2. Sermon On The Mount Two basic principles for faithfulness,
Mt. 22:37-39
Love God
Love neighbor

3. Sermon On The Mount Difficulty in applying love Love God Believe Do
Love neighbor
Friends
Others in need
Enemies

4. Sermon On The Mount
Love Your Enemies
Superior Love
Be Like Our Father

5. Sermon On The Mount Love Your Enemies Jew & Gentile In OT
Love neighbor, Lev. 19:18
No peace with enemy, Deut. 23:3-6
Destroy enemy, Deut. 7:1-16
Hate them, Psa. 139:21, 22

6. Sermon On The Mount Love Your Enemies Gospel: love all men
Ones that curse us
Ones that slander us
Ones that cheat us

7. Sermon On The Mount Love Your Enemies Gospel: love all men
Good Samaritan, Lk. 10:25-37
Stephen, Acts 7:59, 60
Jesus, Mt. 26:66-68; 27:29-31; Lk 23:34

8. Sermon On The Mount Love Your Enemies God loves & blesses all
Food, clothing, Acts 14:17
Savior, Jn. 3:16; Rom. 5:6-8

9. Sermon On The Mount Superior Love Tax collectors despised by Jews
Jews working for Romans
Considered traitors
Extortion common, Lk. 18:9-14
Stuck together

10. Sermon On The Mount Superior Love
Love here not based on mutual feeling
Eros: sexual
Phileo: mutual feeling
Agape: active good will

11. Sermon On The Mount Superior Love Paul shows us love of enemy,
Acts 16:23-34

12. Sermon On The Mount Be Like Our Father Be like God in heaven
Holy, 1 Pt. 1:13-16
Like Christ, Jn. 14:7; 8:29
Zeal, Jn. 2:13-17
Submission, Lk. 22:42

13. Sermon On The Mount Be Like Our Father Strive for perfection
Heed warnings & teachings, Col. 1:21-29
Trust in God in trials, Jas. 1:2-8

14. Sermon On The Mount Be Like Our Father Avoid distractions
World as standard
Christians as standard,
1 Cor. 11:1; 2 Cor. 10:12
Christ is THE standard, Heb. 12:1, 2

15. Sermon On The Mount
Love Your Enemies
Superior Love
Be Like Our Father

16. Sermon On The Mount Two basic principles for faithfulness,
Mt. 22:37-39
Love God
Love neighbor

17. Sermon On The Mount Difficulty in applying love Love God Believe Do
Love neighbor
Friends
Others in need
Enemies