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Robert Jeffress - 18 Minutes with Jesus

October 13, 2025 | 29:0

Robert Jeffress - 18 Minutes with Jesus
Pathway to Victory offers a practical application of God’s Word to everyday life through the clear, biblical teaching of Pastor Jeffress.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - 18 Minutes with Jesus | October 13, 2025
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  • From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • Let's face it,
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  • When a hostile enemy attacks you,
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  • Turning the other cheek is not a natural response.
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  • So how do we apply what jesus commanded
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  • When restraint is seen as a vice
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  • And retaliation is viewed as a virtue?
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  • Today we're going to look
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  • At perhaps the most misunderstood passage
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  • In the entire sermon on the mount.
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  • My message is titled "straight talk about your enemies,"
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  • On today's edition of pathway to victory,
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  • Jesus, the master teacher, delivered very short sermons.
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  • Did you realize his renowned sermon on the mount
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  • Was only 18 minutes long?
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  • Yes, his sermons were short, but they were revolutionary.
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  • In 18 minutes with jesus, dr. robert jeffress
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  • Breaks down the radical teachings
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  • That jesus packed into just 18 minutes
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  • About happiness, faith, relationships,
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  • Prayer, money, eternity and more.
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  • Request 18 minutes with jesus
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  • Plus the corresponding study guide
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  • When you give a generous gift to "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • We live in a culture that celebrates
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  • And awards revenge and retaliation.
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  • I think about a key scene
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  • In that academy award-winning movie from 30 years ago,
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  • "the untouchables".
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  • Do you remember the movie?
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  • There's a key scene in it
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  • In which sean connery plays a tough irish american cop,
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  • And he's giving some advice to elliot ness,
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  • The fbi agent played by kevin costner,
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  • On how to get al capone.
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  • Remember what he said?
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  • "you want to get capone?
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  • You want to get capone?
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  • Here's what you do.
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  • He brings a knife, you bring a gun.
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  • He sends one of your guys to the hospital,
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  • You send one of his guys to the morgue.
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  • That's the chicago way".
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  • That's the american way, isn't it?
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  • Retaliation, revenge.
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  • Don't get mad, get even,
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  • Which makes jesus' words all the more mind boggling
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  • When it comes to the issue of
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  • How do you deal with your enemies?
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  • Jesus said, "you have heard it said,
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  • 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth',
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  • But i say to you,
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  • Do not resist an evil person:
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  • But whoever slaps you on the right cheek,
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  • Turn the other to him also."
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  • Today our study on the sermon on the mount
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  • Has brought us to perhaps the most familiar
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  • But least understood passage
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  • In the entire sermon jesus gave.
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  • In fact, it's a passage of scripture
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  • That has caused many people to turn away from the bible.
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  • Reading these words has convinced many
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  • That the bible just is unrealistic
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  • And it's irrelevant to our culture today.
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  • Nothing could be further from the truth.
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  • Today we're going to look
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  • At some straight talk from the savior
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  • About how to deal with our enemies.
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  • If you have your bibles,
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  • Turn to matthew chapter five.
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  • Matthew chapter five.
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  • Remember, i can't say it often enough,
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  • This sermon is not a checklist on how to get to heaven.
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  • This is how to live after you're assured of heaven,
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  • After you are saved.
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  • Remember 2 peter 1:3 says,
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  • "god has granted to us everything
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  • Pertaining to life and godliness."
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  • We have everything we need in the holy spirit
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  • To live the kind of life jesus outlines here,
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  • And he outlines this kind of living
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  • Not as some legalistic requirement.
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  • It is the path to enjoy genuine joy in this life.
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  • So here are three key distinctions
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  • That will help you understand
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  • The passage we're going to look at today.
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  • First of all, the difference between vengeance and justice.
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  • Vengeance and justice.
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  • We've talked about this in our series on forgiveness.
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  • The best definition of vengeance i know is
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  • Vengeance is my desire to hurt you for hurting me.
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  • That's what vengeance is.
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  • We want to hurt others for hurting us.
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  • And the bible says we are to give up
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  • Our desire for vengeance.
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  • Romans 12:19, paul writes,
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  • "never take your own revenge, beloved,
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  • But leave room for the wrath of god.
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  • For it is written, 'vengeance is mine,
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  • I will repay,' says the lord."
