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Lead Them to the Truth | John Piper · Reformed Thinking

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Welcome to Reformed Thinking, a place where we consider the
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foundational truths of God's Word and how they shape our
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grasp of life and faith. Here we think about biblical
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insight, applying it to our present situations, always
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seeking God's view on essential matters.
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And now you've found the Deep Dive, where we take a closer
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look at crucial concepts, pulling out key insights from a
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collection of resources you shared.
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Our aim is to offer you a shortcut to being truly well
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informed, with fascinating facts and just enough humor to keep
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you hooked. Today we're digging into a
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particularly challenging, yet quite necessary command from
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Jesus loving those who are against us.
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Our source material is from John Piper's All That Jesus
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Commanded, specifically the section titled Love Your
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Enemies, Lead Them to the Truth. So what's our mission today?
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It's to understand this radical call to love those who oppose
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us, to grasp how truth sits at the core of this love, and to
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see why this kind of love isn't defined by how it's received.
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OK, let's unpack this. At the core of what we're
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discussing today is a straightforward yet, well,
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incredibly radical instruction from Jesus himself.
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You'll find in a Matthew chapter 5, verse 44.
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In Luke chapter 6 verses 2728, he tells us, love your enemies
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and pray for those who persecute you.
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Now, this isn't just, you know, a gentle suggestion for making
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friends. It's a stark directive that cuts
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right against our natural human inclinations.
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Most of us, when faced with someone who actively works
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against us, would rather do anything but love them, wouldn't
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we? Our gut reaction is often to
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defend, to retaliate, or at the very least, to simply avoid.
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And that's precisely the contrast the sources bring out.
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This particular type of love is fundamentally different from
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what is common among people, even people who are otherwise
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considered good or kind. Think about it.
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Almost anyone, regardless of their background or belief
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system, can love those who love them.
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If someone does good to you, you're likely to do good back to
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them. If you lend money to a friend,
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you probably anticipate getting it back, maybe with a kind word.
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Luke 6 makes this point very clear, noting that even those
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who are not followers of God operate on this principle of
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reciprocity. It's a baseline human social
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agreement. So if that's the common
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standard, Jesus is setting a significantly higher one, isn't
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he? It's not about an equal
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exchange. It TIF or tat or a you scratch
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my back, I'll scratch yours kind of dynamic.
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The instruction moves well beyond reciprocal kindness.
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It's about a particular type of giving, a distinct act of
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blessing where the motivation isn't a return on investment or
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even a hoe for improvement in the other person.
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It's a love that initiates rather than merely responding in
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kind. It almost feels, well, unnatural
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or even impossible from a purely human standpoint.
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It certainly does, and Jesus's command it assumes there are
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individuals who are genuinely hard to love.
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He understands that we're not just talking about minor
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disagreements here. The instruction addresses these
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people in a wide variety of ways, acknowledging the many
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forms opposition can take. It's not like A1 size fits all
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definition of enemy. And that's what's so telling
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when you look at how the sources breakdown the idea of enemies.
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It's much broader than just someone actively trying to harm
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you. It truly expands how we need to
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think about this command. Let's look at some of these
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categories because you might find yourself in more of them
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than you expect. First, there are your personal
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adversaries. These are the people directly
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against you, the ones who genuinely want you to fail.
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Maybe it's a rival at work or someone in your social circle
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who seems intense on undermining you.
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Jesus says to love them and pray for them.
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This means you're called to engage with them benevolently,
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not ignore them, not retaliate, but to actively wish them well,
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even to their spiritual benefit. Then you have individuals who
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might not be direct adversaries, but whose character or general
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demeanor simply makes them unattractive, or perhaps even
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causes a feeling of repulsion within you.
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This isn't about active malice, but more about an internal
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reaction to someone. Think about someone whose
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personality just grates on you, or whose habits you find off
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putting, or even someone whose outward appearance makes you
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want to avoid them. The instruction here is to be
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merciful to them. We're not to treat them based on
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what they might attract or deserve or how we feel about
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them, but rather on an outpouring of mercy, recognizing
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their humanity regardless of our immediate emotional response.
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It challenges our inherent biases, you know.
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And it extends some very close relationships to like, strained
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relationships with friends or family.
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This hits home for many of us, doesn't it?
