TUESDAY- 11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME -B
I Reading: 1 Kings 21:17-29: You
led Israel into sin.
Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48: Love
your enemies.
The Real Meaning of Human
Relationships.
No subject is more important than
the subject of human relationships. God is creating a family of believers who
are to live together eternally. Therefore we must have a family of love, joy, peace,
forgiveness, and kindness. God’s family is to treat no person as an enemy
because all are created in the image and likeness of God. So every person is to
be loved, accepted and encouraged as a true brothers and sisters and true neighbours.
1.
The law (v.43)
2.
The real meaning (v.44)
a.
Love your enemies
b.
Pray for persecutors
3.
The incentive (v.45-47)
a.
Makes you a child of God
b.
Makes you like God
c.
Makes you distinctive from other men
4.
The charge: Be perfect (v.48)
Thought: Man was created “in His
own image, in the image of God” (Gen 1:27). Man’s very purpose for being is to
glorify God and to be like God (Mt 5:48).
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