{"id":46172,"date":"2025-04-06T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theme-dev.cmsmasters.net\/church-main\/sermon\/so-that-whoever-believes-in-me-may-not-remain-in-darkness\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:28:31","slug":"chasing-jesus-the-great-challenge","status":"publish","type":"sermon","link":"https:\/\/redemptionvalleychurch.org\/thechurch\/blog\/sermon\/chasing-jesus-the-great-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"CHASING JESUS: The Great Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46172\" class=\"elementor elementor-46172\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e151e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30e151e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463d0d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"463d0d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sermon Notes<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b1a59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79b1a59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Luke 6:27-36 ESV<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be05e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0be05e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"610\"><strong data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"136\">27<\/strong> \u201cBut I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,<br data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"217\" \/><strong data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"225\">28<\/strong> bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.<br data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"285\" \/><strong data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"293\">29<\/strong> 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.<br data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"429\" data-is-only-node=\"\" \/><strong data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"437\">30<\/strong> Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.<br data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"540\" \/><strong data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"548\">31<\/strong> And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.<\/p><p data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"610\"><strong style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--cmsmasters-body-bg-color); color: var(--cmsmasters-colors-text); font-family: var(--cmsmasters-base-font-family); font-size: var(--cmsmasters-base-font-size); font-style: var(--cmsmasters-base-font-style); letter-spacing: var(--cmsmasters-base-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--cmsmasters-base-text-transform); word-spacing: var(--cmsmasters-base-word-spacing);\" data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"623\">32<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--cmsmasters-body-bg-color); color: var(--cmsmasters-colors-text); font-family: var(--cmsmasters-base-font-family); font-size: var(--cmsmasters-base-font-size); font-style: var(--cmsmasters-base-font-style); font-weight: var(--cmsmasters-base-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--cmsmasters-base-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--cmsmasters-base-text-transform); word-spacing: var(--cmsmasters-base-word-spacing);\"> \u201cIf you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"1207\"><strong data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"739\">33<\/strong> And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.<br data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"849\" \/><strong data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"857\">34<\/strong> And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? 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