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1 | "Be ye perfect." | Matt 5:48 | keliy | 214599 | ||
Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees and demonstrating God's standard of righteousness. The Pharisees taught that they should love those near and dear to them, but that Israel's enemies were to be hated. This implied that that their hatred was a means of God's judgment. God was not going to lower His standard to accommodate this audience, so He set forth His absolute holiness as the standard. Though the human race will never be able to attain this standard, when we place our faith and trust in God, then His righteousness can be reproduced in our lives. Lord bless, keliy |
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2 | "Be ye perfect." | Matt 5:48 | Searcher56 | 214605 | ||
God's day to you, keliy, Matthew 5:1 says There were crowds ... and He began the Sermon on the Mount. There may have been Pharisees, I doubt it based on verse 20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven" ... This is the 5th "You have heard ... but I say to you." Dealing with love/hate. Verse 48 should never be taken out of context, as with any other verse. God's love is perfect is because He loves His enemies. Searcher |
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3 | "Be ye perfect." | Matt 5:48 | keliy | 214608 | ||
Thank you Searcher, for the correction of my blunder. Yes, it was the multitudes that flocked to Jesus, but the Pharisees are not mentioned here. Actually I should have wrote that Jesus was speaking 'of' the Pharisees, and not 'to' them. The only standard of righteousness that the Jews would have known about during that time was the standard that was being taught by the Scribes and Pharisees. The foremost question in the mind of the Jews of the day would likely have been, "Am I righteous enough to enter God's kingdom?' Jesus was answering the question, and correcting the current teaching of the religious leaders, who may or may not have been actually present. Good eye, Searcher. I stand corrected. keliy |
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