Love- payback
Eye for eye= revenge! justice!
Turn the other cheek..
1. Jesus calls for neither positivity nor pacifism.
Resist- anthistemi : to take to court or testify against
The real meaning and purpose of the law. Exodus 21:23-25 (eye for eye)
2 Loving relationships not legal rights
Let the insults come when slapped.
Give away your cloak and tunic, go 2 miles, give to those who beg and borrow.
Do you live like this? Do you live for God's glory instead of your own?
3 Love everyone; loathe no one
Leviticus 18:19 love your neighbor. Instead live enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
4 Perfection like Father like Son. ??&)$!?? How? Be a reflection of Jesus life lived for me.
He turned the other cheek, he gave his cloak and tunic, he prayed for the forgiveness of his persecutors from the cross.
We are free to live others and from getting my way.
Jim Elliot missionary.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
Wherever you are - be all there.
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
Matthew 5:43The New Revised Standard Version
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’