December 21, 2014

A Most Radical Love

Speaker: Reid S. Monaghan Series: The King's Speech Topic: Exposition Passage: Matthew 5:43–5:48

 

The Kings Speech so far

 

Divine and human love

 

SUPERNATURAL LOVE AS KINGDOM WAY (VERSE 43-45)

 

Love Neighbor, Hate enemies

Leviticus 19:18, Luke 10:25-37

 

Love enemies, Pray for the persecutor

 

SO THAT!?

Common Grace

 

 

NOT NORMAL (VERSE 46-47)

 

Love in action

  • Prayer
  • Greeting

Romans 16:3-16

 

PERFECTABLE PEOPLE (VERSE 48)

 

Perfect/Teleios

Ephesians 4:11-16

 

That Kind of “People”

 

Community Meditation

Know

  • Does God love his enemies? Yes? No? Both?
  • How does God's potential salvation or judgment of a human being help us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us?
  • Read the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke chapter 10. How does Jesus teaching here even extend beyond saying everyone is our neighbor that we should love?

Feel

  • How is this passage easy to say, "love your enemies" but so much harder to live?
  • Many times we won't even admit we are wrong to another, let alone love those who oppose? What internal sins in our hearts keep us from following Jesus in this?

Live

  • Do you have any actual enemies? At work? And your family? In your story from you past?
  • Who are the people or groups of people that you hate? Don't like? Despise? Think are idiots? Etc. What specific steps or opportunities can you take to love them?

 

other sermons in this series

Apr 5

2015

The Authority of the King

Speaker: Reid S. Monaghan Passage: Matthew 7:28–7:29 Series: The King's Speech

Mar 29

2015

Foundation for the Good Fight

Speaker: Reid S. Monaghan Passage: Matthew 7:24–7:27 Series: The King's Speech

Mar 22

2015

House Builders

Speaker: Dean Macke Passage: Matthew 7:24–7:27 Series: The King's Speech