Matthew 5:38-42 | Getting Even

Listen as Pastor Rob teaches on how believers should view justice.TEXT: Matt 5:38-42TITLE: Getting EvenTHE PATTERN & THE PROBLEMMatthew 5:38Exodus 23:9THE POWER & THE PARDONMatthew 5:38-42"Stay right there and do something surprising." - F. BrunerLeviticus 19:18Micah 6:8Romans 12:17-21"The cross is the only power in the world which proves that suffering love can avenge and vanquish evil. But it was just this participation in the cross which the disciples were granted when Jesus called them to him. They are called blessed because of their visible participation in his cross." - Bonhoeffer, The Cost of DiscipleshipRESOURCES: Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-Jones, Stott; Books: The Cost of Discipleship, by Bonhoeffer; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing, by Pennington; The Divine Conspiracy, by Willard; How to Reach the West Again, by Keller