If they strike you, turn to let them strike you again. He is pairing the evil thing the person is doing to you with something good he wants us to do in reverse. These are but examples, but it’s a pretty healthy list.īut see what Jesus is doing with these examples. They might beg you for a loan and not pay you back. These are different ways that someone might act like an enemy to you. Notice he gives various examples of people who might treat us badly. He begins by saying to do good to those who hate you, and the rest of this first section continues to explain what this looks like. After giving us the summary command in verse 27 to love our enemies, Jesus then goes on to explain what he has in mind. Let us begin in our first point to consider how Jesus calls us to do good to our enemies, looking at the first part of our passage in verses 27-31. It can be a challenging topic, but he addresses this special call in verse 27, “to you who hear.” May God give us ears to hear this lesson today. Let us spend some time reflecting on this today. Whenever and for however you find yourself in opposition with someone else, Jesus here gives us this command to love them. They can in such moments be a sort of enemy or foe. It might be an associate or even a friend, yet who at points are in opposition against you. But likely you have various other more regular enemies – people you might not call an enemy to their face, or even think of as an enemy. Sure, they can be the very hostile unbeliever who hates you simply because you are a Christian. Or maybe, you’ve thought practically the whole world is your enemy. Maybe as a Christian, you have not thought of many people as enemies. Today, we have a message from Jesus telling us to love our enemies. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Worship Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on in Novato, CA.
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