Post by Les Brewer on Mar 31, 2021 21:44:59 GMT
Loving Your Enemies as God Does (Matthew 5:43-48)
To wrap up this long, long year of very special, unique messages, there is one more that I need to discharge before the Lord, from my heart to yours, and it is drawn out of a text that I want you to turn to now. It’s Matthew chapter 5, verses 43 to 48. Matthew 5:43 to 48. I’m going to read these words to you, and then introduce the direction of this text for us, and then we’ll dig into it.
Our Lord speaks and says, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Pretty direct point. If you want to be like God, love your enemies
Click here for full message in text format or scroll down for the recorded message. www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/81-107/loving-your-enemies-as-god-does
To wrap up this long, long year of very special, unique messages, there is one more that I need to discharge before the Lord, from my heart to yours, and it is drawn out of a text that I want you to turn to now. It’s Matthew chapter 5, verses 43 to 48. Matthew 5:43 to 48. I’m going to read these words to you, and then introduce the direction of this text for us, and then we’ll dig into it.
Our Lord speaks and says, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Pretty direct point. If you want to be like God, love your enemies
Click here for full message in text format or scroll down for the recorded message. www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/81-107/loving-your-enemies-as-god-does
