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(Created page with "{{bl| Beatitutes }} Reed K MerinoAuthor Top contributor Bob Jones But when He taught the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), He was addressing His DISCIPLES (5:1-2; Luke 6:20), which means it was NOT parabolic talk, but part of the process in which He was explaining things clearly for His disciples (Mark 4:34). So, for example, "turning the other cheek" means PRECISELY what it sounds like - no retaliation, which is the way that all the earliest Christians understood, tau...") |
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:1. Everything in the NT has a foundation in the OT. | :1. Everything in the NT has a foundation in the OT. | ||
:2. One cannot understand scripture unless it is read as Jesus taught on the road to Emmaus. It all speaks of him. | :2. One cannot understand scripture unless it is read as Jesus taught on the road to Emmaus. It all speaks of him. | ||
:3. The Gospels capture the teaching of the apostles n the Jewish church at 10-15 year intervals. | :3. The Gospels capture the teaching of the apostles n the Jewish church at 10-15 year intervals. They differ, because with time they learned to read the scripture the way Jesus taught on the road to Emmaus, aided by the Holy Spirit. They through the gospels over the fence to the Greek church which did not wish to read Hebrew. | ||
:4. When Jesus taught the disciples, they did not understand, and they forgot. They required the Holy Spirit to remind them and lead them in truth. | :4. When Jesus taught the disciples, they did not understand, and they forgot. They required the Holy Spirit to remind them and lead them in truth. | ||
:5. The disciples did not get saved by teaching before the cross. Even their teaching was insufficient to save them. | :5. The disciples did not get saved by teaching before the cross. Even their teaching was insufficient to save them. | ||
Concerning the | Concerning the Beatitudes. | ||
It is wonderful that people understand the plain teaching. This does not negate the fact that it all speaks of Christ... ALSO. The reason it is there is not to make people better people by nice teaching, but because the disciples remembered it, and saw that it spoke of Christ. | It is wonderful that people understand the plain teaching. This does not negate the fact that it all speaks of Christ... ALSO. The reason it is there is not to make people better people by nice teaching, but because the disciples remembered it, and saw that it spoke of Christ. | ||
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When the leper is fully covered with leprosy from head to toe, he is declared clean. When Jesus fully bore our sin, he shed it in resurrection. | When the leper is fully covered with leprosy from head to toe, he is declared clean. When Jesus fully bore our sin, he shed it in resurrection. | ||
The leper goes through a ceremony similar to consecrating a priest. In resurrection, Jesus became our high priest. | The leper goes through a ceremony similar to consecrating a priest. In resurrection, Jesus became our high priest. | ||
Each beatitude teaches a simple lesson, bit ALSO speaks of Christ in the prophetic riddle. Jesus was NOT a moralist, but a savior. | |||
