Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 5:38-48
by: Dale Rood.
The standards for order in relationships that are set for us as followers of Jesus are higher than the standards for the general community. More is expected of us as followers of Jesus. We have discovered that, while love is the bottom line for our relationships, rules can be helpful in applying the specifics of love. Here we find that the specifics Jesus applied have a higher standard: turning the other cheek, loving your enemies, doing good to those who hate you. Jesus was saying that the love we as Christians manifest should stand above what the community around us is doing.