Luke 6:27-45
When Jesus says to lend money expecting nothing in return, the literal translation is to lose hope.
As Proverbs 26:4 reminds us, “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.”
Jesus is referring to condemning judgment.
The log and speck is a deliberate cartoon image painted by Jesus. As someone wisely observed, the cure for hypocritically trying to make other people better is a mirror.
Robert Griffin III captures these verses: “Choose kindness. There is so much hate in this world, but you can’t meet hate with hate and expect to build a better world for our kids and the next generation.
Choose kindness not prejudice and discrimination against entire groups of people.
Choose kindness not hate of those who don’t have the same skin color as you.
Choose kindness not hate of people who don’t have the same life experiences as you.
Let’s choose kindness every chance we get.”
Deuteronomy 32:35
Romans 12:14-21
DON’T ALLOW THE EVIL FROM ANOTHER PERSON TO OVERWHELM YOU.
FROM A GOOD HEART COMES GOODNESS.
Charles Spurgeon: AND BEST OF ALL, THE HIGHEST PORTRAITURE OF JESUS, TRY TO FORGIVE YOUR ENEMIES, AS HE DID; AND LET THOSE SUBLIME WORDS OF YOUR MASTER, “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO,” ALWAYS RING IN YOUR EARS. FORGIVE, AS YOU HOPE TO BE FORGIVEN. HEAPS COALS OF FIRE ON THE HEAD OF YOUR FOE BY YOUR KINDNESS TO HIM. GOOD FOR EVIL, RECOLLECT, IS GODLIKE. BE GODLIKE, THEN; AND IN ALL WAYS AND BY ALL MEANS, SO LIVE THAT ALL MAY SAY OF YOU, “THAT PERSON HAS BEEN WITH JESUS.”