PONDER THIS

People are known by the enemies they have. Every now and then someone will say something like: “Oh Pastor Rogers, we love you so much. Everybody loves you.” When I hear this, I laugh because everybody doesn’t love me. And that doesn’t break my heart. I don’t expect to be loved by everybody, nor should you. We cannot be popular with a world that crucified our Lord. If His friends are our friends, His enemies are our enemies. That doesn’t mean we’re not to love our enemies. Jesus loved His enemies. He prayed for those who crucified Him. I don’t mean we are to be filled with hate and spite. But the reality is that some people are enemies of the cross of Jesus Christ. Paul said, “I tell you weeping that there are enemies” (Philippians 3:18, author paraphrase).

• Who would you classify as your enemies?
• What does it look like to practically love our enemies?

PRACTICE THIS

Take an inventory of your life. Where are you hating the things Christ hates? Where are you loving the things that He hates? What needs to change?

Our Identification with Christ

1 John 4:17

In this message, Adrian Rogers shares the spiritual and practical truth about our identification with Christ.

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Teach the Ten Commandments

It is never enough for you to say, “Because I said so.” You need to say, “Here’s what God teaches.”

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