Scripture for Today | Luke 6:27-38 (with Jeff Sholar)

About this Episode

Opening Song:

Instrument of Peace by Isaac Wardell, Jessica Fox, Liz Vice, Orlando Palmer, and Paul Zach

Lyrics:

Lord make me

An instrument of peace

An instrument of peace

 

Where is there hatred let me sow love

Where there is darkness let me sow light

For in the giving we shall receive

And in the dying we’re given life

 

Lord make me

An instrument of peace

An instrument of peace 

 

Where there is sorrow let me sow hope

Where there is doubt let me sow faith

Where is injury your pardon give

Your consolation to those in pain

 

Lord make me

An instrument of peace

An instrument of peace

Passage: 

27   “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 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. 30 Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

32 “If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. 36 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

 

37 “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

 

(Luke 6:27–38 ESV)

 

Musical Reflection: 

Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 by J.S. Bach 

Reflection Notes: 

Bach’s well-known prelude spins out a series of modulations, almost imperceptible at first. The new harmonies continually unfold in a way that intrigues but never shocks.

Prayer:

O Lord, support us all the day long through this trouble-filled life, until

the shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world

is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in

your mercy grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at

the last.

Amen.