BUT LOVE YE YOUR ENEMIES AND DO GO AND LEND
HOPING FOR NOTHING AGAIN AND YOUR REWARD SHALL BE GREAT
(LUKE 6:35)
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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LUKE 6:35 |
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LOVE DOING GOOD AND LENDING GREAT REWARD TO BELIEVERS SON SHIP WITH GOD
The command of the act of mercy, that we find circumstances of any that need sus to lend him for his necessity such quantity of money or goods as we can spare, and we can enough bear the loss of it, we should render the person who is unable to pay us back, we should not be afraid of such charity those who cannot repay us HOPING FOR NOTHING AGAIN And do good and lend, not only to your friends only, but to your enemies Hoping for nothing again, either principal or interest, lending to such person, whom in all appearance, it is never expected again YOUR REWARD SHALL BE GREAT And your reward shall be great: GOD will bless you in your worldly substance here, and will not and will not forget your generosity All that the believer suffers and loses on earth will be restored, he receive well beyond what he has lost, he will receive enormous reward for having obeyed the LORD and having sacrifice the meet the need of a dying world AND YOU SHALL BE THE CHILDREN OF THE HIGHEST That the believer who is involved in such principle of grace, and the right views do such act of kindness and generosity to their fellow creature , shall be made manifest and declared to be the children of GOD since they will appear to be born again of him, and made partaker of the divine nature, and bear a resemblance of GOD by imitating him *The believer shall receive both eternal life and an inheritance for having served sacrificially while on earth, the believer shall have part in the glorious work of GOD that will be performed, which will go on from glory to glory He shall be the child of the Most high himself MERCIFUL AS OUR FATHER The believer must be acting as GOD’S child, with the privilege of behaving as GOD behaves! The privilege of demonstrating and showing mercy! Kind to all men and enemies, Acting as GOD act being merciful as GOD is merciful, |
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MATHEW 5:42 RELATED CHAPTER
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42) Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away |
GIVE TO ANY ONE THAT ASKETH FROM THEE JESUS- clearly taught that a loan should be looked upon as a potential gift The great Christian ethics is to give, JESUS CHRIST is pointedly clear: a believer is to help those who have need and he is to readily help. When someone asks, believer gives and does not turn away, however giving is always should loan should be looked upon as a potential gift be guided with discretion PSALMS :112:5 * Believer must give and learn to give more and more- ever learning to trust GOD. Believer is to live in eager willingness- a willingness to give and to lend and live for GOD, Any concern he has for this world and its possessions is only to meeting the necessities of life and helping others, he exist for ministering, helping and giving to those who have need |
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LUKE 6:27 |
27)But I say unto you which hear, LOVE your enemies, DO GOOD to them which hate you |
THE LAW OF LOVE THE NEW PRINCIPLE GOVERNING HUMAN RELATIONS JESUS CHRIST introduced a complete switch from the way men and society live, he touch on things men never heard of before and encouraged them to hear him. LOVE: LOVE YOU ENEMIES Believer are to love all men, even enemies, they are to respect and honor all men 1 PETER 2:17: Honor all men, love the brother hood, fear GOD Honor the king. Every human being has something that is commendable, even if it is nothing but the fact that he is a fellow human being, with a soul to be reached for GOD First loving one’s enemies is against human nature, the behavior of human nature is to react to hate, strike back, and wish hurt, and treat enemies with coldness and distance and bitterness Believers are to be compassionate and merciful can still forgive DO GOOD- Do good to those who hate you; whereas you have heard it, said that you should only do good to your friends, But I say unto you which hear, love your enemies do good to them which hate you. The believers doing good, is very different from worldly compassion and given, not only does not revenge injuries, but is extended to our most grievous enemies. Doing goods is not in words, it is actually ,in doing things for the person who hate you, and realize that such a person need to be reached for GOD, doing what JESUS CHRIST did. |
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LUKE 6 :28 |
28)Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you |
BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU BLESS People: Bless those who curse you PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU Pray for those who mistreat you, who speak abusive words, who try to shame, dishonor, disgrace and reproach us, and they go further to misuse , mistreat, abuse, attack, and persecute us the believers Pray for GOD to forgive the persecutors salvation and correction, which will remove bitterness, hostile, and reactionary |
