The Love Challenge #Supernatural

“For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?—-Mt.5:46 Here’s the challenge: it is easy to love those that treat you nice, affirm, encourage, and forgive you. Anyone can do that. Jesus is calling for his followers to be above that. You see, God loved us first. He loved us while we were yet sinners. He loved those that cursed and persecuted him. That is not a natural love; it is a supernatural love. —- God will reward you for loving those that do not repay your kindness. God will reward you for loving the unlovable. Believe it or not, tax collectors had a worse reputation back in Jesus’ day than today. Many of them took extortion to the next level as they ripped off the population. Jesus said that if you only love those that love you in return, then your love is equal to that of a tax collector. In other words you have not truly expressed the kind of love God wants to see from Jesus’ followers. —- What person or people group are you having a hard time loving right now? Check yourself, because that is what Jesus is talking about. Note how Jesus treated those who arrested him. Re-read his attitude towards others while on the cross. —- This kind of love isn’t popular, yet it is what the Savior calls for.