Luke 6:27-36

32. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them.

35. But love your enemies, do good to them and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.


This passage tells us to follow the Golden Rule, but emphasizes on loving our enemies. As difficult as it may be to love those who hate us, we also should not expect anything in return because that’s what differentiates us from “sinners”. I think most of us have grown up with the Golden Rule. We try to treat others as we would want to be treated, but how often do we do this without any expectations.

Personally for me, it is very easy to love those I love, but it is very difficult to love those who I don’t know, and especially difficult to love those who I don’t like. I’ve noticed lately that I usually don’t make an effort to show kindness to those who I don’t know, but I try to give back to those who treat me well. I will be nice if someone approaches me, but I definitely don’t take the extra step if I don’t have to. Actually sometimes I get annoyed when people I don’t really know or like, ask me for something because I ask myself what I will get in return from them. I think the message here is, as Christians, we have to show more love towards our enemies, because that is one step closer to bringing them to Christ. Through our actions they may see that we are different, making it easier for us to share what Christianity is all about. Often times, people will reject what we say, but they probably won’t reject our kindness.