Sunday’s sermon focused on one of Jesus’ most amazing yet perplexing teachings – that we should love our enemies.1. What insight, principle, or observation from this weekend’s message did you find to be most helpful, eye-opening, or troubling? Explain.
- Read Luke 6:27-36
3. Verses 29-30 help us understand that the kind of “enemies” Jesus has in mind are those relationships we have with others that become adversarial. We learned on Sunday that Jesus provides two examples here of the way people act as our enemies. The first set of examples in verse 29 shows that our enemies are those who assault our honor and encroach upon our “rights”. In the second set of examples in verse 30, we learn that our enemies are those who take advantage of our generosity and trust. When was the last time you felt treated this way by someone? How do these verses teach that we are to let go of self-interest and an attachment to our things for the sake of confronting our enemies and pursuing what is ultimately best for them?
4. Read Romans 12:17-21. How does Paul’s teaching expand on Jesus’ instruction in Luke 6?
5. Read Romans 5:6-8 along with Jesus’ statements about the character of the Father in Luke 6:35-36. Based on these texts, how it is possible for us to have love for our enemies?
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