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MATTHEW 5:38-48 38"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: " 39"But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. " 40"And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. " 41"And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. " 42"Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." 43"Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. " 44"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; " 45"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. " 46"For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? " 47"And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? " 48"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A. To understand this we have to study the context. he was addressing an issue; how we as Christians should react to the way people treat us. before this He tells how the people who do not know Christ react. There is their way and then their is his way. His way should be our way. B. To put it another way, we should out live the world.. We should be better than the world. C. Why should we do more than others? I. We have recieved more than others. A. We have recieved salvation.--what could be greater than that. 1.
it is an undeserved... 1 Timothy1:15
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 2. it is free---Ephesians 2:8,9 8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. 3. It is an everlasting salvation. John 10::28 28"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. " Romans 8:38,39 38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 4. It is a know so salvation.. 2 Timothy1:12 12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 1 John3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. B.We have received the Holy spirit.Romans 8:28 28And
we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.
D.
we have reeived the privilege of prayer1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. C. We have received spiritual gifts .Ephesians 4:7-8 7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. .
Luke
18:1 1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought
always to pray, and not to faint;
E.
We have received the promise of providential care. Romans 8:28
28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
We
have receivced hope. 1
Thessalonians 4:13,14 13But I would not have you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning them which are asleep, Psalms 34:7The angel OF THE LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. that ye
sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in
II.
More is expecteed of us than is expected from others.Jesus will God bring with him. A.
God expects more from us.
Luke 12:48.....For unto whomsoever much is given, of him
shall be much required: and to whom
III.
We must demand more out of ourselves than we do others. men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. B. The world expects more from us. God knowswe aresaved ; we know it, but does the world know it. A.
1Corinthians
9:27 27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest
that by any means, when I have preached to others,
I myself should be a castaway. Joshua24:15 15And if it seem evil unto you to serve THE LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve THE LORD.
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