If you got everything you deserved where would you be? Many people feel like they deserve more positive consequences, but how about the negative consequences? By God's grace we do not get everything we deserve, and we should not wish for our enemies to always get what they deserve. We are called to love our enemies, and this means not actively rooting against them.

How do you handle people that are our enemies. Jesus is once again correcting misrepresentation of what Scripture actually taught and said. Jesus specifically correcting the idea that diminishes the idea of loving your neighbor as yourself.

The sermon centers on Jesus' radical command to love one's enemies, challenging a distorted interpretation of the Old Testament that falsely claimed God commanded hatred toward enemies. It clarifies that the biblical mandate to love one's neighbor as oneself, rooted in Leviticus 19, extends to all people—including strangers, foreigners, and even those who oppose us—rejecting any notion of exclusion based on ethnicity, belief, or behavior. The preacher emphasizes that genuine love, modeled by Christ who died for His enemies while we were still hostile, is not passive or sentimental but includes truthful correction, even when it is uncomfortable. It warns against misidentifying critics as enemies, affirming that faithful rebuke, when given in love, is a mark of true friendship and spiritual care. Ultimately, the sermon calls believers to embody Christ's self-sacrificial love, which transcends cultural divisions, resists retaliation, and honors God's truth above human approval, culminating in a reflective observance of the Lord's Supper as a memorial of that redemptive love.

How do you handle people that are our enemies. Jesus is once again correcting misrepresentation of what Scripture actually taught and said. Jesus specifically correcting the idea that diminishes the idea of loving your neighbor as yourself.

What sins do we tolerate in our own lives-- We don't have the same reaction to -respectable- sins as we do to -explicit- sins. In this passage we see Jesus address the sin of selfishness. A sin we would see as -respectable-. For us selfishness comes naturally, a selfless love for others is an act of God. It's supernatural.

What sins do we tolerate in our own lives? We don't have the same reaction to "respectable" sins as we do to "explicit" sins. In this passage we see Jesus address the sin of selfishness. A sin we would see as "respectable". For us selfishness comes naturally, a selfless love for others is an act of God. It's supernatural.

How do you respond when someone disrespects you-- Although we say -we don't get mad, we get even- that is not entirely true. It is more that we -we get mad, and we escalate. In this passage Jesus challenges what we see as -normal- retaliation to disrespect.

How do you respond when someone disrespects you? Although we say "we don't get mad, we get even" that is not entirely true. It is more that we "we get mad, and we escalate. In this passage Jesus challenges what we see as "normal" retaliation to disrespect.

Are you an honest person-- When you give your word does it amount to anything--