Sermons About Retaliation
Kingdom Demands for Love:Pt 2 (AM)
Adam returns to Matt 5:38-42 and Jesus' presentation of a radical Kingdom view of love. Kingdom love demands the surrender of our culturally expected, deeply ingrained, daily habit of personal promotion and defense.
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Kingdom Demands for Love: Pt. 1 (AM)
Adam preaches Matt. 5:38-42. Jesus again confronts the religious norms of His day. The Pharisees abused the Mosaic Law to allow personal retaliation, but Jesus outlined both the spirit of the Mosaic Law and the demand of the Kingdom Law for love.
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The Hope of Perfection
This week we looked at the hard words of Jesus concerning how we are to love our enemies and avoid retaliation. The words of Jesus are convicting, but the promise of the Holy Spirit and its ongoing work in our life gives us a great reason to hope!
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Dying to (Not) Get Even
The desire for retaliation and revenge is built in to every person because of sin. It started in the Garden of Eden, where Adam tried to get revenge against Eve by blaming her. And it escalated when Cain retaliated against Abel by murder. But God has a different plan for those who will be a living sacrifice. God says, "You be loving and let me handle the outcome."
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