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  • God can settle the score better than we can.
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  • Leave that up to him.
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  • Give up your desire for vengeance,
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  • But that's different than justice.
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  • Justice is the payment god may demand
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  • From those who have wronged me.
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  • Justice is the payment god,
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  • Or sometimes god working through others,
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  • May demand from those who have wronged me.
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  • And the bible said
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  • Never should we give up our desire for justice.
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  • Isaiah 1:17, "learn to do good:
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  • Seek justice, reprove the ruthless,
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  • Defend the orphan, plead for the widow."
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  • Ladies and gentlemen,
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  • To ask the victim of a crime like theft
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  • Or rape or incest
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  • Or the murder of a loved one,
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  • To tell people, "oh, just give up your desire
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  • To see your perpetrator suffer for what they did,"
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  • That's not only unrealistic, it's unbiblical.
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  • They are to suffer,
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  • But it's not you who inflicts the suffering.
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  • It's letting god,
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  • Letting the others deal with that.
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  • By the way, one primary channel
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  • Through which god demands payment from wrongdoers
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  • Is through the government.
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  • In romans 13:4, paul reminds us,
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  • "for it," that is, government,
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  • "is a minister of god to you for good.
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  • But if you do what is evil, be afraid:
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  • For government doesn't bear the sword for nothing."
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  • That's a good word about capital punishment.
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  • God gives government the power of the sword.
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  • "for it is a minister of god,"
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  • That is, government is a minister of god,
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  • "an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil."
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  • We give up vengeance,
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  • But that doesn't mean we give up our desire for justice.
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  • Secondly, we need to understand
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  • The difference between individuals
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  • And government in scripture.
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  • Back during the 2016 presidential election,
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  • A reporter asked me,
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  • "pastor jeffress, wouldn't you prefer a candidate
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  • Who would run this nation
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  • According to the principles of jesus
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  • Found in the sermon on the mount?
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  • Wouldn't you prefer that?"
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  • I said, "if any candidate pledged to run this country
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  • According to the principles of the sermon on the mount,
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  • I would run as far and as fast
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  • From that candidate as possible.
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  • When it comes to electing a president,
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  • I want the meanest, toughest, you know what,
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  • To lead this country,
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  • Who will protect our country from our enemies.
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  • That's the role of government.
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  • Well, people went hysterical when i said that.
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  • I mean, "oh, pastor jeffress threw jesus under the bus,"
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  • One headline said.
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  • No, i wasn't throwing jesus under the bus.
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  • Jesus never meant for the sermon on the mount
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  • To be a constitution for nations.
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  • No nation is ever called to turn the other cheek
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  • Or to forgive a nation that bombs them.
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  • That's not the role of government.
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  • Government is to protect its citizens.
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  • This sermon is about individuals
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  • And how they govern their personal lives.
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  • You have to understand that distinction.
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  • And then third,
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  • We need to understand the difference
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  • Between rights and responsibilities,
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  • Especially in these 11 verses we're going to look at.
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  • Rights vs responsibilities.
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  • Now, i know i'm treading on controversial issues here
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  • When i say this,
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  • But i think it needs to be said.
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  • If you listen to some christian leaders today,
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  • They would have you believe
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  • That the core value of christianity
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  • Is we've got to stand up for our rights.
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  • Stand up for your rights.
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  • Don't let anybody push you around and tell you what to do.
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  • They would have you believe
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  • That's what the gospel of jesus christ is,
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  • Standing up for your rights.
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  • Now honestly, folks,
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  • As you read the new testament,
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  • Can you really say the core teaching of the new testament
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  • Is holding onto your rights?
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  • That's what some people would have you to believe.
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  • We're confusing the bible
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  • With the platform of the republican party
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  • Or with the platform of the democrat party,
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  • Depending on which imaginary right you're talking about.
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  • But that's not the message of the new testament.
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  • How are we to handle our rights?
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  • Listen to philippians 2, beginning with verse three.
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  • "do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit,
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  • But with humility of mind regard one another
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  • As more important than yourselves.
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  • Do not merely look out for your own personal interests,
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  • But also for the interest of others.
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  • Have this attitude in yourselves which was in christ jesus."
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  • What was that attitude?
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  • He goes on to say, "although he existed in the form of god,
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  • He did not hold his equality with god a thing to be grasped,
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  • To be held onto,
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  • But he emptied himself."
