You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you
Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations
With God, all things are possible.
Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said wouldn't be a great moral teacher. He'd be either a lunatic on a level with a man who says he's a poached egg or else he'd be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.
This is the reality about humanity. We are each born with an evil, God-hating heart. Genesis 8: 21 says that every inclination of man's heart is evil from childhood, and Jesus' words in Luke 11: 13 assume that we know we are evil.
My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.
Throughout history humans have inflicted countless violent, cruel, and hurtful acts on each other, and continue to do so. Are they all to be condemned; are they all guilty? Or are those acts simply expressions of unconsciousness, an evolutionary stage that we are now growing out of? Jesus’ words, “Forgive them for they do not know what they do,” also apply to yourself.
One can't measure the life with its bitterness but with it's sweetness and sweetness is what one must find in Jesus Words
Jesus’ words are inseparable from his person. He himself is the message he proclaims.
If the distinction provided by Jesus' words: Give unto god, what is god's, and unto Caesar what is Caesar's! is carried through, then other necessary intrusions by the national state into the domain of church creeds can be completely avoided.
Nina Simone's music is incredibly honest. That's like saying, "Why does Jesus' word still stay around?" It's incredibly honest and it's good.
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