Let’s look at this last thought that Jesus shares with us about murder and anger: It is very practical advice to resolve our differences with our enemies or those who make us angry before their anger causes more trouble….indeed……before OUR anger causes more trouble! Jesus is amazin
The Pharisees were teaching that the command against murder, referred JUST to the taking another person’s life. They read this law and not having literally murdered anyone, they felt righteous. Scripture DOES tell us that murderers were subject to judgment (to death) through legal proceedings also d
As we will see in the coming weeks Jesus will say six times, “You have heard that it was said, but I say to you”. What Jesus is telling us is that His teaching goes beyond what the Ten Commandments and the Torah say (The Torah is the name for the Hebrew “Law”). Jesus was set
A few days ago we heard Jesus say that the righteousness of His people must exceed that of the Pharisees. Who were the Pharisees? The Pharisees were the religious leaders of Jesus day that often lived in hypocritical ways. The Pharisees were EXTERNALLY correct and appeared to be God’s people. What J
We are continuing this journey–this journey into the heart of Jesus’ message–a message we commonly call “The Sermon on the Mount”. Jesus was preparing his listeners THEN and is preparing us NOW for some very strong teachings; again, I call this “the truth upside down
Do you live by the letter of the law, or the heart of the law? What’s the difference? If we live the Beatitudes, these attitudes in our heart, our inner being, the Ten Commandments, The Law, will be NO problem and our “standard of righteousness” WILL exceed that of those who live b