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  • He gave up his rights as god
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  • In order to come and to meet our needs.
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  • That is the message of christianity.
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  • We're to hold our so-called rights very loosely,
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  • Especially when it comes to others,
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  • But there's a difference
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  • Between rights and responsibilities.
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  • I may voluntarily surrender my rights.
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  • I can never release my responsibilities.
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  • Now, with those three key distinctions,
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  • Let's look at these 11 verses.
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  • How do you deal with your enemies?
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  • And it divides nicely.
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  • Verses 38 to verse 42, jesus said,
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  • First of all, we're to release our rights
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  • And not retaliate.
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  • And then in verses 43 to 47,
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  • He says we are to love rather than hate.
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  • Now let's start with release, don't retaliate.
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  • You know, some of our most cherished rights
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  • As american citizens
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  • Is found in our judicial system.
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  • Our constitution says we shouldn't have to worry
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  • About government knocking down our front door
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  • And seizing us or our property without a trial.
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  • And even if there is a trial and we're found guilty,
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  • There's a limit to the kind of punishment
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  • That government can exact from us.
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  • The last point comes from one of the most basic laws
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  • In human history.
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  • It's the idea that the punishment should fit the crime,
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  • And it's behind jesus' words in verse 38.
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  • "you have heard it said,"
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  • And then he quotes from exodus 21,
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  • "an eye for an eye in a tooth for a tooth."
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  • That's what the old testament law was.
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  • The old testament said
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  • You can't engage in excessive punishment
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  • And you're not to exact the punishment yourself.
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  • Leave it to the legal system.
  • 00:11:34.984 --> 00:11:37.086
  • Well, the pharisees took that rule
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  • And applied it to personal relationships,
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  • Where it didn't belong.
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  • And so in verse 39, jesus said,
  • 00:11:43.025 --> 00:11:45.594
  • When it comes to relationships,
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  • "do not resist an evil person."
  • 00:11:47.630 --> 00:11:51.300
  • Not only are you not to engage in excessive retaliation,
  • 00:11:51.300 --> 00:11:54.870
  • You shouldn't seek retaliation at all.
  • 00:11:54.870 --> 00:11:58.440
  • Now, again, we're not saying something jesus isn't saying.
  • 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:02.578
  • Don't make jesus say something he didn't say.
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  • He didn't say don't defend yourself,
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  • Don't defend others around you.
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  • He didn't say,
  • 00:12:09.385 --> 00:12:10.820
  • "nations, if somebody drops a nuclear bomb on you,
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  • Just turn the other cheek."
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  • He's talking about personal relationships here,
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  • Ones that aren't governed by other scripture.
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  • And we ought to be ready to release our rights
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  • Rather than hang on to them, even with our enemies.
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  • For example,
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  • Jesus said we need to release our right to dignity.
  • 00:12:28.838 --> 00:12:32.308
  • Look at verse 39 again.
  • 00:12:32.308 --> 00:12:33.609
  • "but i say to you, don't resist an evil person:
  • 00:12:33.609 --> 00:12:36.145
  • But whoever slaps you on your right cheek,
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  • Turn the other to him also."
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  • What he's saying is don't return insult for insult.
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  • That's tempting to do, isn't it?
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  • To want to one up the person who has insulted you.
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  • That's what jesus is talking about here.
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  • Go ahead and give up your right to personal dignity.
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  • Secondly, he says we need to be willing
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  • To release our right to property.
  • 00:13:04.540 --> 00:13:07.643
  • Verse 40, "if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt,"
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  • That was a reference to an undershirt,
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  • A garment, undergarment,
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  • "let him have your coat also."
  • 00:13:16.252 --> 00:13:19.655
  • A coat was the most basic unit of clothing
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  • In the middle east.
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  • Everybody had a right to a coat.
  • 00:13:23.292 --> 00:13:25.828
  • And what is jesus saying here?
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  • Is he, again, saying something that he really didn't say?
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  • Jesus isn't saying if somebody's trying to harm you,
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  • It's wrong to go to court.
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  • It's not always wrong to sue,
  • 00:13:38.407 --> 00:13:40.676
  • But what he's warning about is
  • 00:13:40.676 --> 00:13:43.212
  • An excessive focus on getting and keeping your rights
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  • Can crowd out god in your life.
