Verifying my statement that the Sermon on the Mount is NOT out of alignment with the rest of scripture as JD claims. iz
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Perry Locke Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] A question for our resident scholar 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 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] A question for our resident scholar >Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:07:29 -0500 > > > > > >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 ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
