a "realstic approach to dealing with the material world?
2007-10-31 05:10:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The sermon on the mount gets to the heart of the matter, literally. Jesus fulfills the Old Covenant in in this matter-of-factly lesson. Prohibition to murder doesn't help dealing with the world. Prohibition to hatred does. Prohibition to adultery doesn't help dealing with the world. Prohibition to lust does. If I control my actions but don't control my heart, I'll go crazy. So yes, the sermon on the mount does provide a realistic approach to dealing with the material world.
2007-10-31 05:49:35 · answer #1 · answered by starfishltd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of it is practical advice; some of it is more a vision of how the world "ought" to be, but never has been.
The entire sermon is to be found in the Talmud, by the way; it's not original to "Jesus."
2007-10-31 05:18:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and I think it is the most beautiful words ever spoken.
2007-10-31 05:18:40 · answer #3 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