Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress and I'm glad to serve as your Bible teacher every day on this great radio station on today's edition of Pathway to Victory.

Jesus said you have heard it said and I for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but I say whoever slapped you on the right cheek turned the other to him also.

Today our study on the sermon on the Mount has brought us to perhaps the most familiar but least understood passage. Let's look at these 11 verses. How do you deal with your enemies?

Welcome to Pathway to Victory with author and pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress.

When someone wrongs us, our natural response is to get mad and to get even, but Jesus prescribed a far different approach for dealing with our enemies, so different that many write it off as impractical.

Today on Pathway to Victory Dr. Robert Jeffress teaches us to turn the other cheek when we're struck by injustice.

Now here's our Bible teacher to introduce today's message. Dr. Jeffress?

David and welcome again to Pathway to Victory. Jesus was a masterful teacher. He was also a magnificent storyteller. He was succinct and captivating.

And, gratefully, he spoke in terms anyone could understand about issues that confront us all. Is it any surprise that his famous sermon on the Mount has endured generations as the most powerful message ever preached?

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It will help you understand the pearls of wisdom that Jesus shared with us, with the sole purpose of applying these gems to your daily life. Jesus spoke with boldness and practicality about issues such as dealing with your enemies, managing your money, and how to enjoy a pure and fulfilling marriage.

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David will repeat these details later, and he'll give our complete contact information as well.

But right now, let's turn in our Bibles to Matthew chapter 5 as we continue to examine the masterful sermon on the Mount.

I titled today's message straight talk about your enemies.

Today, we're going to look at some straight talk from the Savior about how to deal with our enemies.

If you have your Bibles turned to Matthew chapter 5, Matthew chapter 5, how do you deal with your enemies?

Verses 38 to verse 42, Jesus said, first of all, we're to release our rights and not retaliate.

And then in verses 43 to 47, he says, we are to love rather than hate.

Let's start with, release, don't retaliate.

Verse 38, you have heard it said, and then he quotes from Exodus 21, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

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