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Jan 15, 2017 | Rev. Dr. K. Rick Baker

Love Your Enemy

1 Samuel 24:1-22

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“When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed?” (24:19)

What kind of person are you?

1. Are you the kind of person who does God’s work or uses God to justify what you already want to do? (24:4)

Manipulating God’s words to get to do what you want.

2. Are you the kind of person who values the profound beauty of God over the cheap emotions of a reactionary human? (24:6,10)
3. Are you the kind of person who has learned the incredibly high value of a godly reputation? (24:13)

“From evil doers come evil deeds.”

4. Are you the kind of person who has learned that your restraint makes your enemy God’s problem? (24:14-15)

“May the Lord be our judge and decide between us”

5. Are you the kind of person who has learned that your restraint may bring your enemy to repentance? (24:16)

“You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly”

Choose reward over revenge

6. Are you the kind of person who has learned to make the matter of every offence a matter of prayer? (Matt 6:12-15)

Series Information

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