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These are relatives or friends who have taken offense at
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something you've done, whether you believe you were right or
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wrong in the situation, and now the relationship is cold,
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awkward, or even non existent. You might be at a family
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gathering and there's that one person you just don't talk to or
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actively avoid. The call from Jesus is to strive
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for reconciliation. This isn't a passive hope that
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things will get better. It's an act of pursuit to mend
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what's broken, even when it's uncomfortable, requires
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humility, or feels like an uphill battle.
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And it flips the script on situations where the problem
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originates with us holding something against another
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person. When you hold something against
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someone, perhaps they wronged you or you simply perceive A
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slight, the instruction is to forgive them.
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This pushes us past common obstacles like our own laziness,
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our pride, or even deep seated anger and bitterness.
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It calls us to engage in the challenging work of forgiving,
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peacemaking, and genuine reconciliation.
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It's a proactive step, shifting the focus from their perceived
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wrong to our active choice to release the grievance and seek
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peace. Then there are the truly
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difficult ones, the active opponents and abusers.
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This category involves loving those who genuinely hate us,
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curse us, abuse us, or even physically harm us, like
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striking us on the cheek or taking our cloak.
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As a biblical text describes, these are acts that cause
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significant physical or emotional hurt, even potentially
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life ending injury as the sources note by referencing
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severe persecution. Yet the instruction is
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incredibly clear. Respond with love.
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This is a very high standard, calling for a response that
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defies our natural inclination to defend ourselves, retaliate,
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or seek retribution. It's a fundamental challenge to
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human justice systems, even. And what's.
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Particularly insightful, as our source material from Piper
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brings out, is that Jesus addresses not just these severe
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forms of opposition, but also minor slights or a lack of
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attention. This is about loving a mere
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stranger who has done nothing for us, or who simply shows no
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attention. You might feel snubbed, or you
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might simply feel nothing at all from them because they act as if
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you're not even there. The instruction is to love the
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person who simply acts as if you are not alive.
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This shows the remarkable breadth and depth of the
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command. It's not just for extreme
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situations, it's for the everyday interactions where we
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might just ignore someone or treat them as invisible.
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That's a truly humbling observation.
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It really is comprehensive. It applies to the most severe
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antagonism, where your life might be threatened, and also to
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the simple indifference we encounter in daily life, the
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person who walks past you without acknowledging you, or
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the social interaction where you feel completely overlooked.
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This means the call to love your enemy is something we encounter
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far more often than we might initially realize.
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It's not just for missionaries and hostile lands, but for us
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right here, right now, in the nuances of our everyday
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interactions, it's almost impossible to escape this
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command. Indeed, it covers everything
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from the global persecutor to the person in your direct sphere
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who simply ignores you. The call to love is woven into
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the very fabric of our daily interactions, pressing us to
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reconsider even our passive behaviors.
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It's quite a counterintuitive thought, isn't it?
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But having those who are against us isn't necessarily a sign of
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having done something wrong. Instead, it can actually
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indicate you're keeping in step with Jesus.
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Our sources highlight that this is a truly significant idea that
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flips our common understanding. It does.
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Jesus himself spoke about this repeatedly.
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He blessed those who are persecuted specifically on
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account of their allegiance to Him.
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Matthew 5.11 says. Blessed are you, and others
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revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against
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you falsely on my account. Here.
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He even warned his followers that if people called him
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Beelzebul, A derogatory term, essentially accusing him of
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being in league with a demon, then his followers would surely
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be maligned even more. He plainly stated if they
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persecuted me, they will also persecute you, as found in John
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15.20. He knew what was coming for his
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followers because of their alignment with him.
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This truly shifts our perception, doesn't it?
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It means success isn't defined by being popular or universally
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accepted. Instead, it's about faithfulness
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to Jesus. If following Him means
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opposition, then opposition is something we should be prepared
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for and perhaps even view as a sign that we're on the right
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path. It's like a spiritual compass
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needle pointing towards true north even when the wind blows
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against it. And Jesus actually issued a
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rather stark warning about the inverse of this.
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He said woe to you when all people speak well of you, for so
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their fathers did to the false prophets in Luke 6.26.
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That's quite a statement. It forces us to ask, if everyone
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loves you, are you truly speaking and living the truth as
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Jesus did? Here's where it really makes you
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think. If we have no one against us, if
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everyone speaks well of us, it might suggest we are not truly
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aligning with Jesus's purpose. It forces a strong self
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examination. Are we perhaps diluting the
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truth or softening our convictions just to avoid
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friction? It's easy to want to be liked,
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but that desire can subtly push us off course from genuine
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allegiance to Jesus. It can.
