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WEEK 15 - New Love: Be An Example to Love Your Enemies (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)





Today's Reading: Matthew 5:38-48

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Please click this link to Matthew 5:38-48


Bible Study
     
     The last two days we talk about your new lifestyle of Christlikeness is  to keep your eyes and hands from sinning so that you can keep your marriage vow and divorce would never happen. Is it difficult? It is. Still it is workable.

     Today we talk about your new lifestyle of Christlikeness is to be able to love your enemies.  Is it difficult? It is and it is not workable, not possible. How can you let people to do something to you like what Jesus says in this passage? How can you love your enemies? Mission impossible.

     Bishop N.T. Wright gives us a clue why Jesus says we need to acquire this new lifestyle(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._T._Wright):
     The shocking thing about this passage is that we are told to watch what our heavenly father is doing and then do the same ourselves.

             N.T. Wright. Matthew for Everyone, Part 1. Louisville,KY:Westminster         John Knox Press, 2004, p.50.     

     How close are you with Jesus that you can watch what he is doing and then do the same? Where and who can you learn and follow those examples? Can people see you doing those examples then they do the same? What kind of examples can you give to those who are around you? 

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage of scripture we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"



Spiritual Journal

     The topic I received from Jesus today is : 
     New love: Be an example to love your enemies

      Yesterday we had a retreat for those new and old members of our Council. When we were sharing what have we seen at Richmond Emmanuel Church, our new People's Warden, Gavin Siu, said to our previous People's Warden, Brenda Choi, "Brenda, I see Jesus in you that you can do all those amazing things to us."

     I think that's what Jesus means in today's passage. It is impossible for us to love our enemies. But, if we can be more closer to Jesus each day and watch His examples, we can be an example to love our enemies. 
          
Dear Lord Jesus,
Lead us to be closer and closer to you each day that we can be an example to love our enemies. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. 


Questions for group discussion




Topic:  New Love: Be An Example to Love Your Enemies

新的愛: 愛的樣板

Passage: Matthew 5: 38-48

Questions for group leaders
1. Read Matthew 5: 38-48 again now. What would you do to those who treat you like what Jesus says in this passage? Do you think you can do those things Jesus says in this passage to love your enemies? Why not (or why YES)?

2. Do you have anyone you can watch and learn from so that you can start to live out what Jesus says to love your enemies?

3. How close are you with Jesus that you can watch what His is doing and do the same?

4.  What is the highlight for you today? 


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10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) Matt Redman

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我要向山舉目(詩篇121篇) I Will Lift Up My Eyes to The Hills




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