3/30/09 Luke 6:27-37

SCRIPTURE:
(Please share the verse(s) which speak to you)
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. (Luke 6:35-36 NAS)
OBSERVATION:
These are the words of Jesus which follows the great blessings and woes passage, also known as The Beatitudes. These were counter-cultural ideas in the first century. Jesus calls the listener and reader to aspire to the best within themselves.
APPLICATION:
These are still counter-cultural words. Modern society is a “me” first society. We all have to guard against these ideas creeping into our ways of living. We would rather hold a grudge or remember some past malfeasance made against us rather than live in peace, because the latter is hard. But we are to remember that despite of ourselves, despite the ways we have sinned against God, we are loved and God desires not to condemn us but to love us.
PRAYER:
Lord forgive me when I have sinned against you by sinning against my brother and sister. Teach me to live in you so that all might know your Grace and Love.
YES:
I will be lead to forgive as God has forgiven me.