Loving Your Enemies Like God Loves
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- Опубліковано 7 січ 2025
- Sermon preached by Matthew DelValle on August 25, 2024 at First Baptist Church in Delphi, Indiana. First Baptist Church (www.fbcdelphi....) is an evangelical church in Delphi, Indiana helping people find and follow Jesus. Our mission is to declare God's truth, disciple God's people, delight in God's Son, and display God's glory. Join us for Sunday Worship at 10:30am. Sunday School begins at 9:30am. We gather at 103 S. Indiana Street, Delphi, Indiana 46923.
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Introduction
Big Idea: When we love our enemies, we show ourselves to be children of God that look and love like him.
1. Who Are My Enemies?
1. What the Pharisees Taught [Mt. 5:43; Lk. 10:29; Lev. 19:17-18, 33-34]
2. What Jesus Taught
• Those Who Persecute You [Mt. 5:44]
• Those Who Are Evil and Unrighteous [Mt. 5:45]
• Those Who Don’t Love You [Mt. 5:46]
• Those Who Are Outside Your Spiritual Family [Mt. 5:47]
2. What Does It Mean to Love My Enemies?
1. What It Does Not Mean [Exod. 23:4-5; Prov. 25:21-22; Ps. 139:19-22]
• Personal Animosity vs. Public Justice [Rom. 13:1-5; Rev. 6:9-11]
• Righteous Anger & Radical Love [Ps. 5:4-6; 11:5; Jn. 3:16, 36]
2. What It Does Mean
• Pray for Them [Mt. 5:44]
1. For God to Forgive Them [Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60]
2. For Peace with Them [Rom. 12:18]
• Provide for Them [Mt. 5:45; Lk. 6:27; Exod. 23:4-5; Rom. 12:20-21]
• Greet Them [Mt. 5:47]
3. Why Should I Love My Enemies?
1. To Be Like Our Heavenly Father [Mt. 5:45, 48]
2. To Be Unlike the World [Mt. 5:46-47]
4. How Can I Love My Enemies?
1. Love Your Enemies by Looking to the Reward [Mt. 5:46; Heb. 10:32-35]
2. Love Your Enemies by Remembering God’s Love for You [Rom. 5:8-10]
Conclusion
