Holy Bible, Love for Enemies

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Holy Bible, NIV

Luke 6:27-36

Love for Enemies

27 “But to you who are listening I say:
Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them.

30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.
34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."

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I always look up to god I pray for courage and I ask for his wisdom, his love, not to hate, his forgiveness, to be the nices person I can be,and love my enemies 

Love your enemy. Pray for those who do you wrong. What  great teachings the Lord has for us to learn and practice everyday. Don't say bad things about them 

What did Jesus say about Honesty? – Sapphire Sky

Thoughts from the Sermon on the Mount …

When is it ok to lie?

Should you always be honest about everything?

We all know about little “white lies”, when a small lie seems harmless and the actual truth may not be well received.

Jesus takes time in the middle of His great sermon to talk about honesty.

Jesus has been teaching about the law in the Sermon on the Mount. He showed that God’s law is not simply a list of do’s and don’ts, it is a relationship with Him (see here). He then uses a series of examples to show that there is a much higher standard than the written law if we are to be His followers, and part of His kingdom.

He starts with the example of murder. You cannot say you are a good person, simply because you never murdered anyone. Even hatred, anger, and broken relationships leave you guilty before God (see here).

The next example is adultery. It is not just the physical act of adultery, but any lustful thought leaves you guilty before God (see here).

Jesus follows the example of adultery with the example of divorce. Marriage is holy and honorable before God. It is not to broken by unfaithfulness, nor by divorce. Simple legal proceedings do not entitle you to separate from your spouse, and any such actions leave you guilty of both your own and your spouse’s unfaithfulness (see here).

Jesus then uses the next example to warn His listeners about taking an oath. At a first glance, this is not the example that we would expect to follow. Jesus has been talking about serious issues: murder, adultery, divorce, … now oaths? How can this be as serious as the others?

But taken from another perspective, Jesus is not teaching about rituals but about our character. He is not giving new rules to govern murder but He is teaching that we must show forgiveness. He is not giving new rules to govern adultery but He is teaching that we must show purity. He is not giving new rules to govern marriage but He is teaching that we must show faithfulness.

And finally, He is not giving new rules to govern how to give oaths but He is teaching that we must show honesty.

Matthew 5:33-37
“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

It is easy to overlook this passage, thinking that it does not really apply to us. There are very few examples where have an occasion to give or to witness an formal oath: the president gives his oath of office, doctors give the hippocratic oath, and legal witnesses need to give the courtroom oath (“swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, so help me God”).

But we make promises all the time. We make small and large promises. There are some promises that we would die before we would break them, and there are some promises which we never intend to keep.

What does Jesus have to say about oaths? About making promises?

The principle

Jesus refers to the common belief about the law, “you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn’”.

This command is directly from Leviticus 19:12, Numbers 30:2, and Deuteronomy 23:21-23:

Leviticus 19:12
You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

But this was also an indirect reference to the ninth commandment:

Exodus 20:16
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

This is very much a needed message today.

Too much of the modern world is devoid of forgiveness, one mistake and you're out.

Jesus says: love your enemies: and if someone wrongs you, forgive them not seven times, but seventy times seven.