What Jesus Did : Luke 6:32 - Beyond Our Circle of Friends

    by Phil Ware

    Beyond Our Circle of Friends - Luke 6:32

    "If you love only those people that love you, should you get some special praise for doing that? No! Even sinners love the people that love them!" (ERV) Full Text

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    Jesus has just given us the golden rule (see previous verse). Now he wants to make clear that this principle is not just a principle to practice with people we like and people who treat us nicely. This is a principle to use with all people, even our enemies! Just as God loves all people, he calls on us, his children, to do the same.


    Today's Prayer

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    Holy and righteous Father, the True and Living God of all nations, mold my heart by your Holy Spirit and fashion it into a vessel that is filled with your love for all peoples. Break down the walls of prejudice, pride, bitterness, arrogance, malice, and ethnocentrism that can produce unholy barriers to your love that is operating through me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.


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    Today's Verses in Context


    "I say to you people that are listening to me, love your enemies. Do good to those people that hate you. Ask God to bless those people that say bad things to you. Pray for those people that are mean to you. If a person hits you on the side of your face, let him hit the other side too. If a person takes your coat, don't stop him from taking your shirt too. Give to every person that asks you. When a person takes something that is yours, don't ask for it back. Do for other people what you want them to do for you. "If you love only those people that love you, should you get some special praise for doing that? No! Even sinners love the people that love them! If you do good only to those people that do good to you, should you get some special praise for doing that? No! Even sinners do that! If you loan things to people, always expecting to get something back, should you get some special praise for that? No! Even sinners lend to other sinners so that they can get back the same amount! "I'm telling you to love your enemies and do good to them. Lend to people without expecting to get anything back. If you do these things, you will have a great reward. You will be children of the Most High (God). Yes, because God is good even to the people that are full of sin and not thankful. Give love and mercy the same as your Father gives love and mercy.

    -- Luke 6:27-36 (ERV)

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