TTP #199 | Can You Love the Unlovable with Danielle Zapchenk

The Parable Podcast with Danielle Zapchenk

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What’s the big deal if you love people who already love you? That’s the question Jesus posed to those who gathered to listen to him in Luke chapter six. Today, I would love to share one of my recent messages from our home church, from a series called Questions Jesus Asked. Next week we are back with my 200th episode, we can’t even believe it, THANK YOU! Please enjoy this message wherever it may find you today.

Sermon Notes:Jesus said, "What’s the big deal if you love people who already love you?" Luke 6:32-35

Choosing to love the unlovable… that’s the big deal.

If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer the other cheek too. Luke 6:29

“When we learn to live out the Scriptures the way Jesus lived out the Scriptures, our lives will begin to reflect his Kingdom way of radical love. This counter cultural life will often require us to do the opposite of our natural instincts—instincts that, left unchecked, will only continue to lead to more of the same polarizing, divisive, relationally messed-up stuff we’ve been experiencing. If we don’t choose the opposite, we’ll stay stuck in the same patterns and places we keep finding ourselves.Family conversations will remain stifled or fall silent, crippled by the fear of triggering reactions. Friendships will continue to disintegrate as unacknowledged wrongs and unforgiven wounds destroy trust. The most vulnerable among us will continue to suffer while we look the other way and shrink back from getting involved. We will continue to live in the shallows of spiritual maturity, leaving one church after another in search of a place where everyone thinks just like us. We can choose that way. Or we can choose the opposite way of the Kingdom and follow Jesus.”
Tammy Melchein – Choosing the Opposite

“If you want to be extraordinary, love your enemies! Luke 6:35

Excerpt read from The Lives We Actually Have by Kate Bowler

Reflection Questions:

1. Who is someone that kept coming into your head during this podcast, and how can you pray for them?

2. Has there been a relationship God has redeemed for you in the past?

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