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This opposition, as the sources clarify, stems from a
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foundational truth. The world rejected Jesus.
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John 18.37 makes that plain. And it's also rooted in the
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distinct difference Jesus makes when he changes a person.
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As believers, we are chosen out of the world, called to live by
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a different standard, and because of this, the world and
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its natural state dislikes us. John 15.19 says if you were of
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the world, the world would love its own, but because you are not
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of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the
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world hates you. And John 17.40 scene echoes
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this. The world hated them because
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they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
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The world has its own values, its own way of operating, and
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when we are called out of that and into allegiance with Jesus,
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it creates an unavoidable friction.
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It's not about being offensive, it's about being distinct.
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So while we should always check our actions and our hearts for
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unnecessary offenses to ensure we're not causing friction
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through our own pride, insensitivity, or lack of
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wisdom, having those against us is often to be anticipated for
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faithful followers. It's not necessarily a sign of
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failure or that we've done something wrong.
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Rather, it can be a sign of adherence to the message of
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Jesus. It's an expected part of the
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spiritual landscape for those who genuinely follow Him.
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It means that if we are living out the truth of God's Word, we
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should prepare for reactions that range from indifference to
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outright hostility and understand that these reactions
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do not diminish the validity of our allegiance.
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So if this is the radical call, what does this Love Actually
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look like in practice? The first point here is
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absolutely foundational. Jesus corrects a basic
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misapplication of Scripture in the very act of commanding love
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for enemies. That's a key starting point.
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The common interpretation among some during Jesus time was you
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shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy, as referenced
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in Matthew 5.4344. But if you look back at the
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Jewish scriptures, specifically Leviticus 19.18, it did not
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actually say to hate enemies. Instead it commanded love for
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one's neighbor. The issue was that some had
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restricted the definition of neighbor to mean only our own
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kind or fellow Israelites, thereby implicitly allowing for
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hatred of outsiders or enemies. They they added to what God had
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said. So Jesus initial act of love in
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this instruction isn't just to give a new command, it's to show
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us that true love rejects wrong interpretations of God's word
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and sets forth the truth. He doesn't just say go love your
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enemies, He first corrects a misunderstanding of what God
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already said. This reveals the truth isn't
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just a byproduct of love, it's the very foundation upon which
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genuine love is built. It's almost like saying you
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can't truly love if you don't even get the basic truth right.
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It's a powerful connection. The sources make it clear true
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doctrine is the root of love. This means love lives by truth
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and burns by truth and stands on truth.
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That's burn. The analogy provided is quite
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striking. Pitting love against truth is
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like pitting fruit against fruit, or a house's foundation
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against a second floor room. If the foundation crumbles, the
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whole house falls. This illustrates that without
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truth as its base, love has no stable ground.
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It becomes sentimental, weak, and ultimately ineffective.
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Think of a beautiful tree. The fruit might be delicious,
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but without a healthy root system drawing up nutrients,
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that fruit won't last. The root sustains the fruit.
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And when you think about it, Jesus himself is the embodiment
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and the sum of truth. He didn't just speak truth, He
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is truth stating I am the way and the truth and the life in
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John 14.6. He came into the world to bear
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witness to the truth as he told Pilate in John 18.37.
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Even his adversaries acknowledged his constant focus
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on truth, saying in Mark 12.14. Teacher, we know that you are
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true and do not care about anyones opinion.
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He was completely indifferent to popular opinion, fixed only on
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what was true. He didn't poll his audience to
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see what they wanted to hear. And the Spirit he sent to his
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followers after his departure is rightly called the Spirit of
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truth in John 15.26. This consistent naming
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highlights that truth is not just a concept associated with
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God, but is intrinsic to God's very being and His work in the
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world. It permeates everything.
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It's a critical point that Jesus did not abandoned truth to gain
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a following. This stands in stark contrast to
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so much of how communication works today.
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When his hearers did not believe him, he didn't change the truth
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to make it more palatable or to win them over.
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As we see in John 8.47 and 8.45, He held fast to it even when it
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caused division and drove people away.
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He didn't compromise the message for the sake of numbers or
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popularity. He was not someone who altered
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principles for convenience or to achieve a desired outcome.
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The sources make this clear. When truth does not yield the
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response you want, when it does not work to immediately win over
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a listener, or even worse, causes offense, you don't
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abandon it. Instead, we are called to pray
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that hearers will be awakened and changed by the truth itself.
