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  • John Lowe avatar

    Loving Enemies Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Jul 21, 2022
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    Matthew 5:43–48 continues Jesus' teaching on love and humility, a part of the Sermon on the Mount. After commanding believers not to seek revenge in the face of insults, Jesus expands the idea of love to include one's enemies.

    Sermon on the Mount - Matthew 5:43-48 (Loving Enemies) MATTHEW 5:43-48 43 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time -- 7th Sunday, Year A

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 27, 2020
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    Love your enemies

    There is a sign in the Princeton University Store basement which cleverly suggests: "Love your enemies—it will drive them crazy." Jesus’ ethical teaching is higher than this example because love of enemies is not a consequentialist ethic, hoping that the other person will change. Love ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Wish No Evil Upon Your Enemy

    Contributed by Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. on Nov 12, 2002
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     | 3,777 views

    Love your enemies.

    Life-Line For Jesus Community Church Created 09/07/02 Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. Wish No Evil Upon Your Enemy Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Dobbs avatar

    Following Jesus: Love Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Aug 6, 2020
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     | 4,778 views

    It is the most unnatural thing in the world to love someone who has hurt you - someone who is an enemy in some respect - but that is what Jesus calls us to in our text.

    Following Jesus: Love Your Enemies Luke 6:27-35 Introduction Following Jesus requires us to accept his invitation and to hear his teachings and ways. But not just to hear - to act. Many of the teachings of Jesus are uncomfortable and feel unnatural - He is calling us to live the Jesus life. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Love Your Enimies

    Contributed by Rajendra Kadia on Sep 14, 2016
     | 3,995 views

    How can we show love to the one who hates us?

    Introduction: "Love your neighbor" is the commandment given by God in Leviticus 19:18 . But "Hate your enemies" is not a commandment (nowhere written in OT) but addition/alteration made by Pharisees and Scribes. That’s why Jesus said, '"you have heard" and not "it is written". 1. Who is our ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Cross Has Enemies Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Dec 27, 2022
     | 726 views

    Sergio’s enemy of the priest that turned him away became his inspiration to help others. Even the ones we see as representing Jesus can (at times) be an enemy. And today, our lesson is that The Cross Has Enemies.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT Sergio Gutierrez Benitez was a kid growing up in a tough neighborhood of Mexico City in the 1950s. By age ten he’d already joined a gang, committed petty crimes, and started using drugs—marijuana at first, then harder drugs. Finally, after years ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Forgiving Our Enemies

    Contributed by John Howard on Feb 23, 2002
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     | 3,564 views

    Christ challenges us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.

    Forgiving Our Enemies Matt 5:43-48 With the events of 11 Sep - Came a lot of anguish and horror - Then came anger and the desire to find the terrorists - Who did this terrible thing - These are normal human reactions - And are something we all experience - But we are called as Christians to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    False Friends And Loving Enemies

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 10, 2016
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    Who is the Good Samaritan?

    Intro After World War Two the Allies helped former enemies Germany and Japan rebuild. The hatred did not last forever. Thanks in large part to Allied aid, former enemies became close friends and two of the world’s strongest economies were given life. Purpose Let’s look at how even ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Eddie Snipes avatar

    Do We Love The Enemies Of The Cross?

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Aug 24, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 5,061 views

    How should Christians respond to those who oppose or attack Christianity?

    Do We Love the Enemies of the Cross? As we watch the battle for the 10 commandments unfold in Alabama and similar scenes across the nation played out in the cultural war against Christianity, it is difficult to keep the true biblical perspective. I have watched Christians in these types of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Life Of David: Loving Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 6, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,154 views

    We have been reading through the life of David and drawing from his life very important lessons for our own. This lesson is on dealing with our enemies and difficult people.

    LIFE OF DAVID: LOVING YOUR ENEMIES 1 SAMUEL 24:1-22 INTRODUCTION... He Aint Much of a trucker Late one summer evening in Broken Bow, Nebraska, a weary truck driver pulled his rig into an all-night truck stop. The waitress had just served him when three tough looking, leather jacketed ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Four Steps To Loving Your Enemy

    Contributed by Robert Rose on Sep 13, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 8,756 views

    This sermon helps us to understand the command "Love Your Neighbor" and how to Love the unlovable.

    Matthew 22:34 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 One of them, an expert in Moses’ Teachings, tested Jesus by asking, 36 "Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in Moses’ Teachings?" 37 Jesus answered him, "’Love the Lord your God with all ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Love Your Enemies: Repentance & Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 23, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,590 views

    The 1) Inquiry about forgiveness and then Jesus’ teaching about 2) The extent of God’s forgiveness of believers.

    Kevin Davis says he will spend the next 25 years in prison because anything less would be a "horrible injustice" to Jennifer Teague, the young woman whom he admits to killing. Ms. Teague vanished as she walked home from visiting with friends on Sept. 8, 2005. Her body was found 10 days later in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Love Them?

    Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Feb 24, 2020
     | 3,150 views

    Loving God. I can do. Loving your neighbor. I will try, especially if they are fellow Christians. Loving your enemy. I don't if I can do that. How does a person love their enemy?

    Love Them? (Matt. 5:43-48) Intro: A. I want to start this lesson with a word found at the end of our reading. It’s the word “perfect.” “You therefore must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” That calling seems to be impossible, so how could Jesus call upon us to be at the level ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Uncomfortable Joy Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Jul 16, 2015
     | 4,957 views

    Our Enemies, Difficult Ministries, Loving Our Enemies

    THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING – Uncomfortable Joy Acts 8:1-8(pg. 764) July 19, 2015 Introduction: Are lost people your enemy? If someone disagrees with you do you go on the attack? When you walk through the airport and you see the guy in Middle Eastern garb do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Eric Amundson avatar

    Evil Brings Out The Best In Christians

    Contributed by Eric Amundson on Mar 29, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 3,804 views

    Loving our enemies

    We are infected by the world. We live in and are bombarded, moment by moment, with the message that our injuries own us. They must be avenged. W.H. Auden wrote: I and the public know, What school children learn, Those to whom evil is done, Do evil in return. That is the way of this world. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed