Bible Lesson: Prayers Of Jesus:
Jesus Prayed For His
Enemies.
Location: Calvary
Lesson: We Must Pray For Our
Enemies.
Bible Text:
Luke 23:34 KJV
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive
them; for they know not what they do. And they parted His raiment,
and cast lots.
Even while His enemies were killing
Him, Jesus prayed for them.
“Love,” its what sets Christian
people separate from all others.
There are people who kill those who do
not believe as they do, people they consider their enemies.
Christian's love their enemies.
Matthew 5:38-48 KJV (Jesus)
38 Ye have heard that it hath been
said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye
resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek,
turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at
the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee
to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and
from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been
said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, 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;
45 That ye may be the children of
your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the
evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love
you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren
only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Love, God's Way:
Jeremiah 31:3 KJV
The Lord hath appeared of old unto
me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love:
therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.
John 3:16-18 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that
He gave His Only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might
be saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of God.
Romans 5:8 KJV
But God commendeth His love toward
us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
I Corinthians
13:13 NLT
Three things will last
forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
Galatians
5:6,22,23 KJV
6 For in Jesus Christ neither
circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which
worketh by love.
22 But the fruit of The Spirit is
love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against
such there is no law.
Ephesians 2:4,5 KJV
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for
His great love wherewith He loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Ephesians
3:17-19 KJV
17 That Christ may dwell in your
hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with
all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ,
which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness
of God.
Ephesians 5:1,2
KJV
1 Be ye therefore followers of God,
as dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also
hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a
sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.
Colossians 3:14
KJV
Above all, clothe yourselves with
love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
I John 3:1 KJV
Behold, what manner of love The
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of
God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.
I John 4:8,16 KJV
8 He that loveth not knoweth not
God; for God is love.
16 And we have known and believed
the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in
love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