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The genuine potency resides in the truth itself, not in our
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ability to manipulate it for a certain effect or to soften it
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to avoid friction. So this vital connection means
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that becoming a truly loving person, becoming merciful,
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peaceable, and forgiving happens in and by the truth, not
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separate from the truth. This is what Jesus meant when he
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prayed. Sanctify them.
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The truth, Your Word is truth. In John 17.17.
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Our growth in love and holiness is inextricably tied to God's
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unchanging Word. You can't separate growth and
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character from growth and understanding truth.
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It is entirely possible, of course, to use truth in a way
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that shows no love. We see this illustrated clearly
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in the account of James and John, often called the Sons of
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Thunder. When a Samaritan village did not
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receive Jesus because his face was set toward Jerusalem, James
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and John, perhaps in a misguided defense of Jesus's truth and
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identity, asked him, Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come
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down from heaven and consume them?
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Jesus immediately turned and corrected them.
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It wasn't that they were wrong about Jesus's identity, but
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their proposed action was completely devoid of love.
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Right. The solution was not to alter
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the truth to gain acceptance from the Samaritans.
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Jesus didn't say, well, principles divide people,
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relational warmth unites them, so let's just avoid talking
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about Jerusalem or who I am. He didn't try to make the truth
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more palatable or convenient to avoid offense.
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That's a common temptation today, to soften the truth for
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the sake of perceived unity. No, the solution was
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straightforward, rather practical, and they went on to
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another village. This teaches us a vital lesson.
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We continue offering the saving truth with love wherever
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possible, without resorting to hostile or violent actions.
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The truth itself does not change, it remains constant.
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It is the root of Love's life, the kindling of Love's fire, and
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the foundation of Love's strength.
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We don't compromise truth for superficial unity or temporary
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acceptance. We simply faithfully offer it.
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And as our courses highlight, correcting misinterpretations of
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the Bible or even false ideas about God and reality is 1
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crucial way to love those who are against us.
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It's an act of deep affection to show someone the genuine truth
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of God's Word, even if they initially hold a different,
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incorrect view, because ultimately, truth leaves to
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genuine life and freedom. This brings us to a crucial,
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often misunderstood aspect of this love.
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In a period where feelings are often prioritized, people are
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easily hurt, and they often use that hurt to decide if love was
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shown. If someone feels offended, it's
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often assumed the other person acted unlovingly.
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This is a very common dynamic in our current cultural landscape,
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where personal experience often becomes the ultimate arbiter of
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truth. This perspective often grants
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the wounded individual absolute authority over whether an act
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was loving. If someone claims hurt, it is
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often immediately assumed that the action was not loving, and
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the burden of proof often falls on the one who caused the
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perceived hurt. However, Jesus does not allow
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this way of relating to stand unchallenged.
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He shows us a different, more objective standard, one that
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doesn't solely rely on subjective feelings.
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That's a powerful statement. Love in Jesus's framework is not
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defined by the feeling of loved one.
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Someone could be truly loved and still feel hurt, offended,
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angered, or even numb without diminishing the objective value
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or reality of the act of love itself.
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This is a challenging concept for many today who have been
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taught that if someone feels hurt, then something truly
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unloving must have occurred. It pushes back against a purely
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therapeutic view of interaction. Consider Jesus death on the
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cross, which is presented in the sources as the greatest act of
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love ever performed for humanity.
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Yet the responses to it ranged from deep affection and sorrow
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to outright fury and mocking. People were broken, wounded and
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raged, cynical or indifferent. But the various negative
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reactions, the insults, the mockery, the abandonment, did
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not alter the fact that what he did was a profound act of love.
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Its nature as love was inherent to the ACT itself, not dependent
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on its reception or how it made people feel in the moment.
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And Jesus himself often displayed love in ways that were
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not felt as loved by the recipient.
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His communication was frequently direct, lacking in artificial
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buffers or softeners. It's pointed out that if Jesus
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spoke to us today, as he did in his time, many would frequently
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feel offended. He wasn't afraid to speak
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uncomfortable truths. This was true even for his our
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disciples, whom he loved, and certainly for his adversaries.
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He was remarkably blunt, almost shockingly so by today's
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standards. The sources provide many
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striking examples that illustrate this point.
