Sermons on Love Of Enemies:

Love One Another/Love Not The World Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Aug 8, 2006

God calls us to show love towards people in the world while at the same time renouncing the world. Viewed as people, the world must be loved; viewed as a corrupt system opposed to God, the world is not to be loved.

Sermon Series on First John, “Collecting Evidence of Faith” “Love one another/Love not the world”, 2:7-17 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Love, the Mark of the Believer, 7-11… “Dear friends, I am not writing a new command…” What John’s saying is ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:7-17

Denomination: Congregational

With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Aug 5, 2010

How Job's friends show us both the wrong way and the right way to help a friend who is suffering.

INTRODUCTION This is the fifth study in the teaching series from Job called “Turning Tears into Telescopes.” This message is entitled “With Friends Like These—Who Needs Enemies?” Since I grew up in Alabama, the birthplace of rednecks, I got a real chuckle out of the ...read more

Scripture: Job 2:11-13, Job 2:11

Denomination: Baptist

Love God & Your Neighbor Series

Contributed by Mark Haines on Oct 12, 2001

An inductive message that seeks to eliminate inadequate answers to the question “How can I know God is working in my life?” As a result, individuals prompted by the Holy Spirit will pray at the altar rail to receive God’s help in order to love Him with a

Purpose: to be the Holy Spirit’s second witness calling God’s people in my care to love God and their neighbors. Visual Illustration: “Stone Tablets” marked I and II for the two greatest commandments. Key Question: How can I know God is working in my life? 1. Some people suggest looking for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Mark 12:28-34

Denomination: Wesleyan

"Uncovering The Lie: Face To Face With The Enemy Within" Series

Contributed by Keith Manry on Mar 11, 2003

The language of sin and evil are a lost language in society and even in the church today. In an attempt to build people up we neglect our responsibility to speak the truth about the nature of these two words which the Biblical writers found extremely impo

In 1960, Israeli undercover agents orchestrated the daring kidnapping of one of the worst of the Holocaust’s masterminds, Adolf Eichmann. After capturing him in his South American hideout, they transported him to Israel to stand trial. There, prosecutors called a string of former concentration camp ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-10, Romans 5:12

Denomination: Methodist

Love Fully

Contributed by Richard Papafio on Jan 10, 2018

Love fully to the end, don't hold unforgiveness or hate in your heart. Let go off issues and be free

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: LOVE FULLY John 13:1King James Version (KJV) 13 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto ...read more

Denomination: Charismatic

An Appeal Of Love Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 30, 2009

There are many church, synagogue & mosque members today devoted to rituals & rule-keeping. They are living in religious bondage. They need to hear that spiritual freedom is possible only through the grace of God in Jesus Christ.

GALATIANS 4:8-20 AN APPEAL OF LOVE The conclusion reached in verse 7 is that those who have received the Spirit are now sons and heirs of God. Paul now tells the Galatians they are not acting like heirs of God! So he asks them if they prefer slavery or freedom, legalism or the Spirit? Did ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:8-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Prayer Of Love Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 14, 2021

John 17 is the longest prayer of Jesus in the entire Gospels. It's sometimes referred to as Christ's High Priestly prayer... but I regard that as being a far too sterile description of what is truly Jesus' prayer of love for His bride.

Children have very simple views of life… and of love. The following are children’s views on the topic of love. A 7 year old said – “If falling love is anything like learning how to spell, I don’t want to do it. It takes too long.” A 5 year old boy – “Once I’m in kindergarten, I’m going to find me ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When Your Memories Become Your Enemies

Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Sep 3, 2009

Do you live in the past? Jesus said, "No one who has put their hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of heaven." Why is looking back dangerous? Let’s explore it together.

When Your Memories Become Your Enemies: Learn To Look To Jesus INTRODUCTION I want to talk with you today on the subject: WHEN YOUR MEMORIES BECOME YOUR ENEMIES Did you know that your mind is one of God’s greatest creations? That’s why the mind is a terrible thing to waste, because God created ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:62

Denomination: Baptist

The Second Command: Love Others

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on May 3, 2021

A second great command is issued by Jesus Christ in the gospels: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself?

John 13:34 (ESV) says “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” Christianity in it's essence is all about relationship between God and man. This relationship is cultivated through love exchanged between God and man. ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34, Matthew 22:39, Mark 12:31, Luke 10:27

Denomination: Salvation Army

All For One And One For All

Contributed by Fred Sigle on Mar 7, 2007

We Christians are on the same side. We serve the same God. We fight the same enemy. Yet, we can’t always get along because of what Charles Swindoll calls the "Me Mentality".

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL (Gleaned from writings by Charles Swindoll) A. Philippians 2:1-11 (READ) B. One lesson that should be SCREAMING out at us from Paul’s description of the church as being the “BODY OF CHRIST,” is that WE are to be UNITED--WE are in this TOGETHER! 1. Not too many years ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Have I Loved My Neighbor As Myself?

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 6, 2010

Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan exposes how much we have failed to love our neighbors, but Jesus’ didn’t fail. Only his perfect love can cover our failures and save us.

Text: Luke 10:25-37 Theme: Have I Loved My Neighbor As Myself? A. I’m unable to justify myself B. I’ve failed to love my enemy, but Jesus didn’t fail C. I’ve failed in sacrificial love, but Jesus didn’t fail D. I’ve failed in tireless love, but Jesus didn’t fail Season: Pentecost 8c Date: ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Lutheran

A Love For The Ages

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Feb 11, 2021

Today's message is given on Valentine's Day, and it looks at God's valentine's card for us revealing His incredible, unbelievable, frightening, limitless, and uncommon love for us.

Valentine’s Day Service “A Love for the Ages” ** Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNtpPrkt4kA Introduction For centuries, if not millenniums, people have been looking for love. And if I could borrow the lyrics and title from an old country western song, they’ve been looking for love in all ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:3, Romans 5:8, Romans 8:38-39, 1 John 3:1, John 3:16, Ephesians 3:17-18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Foursquare

Love's Memorial

Contributed by Ed Wood on Nov 1, 2006

A Lord’s Supper Devotional to be used before communion.

LOVE’S MEMORIAL 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 INTRO: The immediate setting for the first observance of the Lord=s Supper was the Jewish Passover. This was an annual feast of remembrance. Its purpose was to com¬memorate the passing over by the death angel of Jewish families in Egypt, prior to the Exodus. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: Baptist

Love Not The World

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Jan 15, 2025

The 'world' Christians are exhorted not to love is the carnal and corrupted state of the earth. We live on earth but are not part of the corrupt system of the world.

TEXT: 1 John 2:15-17 (NLT) "Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and ...read more

Scripture: John 2:15-17, John 15:18-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Echo Of Love

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Feb 16, 2010

God’s love enables us to love Him back and to love others.

The Echo of Love Intro: God’s love echoes through history like the reverberating rumble of thunder across a majestic mountain range. However, unlike the diminishing thunder, the echo of God’s love continues loud and strong for those who will listen. Just as sound waves can either be ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:6-10

Denomination: Assembly Of God