Love Thy Enemies

Matthew 5:43-48
 Matthew 5:43-48
 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine
enemy. 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; 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.
 Matthew 5:43-48

 For if ye love them which love you, what

reward have ye? do not even the
publicans the same? And if ye salute your
brethren only, what do ye more than
others? do not even the publicans so? Be
ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
 Questions to Ponder

 Who are our enemies?

 How to love them?
 How to Respond?

Heavy Words Used to Christian

Describe Christian-Haters Response
1. Echthros (hateful) agapao
2. Miseo (malicious) poimeo kalos
3. Kataraomai (to curse) eulogoeo
4. Epereazo (threaten, abuse) proseuchomai
 Loving Our Enemies
 “Love, in the Christian sense, does not
mean an emotion. It is a state not of the
feeling but of the will; that state of the will
which we naturally have about ourselves,
and must learn to have about other
people.” - C.S. Lewis
 Loving Our Enemies
 The rule for all of us is perfectly simple. Do not
waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your
neighbour; act as if you did.” “As soon as we do
this we find one of the great secrets. When you
are behaving as if you loved someone, you will
presently come to love him.
 If you injure someone you dislike, you will find
yourself disliking him more. If you do him a
good turn, you will find yourself disliking him
less.” – C.S. Lewis
 Albert Plumber
 “If a person does evil to those who do him
good, that’s devilish”.
 “Do good to someone that does you good,
that’s human.”
 “If you do good to one that does you evil,
that’s divine.”
 How to Love our Enemies?
1. Do good to those who hate you
2. Bless those who curse you.
3. Pray for those who mistreat you