[image: Our Daily Bread] <http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=10&ms=MjY3MzgwNzcS1&r=NzgyMDAzNDM0MjcS1&b=0&j=OTAxNzI5NTUyS0&mt=1&rt=0> [image: Our Story] <http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=18&ms=MjY3MzgwNzcS1&r=NzgyMDAzNDM0MjcS1&b=0&j=OTAxNzI5NTUyS0&mt=1&rt=0> Changing Hearts
October 11, 2016 <http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=10&ms=MjY3MzgwNzcS1&r=NzgyMDAzNDM0MjcS1&b=0&j=OTAxNzI5NTUyS0&mt=1&rt=0> Read: Luke 6:27-36 <http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=7&ms=MjY3MzgwNzcS1&r=NzgyMDAzNDM0MjcS1&b=0&j=OTAxNzI5NTUyS0&mt=1&rt=0> Bible in a Year: Isaiah 37-38; Colossians 3 <http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=9&ms=MjY3MzgwNzcS1&r=NzgyMDAzNDM0MjcS1&b=0&j=OTAxNzI5NTUyS0&mt=1&rt=0> <http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=6&ms=MjY3MzgwNzcS1&r=NzgyMDAzNDM0MjcS1&b=0&j=OTAxNzI5NTUyS0&mt=1&rt=0> Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.—Luke 6:36 <http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=16&ms=MjY3MzgwNzcS1&r=NzgyMDAzNDM0MjcS1&b=0&j=OTAxNzI5NTUyS0&mt=1&rt=0> On the last day of the US Civil War, officer Joshua Chamberlain was in command of the Union army. His soldiers lined up on both sides of the road that the Confederate army had to march down in surrender. One wrong word or one belligerent act and the longed-for peace could be turned to slaughter. In an act as brilliant as it was moving, Chamberlain ordered his troops to salute their foe! No taunting here, no vicious words—only guns in salute and swords raised to honor. When Jesus offered His words about forgiveness in Luke 6, He was helping us understand the difference between people of grace and people without grace. Those who know His forgiveness are to be strikingly unlike everyone else. We must do what others think impossible: Forgive and love our enemies. Jesus said, “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” (v. 36). Imagine the impact in our workplaces and on our families if we were to embrace this principle. If a salute can make armies whole again, what power there must be in Christ’s grace reflected through us! Scripture gives evidence of this in Esau’s embrace of his deceitful brother (Gen. 33:4), in Zacchaeus’s joyful penance (Luke 19:1-10), and in the picture of a father racing to greet his prodigal son (Luke 15). With the grace of Christ, may we let this be the final day of bitterness and dispute between our enemies and us. —Randy Kilgore *Lord, we know how the gentle power of forgiveness can bring healing in relationships. Grant us the courage to end our conflicts by Your grace.* Anger almost always vanishes in the face of grace. *INSIGHT:* We often think of forgiving someone as no longer holding resentment for a past wrong. This is a central definition of *forgiveness* in the New Testament. However, Luke 6:34-35 records a different meaning, that of forgiving business loans. The understanding we gain from the Old Testament about forgiveness becomes central to the context for Jesus’s audience. *Yahweh*, Jehovah God, had mandated the Year of Jubilee, a seventh-year fiscal readjustment. During this time, indebted workers found financial relief. “In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own property” (Lev. 25:13). Scholars believe the Year of Jubilee had an impact on lending to needy farmers. When this time of forgiveness of loans became imminent, those with the means to lend money were reluctant to do so because they feared not receiving repayment. Dennis Fisher [image: Our Daily Bread Ministries] <http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=10&ms=MjY3MzgwNzcS1&r=NzgyMDAzNDM0MjcS1&b=0&j=OTAxNzI5NTUyS0&mt=1&rt=0> Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Our vision is to see people of all nations experiencing a personal relationship with Christ, growing to be more like Him, and serving in a local body of His family. To read today's *Our Daily Bread* online visit www.odb.org <http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=12&ms=MjY3MzgwNzcS1&r=NzgyMDAzNDM0MjcS1&b=0&j=OTAxNzI5NTUyS0&mt=1&rt=0> . Copyright © 2016, Our Daily Bread Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI 49555 USA. Written permission must be obtained from Our Daily Bread Ministries for any further posting or distribution. Scriptures taken from Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved. -- -- USE INCREDIMAIL ONLY IN THIS GROUP NO NUDITY ALLOWED --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "fiftiesoldiesmusicgroup" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fiftiesoldiesmusicgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