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  • If you've ever been in a lawsuit before,
  • 00:13:50.352 --> 00:13:52.054
  • You know how it can just totally consume you
  • 00:13:52.054 --> 00:13:54.657
  • If you're not careful.
  • 00:13:54.657 --> 00:13:56.158
  • And jesus said there are times
  • 00:13:56.158 --> 00:13:57.693
  • You need to be willing to release your right to property.
  • 00:13:57.693 --> 00:14:01.463
  • Paul talked about that in romans 12:19-20.
  • 00:14:01.463 --> 00:14:04.700
  • "never take your own revenge, beloved,
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  • But leave room for the wrath of god,
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  • For it is written, 'vengeance is mine,
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  • I will repay,' says the lord.
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  • And if your enemy is hungry, feed him,
  • 00:14:13.876 --> 00:14:16.211
  • And if he used thirsty, give him drink,
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  • For in doing so, you will heap burning coals on his head."
  • 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:23.485
  • When you refuse to retaliate and sue,
  • 00:14:23.485 --> 00:14:26.722
  • And instead do something kind for your offender,
  • 00:14:26.722 --> 00:14:29.625
  • What does that mean, you heap coals upon his head?
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  • That hurts.
  • 00:14:33.228 --> 00:14:35.030
  • That's a way of bringing conviction
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  • Into a non-christian's life,
  • 00:14:36.832 --> 00:14:38.901
  • So maybe he will want to know what's different in you
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  • That would make you respond that way to wrongdoing.
  • 00:14:42.204 --> 00:14:46.408
  • Thirdly, jesus said sometimes we need to be willing
  • 00:14:46.408 --> 00:14:48.477
  • To release our right to autonomy,
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  • To do what we want to do.
  • 00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:53.048
  • Verse 41, "whoever forces you to go one mile,
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  • Go with him two instead."
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  • Remember, this is your enemy.
  • 00:14:58.153 --> 00:14:59.822
  • What is he talking about?
  • 00:14:59.822 --> 00:15:01.190
  • Well, under roman law,
  • 00:15:01.190 --> 00:15:02.591
  • A roman soldier could compel a jewish citizen
  • 00:15:02.591 --> 00:15:06.695
  • To carry his luggage or armament for one mile.
  • 00:15:06.695 --> 00:15:10.432
  • Say here's a jew who's going on another errand.
  • 00:15:10.432 --> 00:15:13.702
  • He's going to work.
  • 00:15:13.702 --> 00:15:14.837
  • He's going to do something to his family.
  • 00:15:14.837 --> 00:15:17.272
  • Roman soldier has the right to compel him to drop his plans
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  • And go in the opposite direction with him,
  • 00:15:21.043 --> 00:15:23.345
  • But he can only do it for one mile.
  • 00:15:23.345 --> 00:15:26.715
  • But jews hated the romans.
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  • They were the occupiers of their land.
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  • Jesus said if your enemy wants to interrupt your schedule,
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  • And ask you to do something,
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  • Go that extra mile.
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  • Teenagers, if your parents ask you to wash the dishes,
  • 00:15:39.795 --> 00:15:44.066
  • Don't just wash the dishes, dry them,
  • 00:15:44.066 --> 00:15:46.535
  • Put 'em in the cupboard.
  • 00:15:46.535 --> 00:15:48.537
  • Employees, if your boss asks you to stay late and work,
  • 00:15:48.537 --> 00:15:52.508
  • Don't only stay late,
  • 00:15:52.508 --> 00:15:53.876
  • But buy pizza for everybody else
  • 00:15:53.876 --> 00:15:55.544
  • Who's having to stay late and work as well.
  • 00:15:55.544 --> 00:15:57.913
  • That's what he's talking about
  • 00:15:57.913 --> 00:15:59.014
  • When he says "go the extra mile."
  • 00:15:59.014 --> 00:16:02.451
  • Fourth, he said be willing to release your right to money.
  • 00:16:02.451 --> 00:16:07.823
  • Now, this is where jesus goes
  • 00:16:08.457 --> 00:16:09.892
  • From preaching to meddling, right here.
  • 00:16:09.892 --> 00:16:12.828
  • Verse 42, "give to him who asks of you,
  • 00:16:12.828 --> 00:16:16.131
  • And do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you."
