- Recap of previous lessons
- More on the better righteousness
- Review of Point 5: Getting even (Matthew 5:38-42; Exodus 21:23-25; Deuteronomy 19:18-21)
- Don’t
- Difference levels of perceived offense.
- People who do you actual harm
- Evil person who insults you
- One opposing you at law
- Government mandate
- People in need
- Justice is not a rendering of evil (v17)
- Resisting evil
- Would be a never-ending task for us
- Not ours to do. I Thessalonians 5:15; Proverbs 20:22; Romans 12:17-19
- Overcome rather than resist. Romans 12:21
- Results? Romans 2:4
- Don’t avenge insults (John 18:20-23)
- Be compliant to a fault when “they” come after you
- By litigation
- By government coercion (Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26)
- Point 6: Love (Matthew 5:43-48)
- Not just your neighbor – Remember Leviticus 19:18?
- Also your enemies
- No pat on the back for loving your own – who doesn’t?
- Why your enemies?
- To what end? I Peter 3:8-9; Ephesians 5:1; Romans 2:3-4
- How does this make us perfect? Romans 5:8
- Compare v45 to v9.
- Jesus the example.
- Don’t put on a show (I Corinthians 12:14,21,26-27)
- Review of Point 5: Getting even (Matthew 5:38-42; Exodus 21:23-25; Deuteronomy 19:18-21)
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