John,
You say, "In the Sermon on the Mount, we have Christ presenting a prayer
that is nowhere repeated in scripture". However, it IS presented in an
ancient jewish test called the "Euchalogues"! Jesus may have been
paraphrasing, rephrasing, or summarizing it. What do you think?
http://home.comcast.net/~cpl2602/lp.html
Perry
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Bill (and anyone who wants to venture a guess):
In the Sermon on the Mount, we have Christ presenting a prayer that is
nowhere repeated in scripture; we have an appeal to action that no one
takes literally (cutting off the hand and plucking out the eye); we have
cultural demands (walking the second mile, giving your cloak also, ) that
were probably viewed with the same surprise as the suggestion of cutting
off the hand; we have a "correction " of the Mosaic law on divorce; we
have new definition on hate and murder; we have His amendment on "an eye
for eye" ---- a part of the Mosaic law; we have his choice that prayer
be done privately ----------------------------- with all this in mind
(and I could go on and on) what is Christ really trying to do with
sermon? How do these words ( of Christ ) relate to any discussion of law
and grace? Does the Cross and the soteriolgical events associated with
that circumstance have any bearing on the words of The Sermon? If we
"reject" the cutting off of the hand because it does not seem to be a
reasonable conclus
ion -- what is the role of "reasonableness" in the receiving of this
Sermon?
John
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