in

Bible Baptist Church

Bradenton, Florida

John Barch

Sermon on the Mount Week 16

Love Your Enemies                  Matthew 5:42-48 
•         Love thy neighbor-Comes From Lev. 19:18
•         Hate thine enemy-Appears Nowhere in the Old Testament
•         Some Jews Took the Word neighbor To Be Exclusive
•         Love your enemies-A Remnant of the Corrupt Nature Which Grace Must Conquer
•         Jesus Is Not Saying:
•         Be Content With One That Is Openly Wicked and Profane
•         Put Confidence in One That We Know To Be Deceitful
•         Love All Alike
•         He Is Saying That Even In Enemies There Can Be Qualities Which Are Commendable
•         Bless them that curse you-Speak Well of Them (1 Pet. 3:9)
•         Do good to them that hate you-Good Works Speak Louder Than Words
•         Pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you-Pray For Their Salvation & Peace With Us
•         Be the children-Show Yourselves As Sons
•         Your Father-Not The Father
•         Sun to rise on the evil and on the good
•         Sunshine & Rain Are Great Blessings To The World From God Not By Chance
•         Common Grace Must Be Valued As Instances & Proofs of the Goodness of God
•         These Gifts of Common Grace Are Dispensed Indifferently
•         The Common Grace Gifts of God Are An Example of How to Love Enemies
•         If We Strive to Resemble Him, Only Then Will We Be Accepted By Others As The Children of God
•         Almost All People Look After Their Own
•         What reward have ye?-Not Compensation, But Identification With Christ
•         Love (agapao)-Self-Sacrifice for Another’s Good
•         Salute-Includes the Desire for the Other Persons Welfare
•         What do ye more than others?-There Is No Distinction
•         Do not even the publicans so?-A Common, Natural Occurrence
•         Publicans Love Their Friends
•         We Must, Therefore, Love Our Enemies That We May Exceed Them 
•         Perfect-Means Mature or Complete
•         The Goal Is The Standard of Love to Enemies That God Shows to Those Who ill Treat Him
•         Perfection is Work in Progress and Will Be Attained at the Completion of Christ’s Work in Us in Glory (Phil 1:6)
•         Even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect-Different Than Earthly Fathers; His Likeness the Goal
•         The Beatitude is Blessed Are the Peacemakers 

 

Published Sep 09 2007, 02:52 PM by jbarch

Comments

No Comments
Powered by Community Server (Non-Commercial Edition), by Telligent Systems