Was Jesus instiuting his new will for to take place or was he trying to bring these people back to what the Law really had to say about it.
2006-12-26 09:09:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There were NO CHRISTIANS during Jesus' lifetime. His ministry, as explicitly stated in the Gospels, was to Israel, to Jews LIVING UNDER THE LAW, so his teachings should be interpreted from that point of view, NOT lifted out of their place and time and FALSELY applied to people today.
... Jesus' MINISTRY was NOT to start something new. After his death / sacrifice, THEN something new started. The PRIMARY point in Matthew 5 is an 'upside-down' look at the popular conceptions of that day. Jesus points out things that were misinterpreted by the leaders of that time, and often misinterpreted today... The one who is "blessed" is NOT the rich, self righteous, prominent... person of that time, but the one that recognized himself as SPIRITUALLY DESTITUTE AND HOPELESS WITHOUT GOD'S HELP.
2006-12-26 09:18:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus had no will other than that of His Father. He never strayed from the law. His life was spent teaching people the true way to gain acceptance from the Father and not to follow the different ways that others were teaching at that time. Before the death of Jesus the people offered repentance at the alter where then they hoped to receive forgiveness. His death provided the way to salvation for each man, no matter how far away from the law we were before we came to know Him. Once we know Him we are obligated to follow the Laws of God. The very minute we recognize we have strayed from the laws, we must ask Jesus for forgiveness and offer repentance.
2006-12-26 09:33:52 · answer #2 · answered by rezany 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't get stuck in one chapter. If you look at the full ministry of Jesus, you will see that he was clearing the path to be done with the old law, becoming the new law himself. In Mark 1:14-15 Jesus came preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. That gospel is defined in 1Corinthians 15:1-4 as the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus according to the scriptures/prophets. There is then given many witnesses to seeing Jesus after he rose again. He even ate meals with people. The difference in him after resurrection was that he was flesh and bone. No blood. He sprinkled his blood on the alter of God in heaven so there would be no more need of sacrifices. Hope this helps. God Bless
2006-12-26 09:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Jewish people had made a bunch of laws about everything. Jesus came to show them that the law of God wasn't about how far you could walk on the Sabbath day but that you spend that day doing good. The jews were sooooooooooo scared about breaking God's law that they left God out of the equation all together.
2006-12-26 09:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by I-o-d-tiger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was taking the Law, and showing what it really meant. Yes we shall not murder, but on an even higher level, we should not be angry with people, and hold grudges. Instead of just love your neighbor, love your enemies as well, and pray for them. Jesus is God's gift of love, Jesus came to teach us about this Love, and to show forgiveness, and compassion. We are still to uphold the Law, but also uphold it on Jesus's end, with love and compassion.
2006-12-26 09:16:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little of both maybe? He makes the point of directing people back to the old laws, while also instituting new ones, and then making the point that not one law is worse to break than another.
2006-12-26 09:13:47 · answer #6 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus, in the sermon on the mount, was laying the ground rules for Christianity. Judaism had become cluttered by the 'laws' of religious people who meant well, but who had become so focused on the 'rules' that they no longer saw people as valuable. They overlooked the poor, they were vengeful and hateful, all in the name of religion. He was trying to take them back to the way God meant it to be in the first place. He teaches them to love even their enemies....and that was a totally foreign spiritual concept to them. He tells them to be perfect, as God is perfect....in other words, if you are going to strive for spiritual perfection, don't do it according to the old system of laws and rules... but according to the One who gave the laws...God himself.
2006-12-26 09:21:09 · answer #7 · answered by rejoiceinthelord 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was trying to expound the law. The law is to restrain evil, He was trying to show it was for the doing of right, not just avoiding obvious wrongs that will get you caught by others.
2006-12-26 09:17:51 · answer #8 · answered by Bre 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both - good observation.
He taught about himself but the bottom line is accrdance with the Law as well was love God and your neighbor with all your heart.
2006-12-26 09:15:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