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To his own disciples whom he was preparing for a monumental task,
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he called them evil in Matthew 7.11, which sounds incredibly
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harsh from a teacher to his students, and he called them of
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little faith repeatedly in Matthew, such as in
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6.38.2614.3116.8 and 1720, he told a potential follower who
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just wanted to bury his father to let the dead bury their dead
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in Luke 9.60, a phrase that would surely be met with outrage
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today for its seeming insensitivity.
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He didn't shy away from pointing out shortcomings, even to his
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hosts who invited him to dinner. As in Luke 7 and Luke 14.
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He called Herod a fox in Luke 13.32, clearly a derogatory
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term, and he famously and rather forcefully excoriated the
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Pharisees with terms like brood of Vipers, whitewashed tombs,
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implying outward holiness but inner decay, blind guides and
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hypocrites in Matthew 23. And who could forget his
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dramatic act of clearing the temple with a whip?
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These were not soft, gentle approaches designed to make
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people feel comfortable or affirmed.
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They were direct, challenging and often frankly offensive to
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those on the receiving end. And when his disciples informed
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him that the Pharisees were offended by his sayings in
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Matthew 15.12, Jesus's response was short and clear, almost
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dismissive of their offence. Every plant that my heavenly
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Father has not planted will be rooted up.
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Let them alone. They are blind guides.
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He indicated their inability to see His love stemmed from their
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spiritual condition, their blindness, not from His lack of
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love. He did not concede that he had
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been unloving simply because they felt offended.
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His concern was for their spiritual state, not their
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immediate emotional comfort. The crucial point here is that
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the genuineness of an act of love is not decided by the
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subjective feelings of the recipient.
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Jesus uses terms like enemies in his commands.
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That might be offensive to some, especially since he goes on to
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unpack his point with words like And If you greet only your
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brothers, what more you doing than others?
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close quote. He seems to expect us to handle
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these robust words like enemy mingled with tender, familial
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words like brother. Using a strong, even jarring
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term isn't unloving simply because it might cause offense.
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The intent and truth behind the ACT are what truly define its
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loving nature. That's a liberating idea for us
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as individuals who seek to genuinely love others.
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True love desires to bring the loved one out of suffering and
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into greater joy in God, both now and for eternity.
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But it's essential to grasp that feeling unloved is not the same
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as being unloved. The objective reality of the
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ACT, it's true intent and purpose, matters more than the
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subjective experience of the recipient.
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Sometimes the most loving thing you can do for someone is not to
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make them feel good in the moment, but to speak a difficult
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truth that leads to ultimate good.
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Jesus models this objectivity of love so clearly.
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It's reality rests on its genuine motives and actions and
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on its foundation. In truth, the response of the
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recipient does not alter this reality.
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It frees us from the impossible task of managing everyone's
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emotional reactions to our intents at Love, we can't
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control how someone feels, but we can control our actions and
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our motivations. This is indeed good news for us
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as those who seek to love others.
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The judgement of the wounded recipient is not absolute.
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The perception can be right or wrong, but it is not the final
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arbiter of whether an action was truly loving.
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Our efforts to love, when rooted in God's truth and pure motives,
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stand firm regardless of external validation.
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God is absolute, we give an account to Him.
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He alone truly knows our hearts and our intentions.
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The true consideration about our love when we stand before God is
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whether it was real, genuine in His sight, not what others
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thought of it or how they reacted.
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Most people did not perceive Jesus's love in his earthly
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ministry and still do not today. Yet it was the truest, most
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complete love ever expressed. So this understanding frees us
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to love as God calls, even when our love is not appreciated or
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recognized by others, even when it's met with resistance or
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misunderstanding. Our loving actions, rooted in
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God's truth, stand firm on His approval, which is the only
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approval that truly counts. This deep dive into loving those
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who are against us reveals a truly challenging, yet
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ultimately liberating truth. It calls us to a love that is
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active, intentional, and firmly grounded in the unchanging truth
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of God's Word rather than the shifting sands of human emotion.
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It means love isn't always comfortable and it isn't always
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received with open arms, but it's validity remains.
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To truly love as Jesus did means holding fast to truth even when
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it is rejected, and acting with benevolence regardless of the
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immediate response. It's a call to a higher divine
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standard for every interaction. So as you go about your day,
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what does it mean for you to apply this objective truth
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rooted love in a world that often defines love by subjective
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feeling? How might this perspective shape
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your interactions, especially with those who might cause you
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offense or even those who simply seem indifferent?
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We trust this deep dive into Jesus teachings has provided you
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with fresh perspectives and much to consider.
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Until next time, keep seeking to understand and live out the
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truth.