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Scripture regularly reminds us that God has taken for Himself a people to be His own. But what qualities are expected in those called to follow Him? As Alistair Begg looks at Jesus’ sermon in Luke 6, he shows us the importance of obeying Christ’s command to love our enemies. Loving those we like is easy. For the Christian, the real challenge is to love those who give us nothing in return.
27“But I say to you who hear, sLove your enemies, tdo good to those who hate you, 28ubless those who curse you, spray for those who abuse you. 29vTo one who wstrikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic2 either. 30xGive to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31And yas you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
32z“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34And aif you blend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35But clove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and dyou will be sons of ethe Most High, for fhe is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. 36gBe merciful, even as hyour Father is merciful.
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