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Luke 6 — Love Your Enemies, Do Good to Them Which Hate You
Disciples pluck grain on the Sabbath; the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. He heals the man with the withered hand. Continues all night in prayer; chooses twelve apostles. The sermon on the plain — Blessed are ye poor, ye that hunger now, ye that weep now, ye when men shall hate you. Woes — Woe unto you that are rich, that are full, that laugh now. Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you. Judge not. The blind leading the blind. The mote and the beam. The good tree and good fruit. The wise builder on the rock.
“But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.”
— Luke 6:27-28
- v.1-11 Sabbath controversies
- v.12-16 The twelve apostles chosen
- v.17-26 Beatitudes and woes
- v.27-38 Love your enemies; judge not
- v.39-49 Blind guides; the wise builder
Love your enemies. The summit of Christian ethics. Loving friends and family is universal; loving enemies marks the disciple.
Do good to them which hate you. The love is not feeling but action. Pray for them; bless them; do them good. The verbs make abstract love concrete.
Often misread as a ban on all discernment. The point is the spirit — judgmentalism, condemnatory measuring, retained grudges. The disciple offers what he hopes to receive.
A reciprocity built into the moral order. Mercy given returns in mercy. The ledger you keep on others is the ledger God keeps with you.
The most piercing question in the chapter. Speech that calls Him Lord is not the issue; obedience to His instructions is.
The verse exposes nominal Christianity. Lord, Lord without do is the language of the unsaved. The Christian's confession proves itself in compliance.
Verse 46 is the question to bring into your day. Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Identify one thing He has said that you have not done. Do it. The chapter's logic does not let the confession stand without the compliance.
The Sermon on the Plain is the King's manifesto for the kingdom's subjects. Christ shows the ethic that only flows from union with Him. The chapter's impossibilities — love of enemies, blessing curses, building on the rock — are the natural fruit of His life in the disciple, not the achievement of moral effort.
Before choosing the twelve, an all-night prayer. The most consequential leadership decision of His ministry was bathed in extended prayer.
A pattern for big decisions. Many bad choices are the fruit of skimped prayer; many good ones are the fruit of a night before God.