Resisting Revenge and Loving Enemies

Ambassador Presbyterian Church - Apex, NC · Aug 15, 2025 · 39m

Passage: Matthew 5:38-48

It's easy to love your family and friends and to want to do things that bless them. But what about those who do you wrong, who take advantage of you, who actively seek your harm? When we are wronged, when we are slighted, when someone does something to harm us, our natural response is to think what can I do to get them back, and often to get them back bigger and better than they got me. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus has already told his followers that they will be reviled and persecuted because of him (Matt. 5:11). The question is not if we will experience that…