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EXTREME LOVE

Text: Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

The greatest commission as we have it in the Bible is in Matthew 28:19 which says, _Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:_ See to it that you are obeying this commission.

The greatest command however is bordered on LOVE.  The command to love is splattered all over the Bible. One of such  Bible references is in Matthew chapter twenty two which says-

Jesus told him, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
This is the greatest and most important commandment.
The second is exactly like it: ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:37-39.

As a child of God, I know you are familiar with this commandment. The question is how are you faring with it? Are you truly obeying the greatest commandment?

Now, deeper than loving your neighbor is what Jesus Christ is demanding from His disciples, which is loving your enemies. It is natural for anyone to love those who love them. Anyone who hates those that love him or her is lower than animals, because even animals know how to reciprocate love.

When Jesus gave us the instructions to love our neighbors like ourselves, He wasn't referring to those who are easy to love only or those who will naturally love us back. He meant those hard- to- crack human beings. Those whom you naturally will not want to waste your love on.

Hear what Jesus has to say on this, He says, *If you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?* 
And if you greet only your relatives, that’s no great thing you’re doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don’t they? Matthew 5:46&47.

This is why He's saying,  Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. This is going against the natural flow. Note that you are not a natural being anymore but a supernatural being, so you can't operate with natural laws anymore.

Love is the fulfillment of the law. The God kind of love will be viewed by man as extreme love, and this is what God is demanding from you.

 *BIBLE READING* 

Matthew 5:43-48.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Father God, I receive the grace to love my neighbors and my enemies alike in  Jesus name.

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