The Community of Love: The Sermon on the Mount
Much has been written and sung about love. From Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to Johnny Cash and Bob Dillan. To modern poets, writers and musicians. But what about Platonic love? What about love of neighbor. Well, pretty much the entire New Testament, and many parts of the Old Testament are about this kind of love. But it is summed up best in Jesus’ teachings and actions. In Luke 6, Jesus sums up what this kind of love looks like, “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love thos...