2017-11-21 ILC Chapel — Everyone has a reason to be thankful, but we know how unworthy we are of God’s Grace in Jesus. Thank God by doing His will. – Immanuel Lutheran High School, College, and Seminary

2017-11-21 ILC Chapel — Everyone has a reason to…

November 21, 2017December 22, 2017
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Everyone has a reason to be thankful, but we know how unworthy we are of God’s Grace in Jesus. Thank God by doing His will.

Date : 2017-11-21

Speaker : Professor Paul Schaller

Matthew 5:43–48

Love Your Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers,¹ what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Footnotes

[1] 5:47 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

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