Unit 2: Inclusive Love 🥰
Love Your Enemies | Bible Background • Luke 6:27-36 | Printed Text • Luke 6:27-36 | Devotional Reading • ISAIAH 1:12-17
AIM FOR CHANGE
By the end of this lesson, we will EXPLORE Jesus’ teaching about what it means to love our enemies, REFLECT on times when we felt hate toward others or were hated by others, and IDENTIFY ways to love our enemies.
IN FOCUS
Greg looked out the window at all the trash on the lawn and let out a deep sigh. “I’m tired of them knocking our trash cans over every week and I have to clean it up.” Greg had a right to be upset. His neighbors, the Jacksons, had been a nuisance to his family since they moved in next door. It first started with the all-night parties and loud music. Greg had asked them to turn it down a notch, and after that, the Jacksons intentionally began to show hostility toward Greg and his family. Knocking down trash cans and taunting Greg was not enough.
The Jacksons’ oldest son, Dayshawn, began to insult and threaten Greg’s son William at school. Greg sighed again as he put on gloves to pick up the trash. “I guess they need a little more love.” William was fuming with anger. “A little more love? I think they need a little more fists, and Dayshawn is going to be the first to get his.” “No, son,” interjected Greg. “That may be how they do things, but we do things differently in this family.”
What has been the response when you answered injury with kindness?