  • 00:16:16.131 --> 00:16:20.469
  • What jesus is saying is,
  • 00:16:20.969 --> 00:16:22.271
  • If somebody, even your enemy,
  • 00:16:22.271 --> 00:16:24.606
  • Needs something from you,
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  • And you have the means to provide that,
  • 00:16:25.774 --> 00:16:28.644
  • Don't refuse him.
  • 00:16:28.644 --> 00:16:29.611
  • Give it to him.
  • 00:16:29.611 --> 00:16:30.913
  • Now, again, there are boundaries to that.
  • 00:16:30.913 --> 00:16:32.648
  • Proverbs talks about the dangers of lending money,
  • 00:16:32.648 --> 00:16:35.884
  • But the idea is hold your money loosely.
  • 00:16:35.884 --> 00:16:40.522
  • It doesn't belong to you anyway.
  • 00:16:40.522 --> 00:16:41.957
  • Ultimately, it belongs to god.
  • 00:16:41.957 --> 00:16:44.660
  • Hold it very loosely.
  • 00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:47.996
  • That's what he means when he says,
  • 00:16:48.730 --> 00:16:50.466
  • "give to him who asks of you."
  • 00:16:50.466 --> 00:16:53.635
  • Hold your money, hold your possessions loosely.
  • 00:16:54.636 --> 00:16:56.805
  • Will you get ripped off?
  • 00:16:56.805 --> 00:16:58.173
  • Sure you will,
  • 00:16:58.173 --> 00:16:59.708
  • But it's a reminder that all your possessions belong to god.
  • 00:16:59.708 --> 00:17:03.412
  • Now, jesus said,
  • 00:17:03.412 --> 00:17:05.447
  • "first of all, how do you deal with your enemies?
  • 00:17:05.447 --> 00:17:07.883
  • Don't hold onto your rights.
  • 00:17:07.883 --> 00:17:11.019
  • Release your rights and don't retaliate."
  • 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:14.990
  • But then he goes a step further.
  • 00:17:14.990 --> 00:17:16.725
  • He says, "love, don't hate."
  • 00:17:16.725 --> 00:17:20.129
  • That's a step above what anybody would expect.
  • 00:17:20.129 --> 00:17:23.665
  • Not only are you not to retaliate against your enemy,
  • 00:17:23.665 --> 00:17:26.802
  • You're to love and even pray for your enemy.
  • 00:17:26.802 --> 00:17:29.404
  • Look at verse 43,
  • 00:17:29.404 --> 00:17:31.006
  • "for you have heard it said,
  • 00:17:31.006 --> 00:17:33.041
  • 'you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'"
  • 00:17:33.041 --> 00:17:38.247
  • Now, in your bible,
  • 00:17:38.714 --> 00:17:40.449
  • The words you shall love your neighbor
  • 00:17:40.449 --> 00:17:42.351
  • Are probably in all caps,
  • 00:17:42.351 --> 00:17:44.186
  • Like in my bible.
  • 00:17:44.186 --> 00:17:45.621
  • That means it's a quotation from the old testament,
  • 00:17:45.621 --> 00:17:49.091
  • And that's leviticus 19:18.
  • 00:17:49.091 --> 00:17:50.959
  • "you shall love your neighbor,"
  • 00:17:50.959 --> 00:17:52.828
  • But the words and hate your enemy
  • 00:17:52.828 --> 00:17:54.730
  • Aren't found in the old testament.
  • 00:17:54.730 --> 00:17:57.132
  • The pharisees came up with that one.
  • 00:17:57.132 --> 00:17:59.868
  • They added to what the old testament said.
  • 00:17:59.868 --> 00:18:03.338
  • Love your neighbor, hate your enemy.
  • 00:18:03.338 --> 00:18:06.475
  • But jesus said,
  • 00:18:06.475 --> 00:18:07.376
  • "i say to you," verse 44,
  • 00:18:07.376 --> 00:18:09.778
  • "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
  • 00:18:09.778 --> 00:18:15.083
  • What in the world does that mean?
  • 00:18:15.817 --> 00:18:17.419
  • Love your enemies?
  • 00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:19.655
  • Why are we to love that way?
  • 00:18:20.255 --> 00:18:22.324
  • Jesus gives two reasons.
  • 00:18:22.824 --> 00:18:24.126
  • He says, "first of all, love makes us like god."
