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The Christian Standard of Love
Introduction:
Righteousness is the holy expression of divine love.
The scribes and Pharisees failed to draw the distinction between God’ s hatred of sin and His love of the sinner.
They interpreted God’s judgment on sin as a command to hate Samaritans, Greeks, and Romans.
The Lord Jesus condemned such an attitude and indicated we must show:
I.
A Love Which is Dutiful In Its Ministry (5:44)
1.
We Must Treat Our Enemies Pleasantly (5:44)
2. We Must Treat Our Enemies Profitably (5:44)
3. We Must Treat Our Enemies Prayerfully (5:44)
II.
A Love Which is Distinctive In Its Quality (5:45–47)
1. Spiritual Love (5:45)
2. Impartial Love (5:45–47)
III.
A Love Which is Developed In Its Constancy (5:48)
1. Obedience to the Word of God (1 John 2:5)
2. Dependence on the Son of God (1 John 4:17)
3. Allegiance to the Church of God (1 John 4:12)
Conclusion
The church’s greatest need at this hour is a new’ baptism of perfect love.
God help us to exercise daily obedience to the Word of God, daily dependence on the Son of God, and daily allegiance to the church of God, so developing that divine quality of love.
Introduction:
Introduction:
Righteousness is the holy expression of divine love.
The scribes and Pharisees failed to draw the distinction between God’ s hatred of sin and His love of the sinner.
They interpreted God’s judgment on sin as a command to hate Samaritans, Greeks, and Romans.
The Lord Jesus condemned such an attitude and indicated we must show:
I.
A Love Which is Dutiful In Its Ministry (5:44)
1.
We Must Treat Our Enemies Pleasantly (5:44)
2. We Must Treat Our Enemies Profitably (5:44)
3. We Must Treat Our Enemies Prayerfully (5:44)
II.
A Love Which is Distinctive In Its Quality (5:45–47)
1. Spiritual Love (5:45)
2. Impartial Love (5:45–47)
III.
A Love Which is Developed In Its Constancy (5:48)
1. Obedience to the Word of God (1 John 2:5)
2. Dependence on the Son of God (1 John 4:17)
3. Allegiance to the Church of God (1 John 4:12)
Conclusion
The church’s greatest need at this hour is a new’ baptism of perfect love.
God help us to exercise daily obedience to the Word of God, daily dependence on the Son of God, and daily allegiance to the church of God, so developing that divine quality of love.
Righteousness is the holy expression of divine love.
The scribes and Pharisees failed to draw the distinction between God’ s hatred of sin and His love of the sinner.
They interpreted God’s judgment on sin as a command to hate Samaritans, Greeks, and Romans.
The Lord Jesus condemned such an attitude and indicated we must show
Introduction:
Righteousness is the holy expression of divine love.
The scribes and Pharisees failed to draw the distinction between God’ s hatred of sin and His love of the sinner.
Though no such commandment existed in the Old Testament, it is not difficult to understand how such an idea evolved from the general teaching of Old Testament Scriptures, based on imprecatory passages and psalms.
They interpreted God’s judgment on sin as a command to hate Samaritans, Greeks, and Romans.
The Lord Jesus condemned such an attitude and indicated we must show:
I. Love Is Demonstrated Towards Our Enemies (5:44)
The supreme characteristic of divine love is that it is always active, creative, and redemptive.
Divine love is never passive in Scripture; God is ever reaching out with selflessness and sacrifice in His concern for others.
It is comparatively easy to love our friends.
Therefore, Jesus deliberately tells us to love our enemies, and He specifies three ways in which we are expected to express our love to those we would naturally hate:
The supreme characteristic of divine love is that it is always active, creative, and redemptive.
Divine love is never passive in Scripture; God is ever reaching out with selflessness and sacrifice in His concern for others.
It is comparatively easy to love our friends.
Therefore, Jesus deliberately tells us to love our enemies, and He specifies three ways in which we are expected to express our love to those we would naturally hate:
1.
We Must Treat Our Enemies Pleasantly (5:44)
“… bless those who curse you …” (5:44).
The word bless means “to speak well of” or “to eulogize.”
When we are tempted to react adversely to their sneers and curses, we must overflow in divine love, speaking pleasantly to our enemies.
2. We Must Treat Our Enemies Profitably (5:44)
“… do good to those who hate you …” (5:44).
It is not sufficient merely to speak well of them: we are to be dutiful in our ministry of love to those who are our enemies.
The apostle Paul offers instructions to surrendered believers on how to do this:
3. We Must Treat Our Enemies Prayerfully (5:44)
“… pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you” (5:44).
The supreme example of divine love is our Lord Jesus Christ, who prayed even while He was being nailed to the cross:
Stephen, the first Christian martyr, filled with the Holy Spirit, could pray even as the stones were pelting him to death: “…
How often do we name our enemies before God in prayer, seeking wisdom and grace to deal with them, and requesting their ultimate salvation?
If the Christ of Calvary indwells us, we can do no other than pray for them which spitefully use us and persecute us (study ).
Illustration:
Application:
II.
Love is Distinctive in Its Quality (5:45–47)
Matt 5:
These words make it evident that Jesus was speaking of a quality of love which is not to be found in the natural heart.
It is a quality which may be described as:
1. Spiritual Love (5:45)
Love begins with God but it ends with us.
Christians are “… partakers of the divine nature …” (), and since love is the nature of God it must be exhibited through our new nature.
This is the whole thrust of vv.
45–47.
As the heavenly Father shares His sun and sends His rain on the evil and the good without partiality, so we should share and send our love to all.
Only His unconditional, selfless love can make this possible.
God did not create man because He needs love; He created him because He is love.
As spiritual sons and daughters, we should exemplify and express the same quality of love through the power of the indwelling Spirit (see ).
Illustration:
… Reader’s Digest (December 1982) offers some practical advice on loving those “difficult” people in our lives:
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
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