Sermons on know your enemy:

Pray For Your Enemies Series

Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on May 20, 2008

This message looks at Jesus’ first teaching on prayer. It is part of His great Sermon on the Mount.

TEXT “Pray for them which despitefully use you”. INTRODUCTION We will have enemies as we take our stand for Jesus. How should we respond? We should pray for them. Pray for those who have a spite against you. Pray for those who harass you. To do this is not natural, it is supernatural. Only with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:44

Peace With Your Enemies

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Dec 19, 2018

A study in the book of 1 Chronicles 18: 1 – 17

1 Chronicles 18: 1 – 17 Peace with your enemies 18 After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. 2 Then he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought tribute. 3 And David ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 18:1

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Love Your Enemies!

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 11, 2014

Love Your Enemies! (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMONOUTLINE: • THREE MISTAKES THE JEWISH LEADERS MADE; • Mistake #1: They qualified God’s law. • Mistake #2: They omitted God’s law. • Mistake #3: They added to God’s law. • THREE TRUTHS THAT JESUS EMPHASISED: • Fact #1: Love is a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Denomination: Brethren

Love Your Enemies Series

Contributed by Justin Miller on Aug 31, 2011

1. Today we’re covering one of the most counter-culture passages in all of the Bible.

1. Today we’re covering one of the most counter-culture passages in all of the Bible. Really it’s the teaching that separates Christianity from everything else. In Matthew 5:38-48, Jesus has the nerve, the audacity to command us to let go of our need for revenge and to love our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love Your Enemies? Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Sep 27, 2011

This message is the second in a series that deals with some of the difficult sayings of Jesus. This message deals with Jesus’ call to love your enemies.

Sometimes we hear something that sounds so unreasonable our response is, “You have got to be kidding.” I believe in our text we encounter Jesus saying something that really sounds unreasonable. In fact this statement goes against what we consider to be reasonable. This statement goes against ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-44

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Understanding Your Enemy Series

Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Nov 24, 2003

Sermon in series Spiritual Warfare

Understanding Your Enemy - Sermon 1 Series: The Challenger and the Challenge Ephesians 6:10-12 1. The Devil a. The devil is (John 8:44) a murder from the beginning. There is no truth in him - father of all lies. b. He does not have horns and carry a fork, but probably is in a gray suit and is very ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-12

Denomination: Baptist

Love Your Enemies

Contributed by Angelos Y. Pomevo on Feb 23, 2025

…And now, as if that's not enough, Jesus is instructing us to take it a step further and love our enemies.

As believers, we have been given laws and commandments to live by and obey. We have been instructed to love the Lord our God and to love our neighbor. Despite our best efforts, we still struggle to love our neighbor. And now, as if that's not enough, Jesus is instructing us to take it a step ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-38

Defeating Your Enemies Series

Contributed by Greg Addison on Jul 17, 2007

David defeating Goliath is a uiversal lesson that teaches all of us how to defeat our worst enemies - Satan, sin, and self.

Defeating your Enemies INTRODUCTION Most great heroes are defined by the enemies that they defeat. Just listen to the name of these heroes and see if their enemies do not come readily to mind: Batman (Joker, Penguin, Riddler); Superman (Lex Luthor); Flash Gordon (Ming the Merciless). The list ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-58

Denomination: Baptist

Understanding Your Enemy

Contributed by Bishop(Dr) Sola Adetunji on Oct 2, 2013

The Enemy you don't understand will deal with you.This is a point by point analysis of who your enemies are and how to relate with them.

Then cheapest way to fall in Christendom is to remain without understanding. Lack of understanding keeps people in bondage John 8:320 Prayer is no substitute for it, fasting has its place but you can’t use it to displace understanding. Prov 16:12—Literally, understanding issues out life ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 4:14, Hosea 4:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Faith And Your Enemy

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jul 9, 2024

Today we take a step further in our faith and hopefully learn how to use our faith when confronted by our enemy.

Today we take a step further in our faith and hopefully learn how to use our faith when confronted by our enemy. Do you know who or what I am referring to when I say “enemy?” Satan? Yes. Of course and the sin that he entices us into. You notice each Sunday at the end of the children's ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Destroying Your Enemy

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 8, 2012

Obeying Jesus’ command to love our enemies doesn’t come naturally, however. Often our first response is to retaliate. The best way - the Christ-like way - to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend! To melt an enemy, try the warmth of love.

Opening illustration: There is a story told of two shopkeepers. Their stores were across the street from each other, and the two had a bitter rivalry. One day an angel came to one of the shopkeepers and said, “The Lord has sent me to tell you that you may have one wish. Whatever you ask for, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Loving Your Enemies Series

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Jul 24, 2011

Loving those who are unloveable and unloving.

Redemptive Relationships “Loving Your Enemies” Matthew 5:43-48 Matthew 5:43 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 ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Denomination: Baptist

Love Your Enemies Series

Contributed by Duncan Hamilton on May 2, 2016

A sermon inspired by the book For The Glory by Duncan Hamilton.

Text: Matthew 5:38-47 In Duncan Hamilton’s biography For the Glory, we learn that Scotsman Eric Liddell’s greatest challenge came, not when his convictions about racing on Sunday during the 1924 Olympics were tested, but when he served as a missionary in China amid the Japanese ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-47

Denomination: *other

Love Your Enemies Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Apr 10, 2005

Christ-followers seek to model His character when others choose to harm or humiliate us.

(adapted from Southeast Christian Church’s series: Living a Life of Integrity"0 SERIES: “WORDS OF WISDOM FOR KINGDOM LIVING” TEXT: MATTHEW 5:38-48 TITLE: “LOVE YOUR ENEMIES” INTRODUCTION: A. A truck driver is sitting in a crowded roadside diner ready to eat his lunch. It’s not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Your Enemies?

Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002

Responding to Sept 11th and a (minor) break-in to our church building, this sermon focuses on how live Jesus’ call to do unto others as we would have them do to us.

Today we celebrate All Saints Day, when we honor those well-known saints of the church. And All Saints Day also helps us to recall those faithful departed who have gone before, people who have died in the faith from this congregation and in our lives. But All Saints Day also serves as a reminder ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:20-31

Denomination: Lutheran