  • 00:18:24.126 --> 00:18:28.130
  • Verse 44, "but i say to you,
  • 00:18:28.130 --> 00:18:29.965
  • Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
  • 00:18:29.965 --> 00:18:33.001
  • So that you may be children of your father who is in heaven:
  • 00:18:33.001 --> 00:18:37.873
  • For he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good,
  • 00:18:37.873 --> 00:18:40.976
  • And sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."
  • 00:18:40.976 --> 00:18:44.513
  • We are never more like jesus
  • 00:18:44.513 --> 00:18:46.181
  • Than when we love and pray for our enemies.
  • 00:18:46.181 --> 00:18:49.618
  • Isn't that what the savior did on that good friday?
  • 00:18:49.618 --> 00:18:53.755
  • As he hung nailed to that cross,
  • 00:18:53.755 --> 00:18:56.692
  • He said to those who had put him there,
  • 00:18:56.692 --> 00:18:59.494
  • "father, forgive them:
  • 00:18:59.494 --> 00:19:01.597
  • For they know not what they are doing."
  • 00:19:01.597 --> 00:19:04.666
  • God calls us to that same kind of love as well.
  • 00:19:04.666 --> 00:19:08.103
  • And secondly, love makes us different from the world.
  • 00:19:08.103 --> 00:19:11.974
  • It's a way we distinguish ourselves as christians,
  • 00:19:11.974 --> 00:19:14.409
  • Being able to want the best for our enemies.
  • 00:19:14.409 --> 00:19:17.646
  • Verse 46, "if you love those who love you,
  • 00:19:17.646 --> 00:19:20.382
  • What reward do you have?"
  • 00:19:20.382 --> 00:19:22.017
  • That's easy.
  • 00:19:22.017 --> 00:19:23.285
  • Even the tax collectors do the same.
  • 00:19:23.285 --> 00:19:25.821
  • Now, the tax collectors were on the bottom rung
  • 00:19:25.821 --> 00:19:28.156
  • Of jewish society.
  • 00:19:28.156 --> 00:19:29.658
  • They were jews who were turncoats
  • 00:19:29.658 --> 00:19:31.827
  • And collected money for the roman internal revenue service.
  • 00:19:31.827 --> 00:19:36.198
  • They were the worst,
  • 00:19:36.198 --> 00:19:38.100
  • And yet even they love those who love them,
  • 00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:42.070
  • So there's no merit in that.
  • 00:19:42.070 --> 00:19:44.373
  • But then he goes one step further, verse 47.
  • 00:19:44.373 --> 00:19:46.975
  • "and if you greet only your brothers,
  • 00:19:46.975 --> 00:19:49.311
  • What more are you doing than others?
  • 00:19:49.311 --> 00:19:51.380
  • Don't even the gentiles do the same?"
  • 00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:53.815
  • If you're only friendly to other jews,
  • 00:19:53.815 --> 00:19:56.385
  • Other people like you are, that's easy.
  • 00:19:56.385 --> 00:19:59.288
  • Even gentiles, non-jews,
  • 00:19:59.288 --> 00:20:02.157
  • The scoundrel mongrel dogs
  • 00:20:02.724 --> 00:20:05.727
  • Who roam the streets of jerusalem,
  • 00:20:05.727 --> 00:20:07.329
  • Even they do that.
  • 00:20:07.329 --> 00:20:10.032
  • What reward is there for you?
  • 00:20:10.032 --> 00:20:13.168
  • No, jesus calls us to a higher standard.
  • 00:20:13.168 --> 00:20:16.271
  • And he sums up his teaching
  • 00:20:16.271 --> 00:20:18.040
  • On this entire subject of enemies
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  • With these words in verse 48.
  • 00:20:20.142 --> 00:20:22.210
  • "therefore you are to be perfect."
  • 00:20:22.210 --> 00:20:26.014
  • That word means complete.
  • 00:20:26.014 --> 00:20:27.916
  • "you are to be complete as your heavenly father is perfect."
  • 00:20:27.916 --> 00:20:33.255
  • Jesus isn't talking about sinless perfection.
  • 00:20:33.255 --> 00:20:36.325
  • We're not going to hit the mark every time,
  • 00:20:36.325 --> 00:20:39.194
  • But we're able to hit it most of the time,
  • 00:20:39.194 --> 00:20:41.596
  • And that should be our goal.
