Intro

• What is the best thing to do when you getting your lights punched out? There are two answers you need.

Body

• Both answers you need are found in Luke 6:29 
  • “ 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.”
• It is worth noting that this passage is similar to Matt 5:39-40
  • But Matthew speaks of someone taking your things through legal maneuvers
  • But Luke uses words with a violent tone. 
  • Words like strike you, hit you, slaps you.
• Luke 6.29 is about being punched, Beaten, bashed, clobbered or pounded.
  • And then about losing their valuables
    • In Jesus day those were the outer coat and then their shirt.
    • Today, it might be your cell phone, wallet or purse, cash, or credit cards
• So Jesus gives us answer #1
  • Do NOT resist.
  • Do not fight back.
  • Do not scuffle or tussle
  • Why? Jesus doesn’t want you to be injured.
  • You may be beaten and bruised, but you can recover from this
    • If you defy or put up a fight, you can wind up in a hospital or worse, the morgue.
• And then there is answer #2
  • Instead of resisting, be cooperative. 
  • Give them whatever THING they want
  • Jesus said,
    • “Offer the other…”
    • “Do not withhold…”
  • Jesus is reminding us not to be too attached to the THINGS of this world.
  • His answers are based on what is really important.
    • The things of this world can always be replaced
• • • • THINGS are disposable
      • Your driver’s license can be replaced
      • Your credit Cards, can be cancelled and replaced
      • The worst is should be is a major inconvenience.
      • 1 John 3:15 it is written “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Surviving such an encounter is more important than being a hero.