
People who have wronged (stolen, cheated you), hurt us (physically, emotionally), people of differing political positions, people who do things you don’t agree with
Christian enemies
In other words, if Jesus got criticized, how much more you?
If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, Paul says you will be persecuted.
As the American Western culture continues to collapse around us and as we take Biblical stands over against worldly stands, all the more will we be maligned, will accused of things that are just not so.
The question is, how will we respond to those adversaries, those naysayers?
The question is, how will we respond to those adversaries, those naysayers?
Even within the church steeped in religious “righteous indignation”
Even within the church steeped in religious “righteous indignation”
Hate the sin, love the sinner…except we don’t…not really
The Pharisees taught that one should love those near and dear to him (Lev.
19:18), but that Israel’s enemies should be hated.
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