Sunday Teaching: Coping With Extreme Pressure (Psalm 17)
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Sunday Sermon: Psalm 3—A Morning War Cry
Read moreThe Life of David: Loving Your Enemies (1 Samuel 24)
The Life of David Loving Your Enemies
(1 Samuel 24)
Jesus taught hard, radical things. During his sermon on the mount, he said, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’” (Matthew 5:43). It seems that, by the time of Christ, the religious leaders had taken the Old Testament command to ‘love your neighbor’ to mean one should also hate their enemy. Their teaching was, of course, a perversion of God’s word. Jesus corrected, and then addended their teaching. “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). (15 Minutes, 4000 Words)
Read moreYou Are God's Child -- Who We Aren't: With God's Enemies (1 John 3:7-10)
You Are God's Child -- Who We Aren't: With God's Enemies
(1 John 3:7-10)
John was clear: whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. From the beginning of the devil's rebellion against God, whenever it occurred, he sinned and kept on sinning. It's what he's about. He's a sin machine. (3 Minutes/850 Words)
Read moreGod-Hearted #10 — 1 Samuel 24 — Love Your Enemies
Theme: David was a son of his Father in heaven, a God-Hearted man, so he loved his enemy like God does. Let learn from and imitate this man.
Read moreRomans 12:14-21 / Gospel Application: Living Peaceably
Theme: Jesus introduced a life which runs opposite our feelings and impulses. We respond differently to enemies, sensitively to others, humbly with believers, and peaceably with all.
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