Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2023 11:53:09 GMT
Lets continue reading the Sermon on the Mount uttered by the Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is the most famous sermon Jesus ever gave, perhaps the most famous sermon ever given by anyone.
Jesus changed or calcelled some laws of God: 1) stoning was canceled. 2) diatery or food laws are not applicable to Christians. 3) observation of laws like the Sabbath is cancelled. 4) circumcision for christians is canceled and forbidden. But Jesus gave us many new laws/commands to implement. Lets continue consideration of them now:
Matthew 6:25-34 - Do not worry
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Jesus said here that we should seek first his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Jesus commands us here to live a righteous life.
Matthew 7:1-6 - Do not judge hypocritically
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Jesus said here that we should judge the church but we should get rid of the same sins in which we condemn others because God will start the judgement from the Church of God or christians. Do not preach to dogs and pigs because they can trample your pearls under their feet and tear you to pieces. Preach looking for those who deserve that or who looks for God. Avoid dogs and pigs. Not all will be saved anyway. Only a small number of Christians will enter the Kingdom of God.
Matthew 7:7-12 - Ask, Seek, Knock
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Jesus said here that we should do such good deeds to all, what we want for ourselves. If we will do such good deeds then we will be holy fulfilling actually what God said in the Law and what prophets taught.
Matthew 7:13-14 - The Narrow Gate
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Jesus said here that only a few will inherit the Kingdom of God. It is difficult even for a righteous man to enter the Kingdom of God.
Jesus changed or calcelled some laws of God: 1) stoning was canceled. 2) diatery or food laws are not applicable to Christians. 3) observation of laws like the Sabbath is cancelled. 4) circumcision for christians is canceled and forbidden. But Jesus gave us many new laws/commands to implement. Lets continue consideration of them now:
Matthew 6:25-34 - Do not worry
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Jesus said here that we should seek first his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Jesus commands us here to live a righteous life.
Matthew 7:1-6 - Do not judge hypocritically
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Jesus said here that we should judge the church but we should get rid of the same sins in which we condemn others because God will start the judgement from the Church of God or christians. Do not preach to dogs and pigs because they can trample your pearls under their feet and tear you to pieces. Preach looking for those who deserve that or who looks for God. Avoid dogs and pigs. Not all will be saved anyway. Only a small number of Christians will enter the Kingdom of God.
Matthew 7:7-12 - Ask, Seek, Knock
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Jesus said here that we should do such good deeds to all, what we want for ourselves. If we will do such good deeds then we will be holy fulfilling actually what God said in the Law and what prophets taught.
Matthew 7:13-14 - The Narrow Gate
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Jesus said here that only a few will inherit the Kingdom of God. It is difficult even for a righteous man to enter the Kingdom of God.