  • 00:20:41.596 --> 00:20:44.266
  • Let me ask you a question today.
  • 00:20:44.266 --> 00:20:46.535
  • As i've been preaching about how to deal with your enemies,
  • 00:20:46.535 --> 00:20:50.505
  • Has god brought to mind somebody
  • 00:20:50.505 --> 00:20:52.574
  • Who has wronged you in the past
  • 00:20:53.208 --> 00:20:55.410
  • Or maybe in the process right now of hurting you?
  • 00:20:55.410 --> 00:20:59.047
  • Are you tired of carrying around that vitriol,
  • 00:21:00.015 --> 00:21:03.952
  • That bitterness,
  • 00:21:03.952 --> 00:21:05.153
  • That hatred toward the other person?
  • 00:21:05.153 --> 00:21:06.988
  • Are you tired of being consumed
  • 00:21:06.988 --> 00:21:08.924
  • By how to get even with that person?
  • 00:21:08.924 --> 00:21:11.960
  • Listen to what jesus said.
  • 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:14.429
  • Let go of your rights.
  • 00:21:14.930 --> 00:21:17.199
  • Don't retaliate.
  • 00:21:17.566 --> 00:21:19.134
  • Make the choice to love and pray for that person
  • 00:21:20.068 --> 00:21:22.871
  • Instead of hating them.
  • 00:21:22.871 --> 00:21:25.006
  • By the way, did you know it is impossible
  • 00:21:25.006 --> 00:21:27.242
  • To hate somebody you're praying for?
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  • Can't do it.
  • 00:21:29.311 --> 00:21:30.579
  • I was studying for this message
  • 00:21:31.213 --> 00:21:33.115
  • And i came across some words from a bible commentator
  • 00:21:33.115 --> 00:21:36.985
  • From yesteryear
  • 00:21:36.985 --> 00:21:38.353
  • Who summed up this entire passage
  • 00:21:38.353 --> 00:21:41.056
  • With these insightful words.
  • 00:21:41.056 --> 00:21:43.091
  • He said, "to return evil for good is devilish,
  • 00:21:43.091 --> 00:21:47.429
  • To return good for good is natural,
  • 00:21:47.429 --> 00:21:51.032
  • But to return good for evil is divine.
  • 00:21:51.032 --> 00:21:55.504
  • To love is god loves his moral perfection,
  • 00:21:55.504 --> 00:21:58.507
  • And this is the perfection christ tells us to aim at.
  • 00:21:58.507 --> 00:22:03.779
  • Aim high, hit high.
  • 00:22:04.246 --> 00:22:06.882
  • Aim at god and you will find your character in conduct
  • 00:22:06.882 --> 00:22:10.285
  • Slowly taking on a christlike quality.
  • 00:22:10.285 --> 00:22:14.156
  • Nothing would surpass the righteousness
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  • Of the world's scribes and pharisees more than that.
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  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:22:21.630 --> 00:22:26.902
  • Jesus teaching about our dealing with our enemies
  • 00:22:27.836 --> 00:22:30.872
  • Is bold, clear, and courageous.
  • 00:22:30.872 --> 00:22:34.209
  • And above all, his wisdom is so practical.
  • 00:22:34.209 --> 00:22:38.513
  • Now, before we wrap up today's program,
  • 00:22:38.513 --> 00:22:40.982
  • I want to express my heartfelt gratitude
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  • To our faithful supporters of "pathway to victory,"
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  • Especially our pathway partners.
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  • Because of your generous partnership,
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  • We're able to share these challenging
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  • But life-changing truths from god's word
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  • With people all across america
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  • And around the world.
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  • To the heart of what matters most.
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Did you realize that his famous sermon on the mount
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Maybe right now you're thinking about somebody
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  • You need to forgive,
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  • But you're finding it almost impossible to do so.
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  • Remember, god didn't forgive us when we were his friends,
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  • But when we were his enemies.
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  • And he calls us to deal with our own enemies
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  • In the same merciful and loving manner.
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  • Well, in the bible,
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  • The religious pharisees were fixated
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  • On their outward appearance,
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  • But jesus was far more interested
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  • In the condition of their hearts.
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  • Why is that?
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  • Well, next time i'm going to show you
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  • How the condition of your heart
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  • Is revealed in the way you worship.
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