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LUKE 6 :29 RELATED CHAPTER MAT.27:30 JOHN 18:22 LEV. 19:18 PROV. 20:12 PROV.24:29 |
29)And unto him that smitted thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also |
JESUS CHRIST teaches patience in bearing injuries and affronts, or to seek revenge, but rather, suffer more, than indulge such temper When suffering for the gospel’s sake, for his personal testimony for CHRIST, the believer is to respond with a meek spirit, trusting GOD will touch of the persecutor Demand not: if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Often a person fails to pay back what he borrowed, whether tools, clothing, food, or money, the believer has to consider, and must be careful to lead people to GOD |
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LUKE 6:32 |
32)For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? For sinners also love those that love them |
SELF DENIAL A believer’s behavior must surpass a sinner/unbeliever behavior *The believer is to do the same as JESUS CHRIST; deny and sacrifice himself to win the world and offer them the privilege *It takes the denial and sacrifice of oneself for the sake of reaching the unlovely for CHRIST, those who are:
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LUKE 6:33-34 |
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SELFLESS AND SACRIFICIAL LIFE
If you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that, 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 Do good on a different basis from sinner Lend for different motive from sinners |
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MATHEW 5:44 |
44)But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you 45)That ye may be the children of your FATHER, which is in heaven for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and unjust |
THE LAW OF LOVE BLESS THEM THAT HATE YOU Love makes a person a child of GOD, love is unmistakable proof that a person truly knows and truly loves GOD Believers are to love all men and have compassion and mercy for his enemies *The believer must develop godly love called “AGAPE” love , This is the love that wishes well, it is a love of the mind, reason, and choice, it is a sacrificial love, that is a love that cares, gives, and works for another person’s good, no matter how the person may respond or treat one JOHN 21 :15-17 *Love makes a person like GOD, GOD loves his enemies, he causes the sun to shine and the rain to fall on his enemies as well as those who love him. |
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MATHEW 5:46-48 |
even as your FATHER which is in heaven is perfect |
IF YOU LOVE THEM THAT LOVE YOU WHAT REWARD HAVE YE: If you only love those that love you, you are selfish; it is not genuine love, is love for benefit and deserve no commendation the unbeliever do same as you have your reward with men, who have love you as much as you have done to them, therefore none can be due to you from GOD and man *If people love and care only for those who love them, think how divided the world will be, someone has to reach out to bring all together, all must be reached: the bitter, the cold- heated, the withdrawn, the angry, the murder , the attacker, the thief, the enemy, the curser, the hater, the spiteful, the persecutor *But if you only show kindness to your relations and countrymen, you do no more than those whom you look upon as unbeliever and the worst of men, who act for law of nature, and know no reward GOD have to give By loving doing good for the soul and bodies of others both good and bad *If a person will work to mature in this challenge, he will be marching ever forward to be like his ”FATHER” who is in heaven |
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ROMANS 12:10 |
10)be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another |
BROTHERLY LOVE: The believer is to love sincerely without hypocrisy, without playing acting, not just to say I love you, but actually loves. *He sincerely loves; he honestly and truthfully loves, the love spoken about is the love for all men and not only for believers, the believer must never pretend, be deceitful, play-act, or have an ulterior motive when dealing with others. *He must show love and respect, interest and attention, care and concern he should not show in for ulterior: motive: NOT TO:-
*The believer must love others with a pure and sincere love, being completely free of selfish motive *The believer is to love by hating evil, for evil destroy human life, the believer must stand against evil:
Selfishness and greed |
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ROMANS 12:20
RELATED CHAPTERS DEU.32:35 PROVERBS 25:21-22 HEB. 10:30 |
20) therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head 21)Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good |
The believer is to give no place to revenge for vengeance belongs to GOD Treating the enemy with *kindness will affect him greatly, by doing good, the believer heaps burning coals on his enemy;s head Kindness will store up anger against the evil doer in the day of Judgment. *Kindness will shame and cause anguish for an enemy, in his lonely moments, his thoughts will focus upon his evil treatment of believers and cause him to think and wonder about GOD, which is some chance the enemy might repent and be converted. |
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