Does that mean that we will sweep all wickedness and evil doing under the carpet and pretend like it isn't there? No. In other words, there will be a savor of compassion, mercy and grace even in our dealings with those who are in the wrong.ĭoes that mean that we will ignore the cause of justice? No. If we fully understand that, it will impact the way we treat those who are in the wrong. If we are saved sinners, then we are those who are in the wrong that God has treated with compassion, mercy and grace. One is, Jesus is here showing us that how we respond to and think about and speak to and behave toward those who have not loved us well, will often reveal much about whether we understand the Gospel and how much we have experienced of God's grace to us. And understanding that, in and of itself, will help disabuse us of some of the misapplications of that verse when it's extracted out of its context and applied to anything and absolutely everything.Īs we look at this passage today I would remind you of a couple of things. And so the verse that is before us especially this morning with the famous phrase, “Judge not, and you will not be judged,” which is so often misunderstood and misapplied and misinterpreted, falls within the larger context of this section where Jesus is talking about how we can love those who don't love us or how we can love those who have failed us in some significant way or how we can love those who have not loved us well. In this whole passage, Jesus is teaching us how to love those who either don't love us at all or who haven't loved us well. We’re going to be reading from verses 37 and 38 today, but I want to go back up to verse 27 so that you have the context. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 6 as we continue our way through the gospel of Luke together.
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