1. How to Love your Enemies
Matthew 5:43-44

2. Who is my Enemy?
He is the one who has mistreated me (Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:19-20)
He is the very one I must love, bless, do good to, and pray for! (Matthew 5:44)
He is the one who needs my forgiveness (Matthew 6:14-15; 18:21-35)

3. Enemies: Jesus & Me
Jesus loved His enemies (Luke 23:34; Colossians 1:21-22; Rom. 5:8; 1 Peter 2:23-24)
Jesus anticipated a happy eternity with one who had been His enemy (Luke 23:41-43; Hebrews 12:2; Rev. 3:21)

4. Enemies: Stephen & Saul
In his early days, Saul of Tarsus was an enemy of every Christian (Acts 22:19-20; 1 Timothy 1:13; Acts 26:9-11; 8:3; 9:1-2)
When Stephen was stoned, Saul was as responsible as anyone… yet Stephen prayed, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin” (Acts 7:54-60).

5. Enemies: Stephen & Saul
The love of Christ changed Saul from a hater of enemies to a lover of enemies.
1 Timothy Cor. 11:24 Romans 9:3; 10:1
Enemies: Stephen & Saul

6. Nelson Mandela Monument
Located at the site of his arrest in 1962.
Mandella spent 27 years in prison.
He later said, “When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive.”