Here in Matthew chapter 5, beside the famous beatitude passages, there are many teachings, promises, proclamations as well. As I was reading this chapter, it reminds me of this election season. What if Jesus is one of the candidates for the upcoming election? When He presented His teaching, promises and proclamation, how would I react to His message? How much would I take His Words into heart to digest, to ponder, to reject or to accept? In my life time, I have gone through many elections, not only US, but HK, Taiwan, China and many around the world. Did any of their promises and pledges came to fruition? Did they carry out their promises? Or any of their promises made the world any better or a country stronger? May be some, but definitely not all, or some of them even made our world more unsafe and morality plummets.
On the contrary, this chapter described
- The beatitudes
- Salt and Light
- Fulfillment of law
- Murder
- Adultery
- Divorce
- Oaths
- An eye for an eye
- Love for our enemies
I encourage you to read slowly these various passages and see the truth for each of these topics. Jesus's teaching has remain vibrant, relevant and true to this day.
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." (Psalms 119:105)
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