Love Your Enemies
Weekly Reading
Monday: Exodus 13:7-15:26, Luke 20
Tuesday: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17
Wednesday: Luke 21
Thursday: Luke 22
Friday: Luke 23
Saturday: Psalm 51-53
Sunday: 2 Kings 22-25, 1 Chronicles 1-5
Tuesday: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17
Wednesday: Luke 21
Thursday: Luke 22
Friday: Luke 23
Saturday: Psalm 51-53
Sunday: 2 Kings 22-25, 1 Chronicles 1-5
Sermon Notes
Key Passage: Matthew 5:43-48
Leviticus 19:17-18, 33
Luke 10:25-37
Luke 23:34
Romans 5:8-10
Ephesians 6:12
Leviticus 19:17-18, 33
Luke 10:25-37
Luke 23:34
Romans 5:8-10
Ephesians 6:12
- Who we are called to love: neighbors and enemies
- How to choose to love people
- How the Gospel empowers us to love our enemies
Discussion Questions
3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?
1. What did the Holy Spirit highlight to you in the passage or the sermon?
2. Vs44 says, “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,..”
a. Who are the enemies of the Church?
b. Who is an ‘enemy’ in your life right now?
c. Why does Jesus invite us to pray for our enemies? What is significant about this?
3. Vs46 says, “46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?”
a. Christ followers are called to love - we love 1) those in the church, 2) those outside of the church who are neutral toward us, 3) those outside of the church who actively dislike and even hate us. What does Christ-like love in these 3 categoes look like?
b. How does Luke 10:25-37 help us define what this love could look like?
4. Romans 5:10 and Colossians 1:21 tells us we were enemies of God. Describe what this means? Why is this such a serious condition?
5. How does the Gospel-story and our own personal Gospel-experience, empower us to live out Jesus call in Matthew 5? Describe the difference between ‘man-empowered-effort’ verses ‘Gospel-empowered-effort’.
1. What did the Holy Spirit highlight to you in the passage or the sermon?
2. Vs44 says, “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,..”
a. Who are the enemies of the Church?
b. Who is an ‘enemy’ in your life right now?
c. Why does Jesus invite us to pray for our enemies? What is significant about this?
3. Vs46 says, “46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?”
a. Christ followers are called to love - we love 1) those in the church, 2) those outside of the church who are neutral toward us, 3) those outside of the church who actively dislike and even hate us. What does Christ-like love in these 3 categoes look like?
b. How does Luke 10:25-37 help us define what this love could look like?
4. Romans 5:10 and Colossians 1:21 tells us we were enemies of God. Describe what this means? Why is this such a serious condition?
5. How does the Gospel-story and our own personal Gospel-experience, empower us to live out Jesus call in Matthew 5? Describe the difference between ‘man-empowered-effort’ verses ‘Gospel-empowered-effort’.
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