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Bro. Otis Fisher
All right, we're in Luke chapter 6 verse 27 But I say unto you which here Love your enemies do good to them which hate you. Who is it that speaking Russell to who is he speaking David? All right, because he said those that hear if you're not the elect you won't hear Love your enemies Russell what does that mean?
Means you Means you have enemies. Now this type of love is not the agape love That we share one with another. It is a love that Will cause you To do justice. Does that make sense? Because he says do good to them which hate you David how are we going to know what's good?
All right verge you Do something wrong to me now. Am I to take a gun and shoot you? What am I what are you to do? What what am I to do? You've done wrong to me. So am I to forgive you to love your enemies?
You're certainly not a loved one, but to do good Which hate you now the word hate is very very strong. We use mad and that's not correct because mad is a condition of the mind. But do good to them which hate you.
What are you to do to somebody that hates you either way? Well, you do a little bit. Do Good to them which hate you. David what does that mean? What does that mean? Then we're to do nothing. I Agree, but we're to do nothing.
All right, what is good for them? I think it means more than that joy. Well what you're all saying is true but Yes, well that's involved but Love your enemies do good to them which hate you. See that justice is done.
The best thing I could do for somebody that robbed from me is to bring him before the court. So that he will correct his way. Does that make sense? Yes. That's right, that's right so love and good are not just Don't do anything pat him on the back go on your way.
That's not good for them. That's not loving them when one of your children Do something David that that is really against your law. To do good for them what happens? Yes, I'm reminded of brother Barney.
I may have told you this but He said when he was about 12 13 years old. They were his father was slaughtering a pig a hog and It was his job to scrape that hog, well, you know if you Dip it in the water and the water is too hot.
You set the hair and so on and so forth. And he said I started scraping, but I thought of an easier way. I Decided I'd shave that home. So I went in and got his straightedge razor without anybody knowing and I went out and I shaved that home.
The next time dad started to use the razor he hollered for me and He took me to the woodshed and tore all the shingles off of my little tabernacle. Now that was good for Barney if nothing else except to give him something to talk about so.
These are the people that will hear him so we're talking to elect Christians love your enemies. That may mean that you put them in jail or see that they're put in jail do good to them which hate you. So those that hate you You're to do good for them and it might be giving them a weapon or the equal thereof.
Does any of that make sense? No, no. No, that's not what I mean. Do good to them that hate you. This person hates you and you do good for him means you will get the law and do what the law Requires don't just walk away and ignore it.
You haven't done him any good any other questions. Bless them. Yes. Well to do good. Yes to do good Doesn't just mean that you get the law after him but it may mean that you pay the light bill and they mean that you set them down and See that they understand the proper Sequence of events.
It may mean lots of things but to do good doesn't mean that I Gave him what he wanted. Bless them that curse you now David. We're into somebody that's going to curse you and Pray for them which despitefully use you now to bless somebody.
First of all, how how would you bless a person that curses you? David. Bless them that curse you and pray for them that despitefully use you all of this can be mental. All of this is on your part private you you pray for the person.
He doesn't need to know it. Well, it might get you a black eye. Yes, yes, it might have meant you that you didn't poke him in the eye. What what's who now. So. Well, if it's the right prayer if it truly is a prayer, it'll give you a satisfaction.
It'll give you Strength and if he does it again, it'll give you physical strength. That's right. Well, that's good. That's good. Well, it doesn't do any good to pray for somebody's salvation. We found out this morning.
We find that Paul false prophets are patronized by the world. And if If he will say the right thing the world of pain well the Lord Jesus Christ makes it clear However that he needn't expect the Lord to pray pay him.
The false prophets may become popular with the world. But it'd be notorious with God. He may have a lot of fun on earth. But he'll miss heaven. He may be well-fed. But he has a starved soul. Very little is said today about the godless rich.
They have the godless rich and the godless poor. The godless rich the Lord had a great deal to say about the godless rich in Scripture. Woe unto you that are rich. For you have received your consolation.
Everyone seems to be after the poor criminal who stole $25. Or a suit of clothes $50. The godless poor However are not nearly as dangerous as the godless rich. The godless rich give glamour to the godlessness.
And our televisions are full of it. There's probably more hypocrisy among the rich than any other group. Who who? Who oh? Yes, yes. That's right godless and rich. He never knew how much he had but I'm thankful that he collected while I was alive.
They'll pay a false prophet to preach in their church. The godless rich. They own the church and the property. No rich church has a reputation of being the evangelical and evangelic. Evangelical. Yes, yes.
The gospel will not be preached there. There may be a few exceptions to this. But if there are I don't know we have a story of a New York City. Is a church that bears the name of a rich man. The church will not have a gospel minister in James 5 1 and 3.
We have this go to now you rich men. Weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered and the rest of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as It were fire.
You have heaped treasures together for the last days. Can you imagine heaping up treasures against the day of judgment? The your gold and silver is cankered. Russell what had he been doing with it. Gold and silver?
Yes. Storing it up. Hoarding it hiding it away. I wonder when Christians in this country are going to wake up to that fact. 29 verse 29. And unto him that smiteth thee on one cheek offer also the other and him that taketh away thy cloak.
Forbid not to take thy coat also. We're going to stop with this one, but I want to discuss this. And unto him that smiteth thee on one cheek offer the other also smiteth means to slap or to hit. Unto him that strikes you on one side.
Offer the other side. David what would you have to do in order to offer the other side? Oh, you'd have to stay there. He'll get around to the other side in a minute and unto him that smiteth thee on one cheek offer the other also.
You stay there. You don't run away. So when you come up against difficulty work it through. Don't don't back off and run away. Offer him the other cheek means that you stay right there. Until it is solved and if he takes away your coat forbid not.
Your coat I've got to quit. What what's involved in offering him your coat? Okay, he takes your cloak the outer garment. Forbidding not to take your coat. Also, don't don't. Try to prevent him from taking your coat.
So when somebody robs you. Don't try to Prevent him from. If he's got the upper hand don't try to prevent him from robbing more. But don't run away. Mentally or physically don't don't turn your back on him and go someplace else stay right there and Finish it.
Well, then that's true and you'll know when that is. But you're no one to quit. I'm saying just don't quit ahead of time. Anything else Russell? Will you dismiss us, please?