Luke 6:27-36 (New Living Translation)

27 “But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. 28 Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also. 30 Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back. 31 Do to others as you would like them to do to you.

32 “If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them! 33 And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you get credit? Even sinners do that much! 34 And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, why should you get credit? Even sinners will lend to other sinners for a full return.

35 “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. 36 You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.

I. The nature of God’s love (vv. 27-28)
• The Beatitudes are the

of a Christian.
• The love of heaven

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to the ones we love.
• Listening love values the perspective of the loved with a positive response of

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.
• God’s love doesn’t love enemies

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or at a

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.
• God’s love

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our enemy who has cursed us.
• God’s love

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for the enemy who has hurt us.
II. The condition of God’s love (vv. 29-34)
• God’s love gives from what we

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to others.
• God’s love has conditions to prevent

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.
• God’s love is exponentially

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and

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.
• Loving like God in heaven is treating

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like family and friends.
• Love based on people’s performance is

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or

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.
III. The revelation of God’s love (vv. 35-36)
• Loving our enemies is a

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command for all Christians.
• Love is free from calculation of personal

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as it focuses on the worth of another.
• Our reward in heaven will be

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if we selflessly love family and friends.
• Our reward in heaven will be

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if we love enemies like family.
• Heaven is never attained by compensation, only by God’s

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grace, mercy and love.

1. Read Luke 6:27-30. Who is Jesus addressing in these verses? What four exhortations does Jesus give in verses 27 and 28 regarding loving our enemies? Who could be considered an enemy of Christians due to differing ideologies or doctrines today?
2. Read Luke 6:31-34. Discuss examples of how we should treat people, regardless of our feelings towards them. How does this demonstrate a kingdom attitude? Why does loving people who don’t reciprocate love require reliance upon the Holy Spirit? When is the last time you felt pressed to love someone who is difficult or an enemy?
3. Read Luke 6:35-36. What is Jesus’ standard in verse 35 for Christians acting like children of God? Does it surprise you that it is not how we treat our family and friends? How does this responsibility in compassion affect our reward in heaven?
4. Did anything else stand out to you from the sermon that you have questions about in this passage of scripture?