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Originally Posted by alias Do you want to discuss the topic of the thread or do you want to post things not related to the topic like acidthoughts? | I've already answered that question twice now.
I'm not going to cater to you when you insist on changing the subject when you can't deal with the discussion.
I figured I'ld give you a taste of your own medicine ...
That, and prove a point about what "Christ" had to say...
And now, some "commentary" on what some Christians have to say on the discussed bible verse...
II. "BUT I SAY UNTO YOU."
A. What matters is the Spirit not the letter. 1. Whosoever is angry with his brother is in danger of the judgment.
2. We should not express feelings of contempt. "Whosoever shall say to his brother Racca (vain fellow)."a. Out of the heart proceeds evil thoughts, murders...
b. You can destroy a man's reputation. 3. Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.a. Expression of abuse.
b. Bitterness and hatred of heart expressing itself in words. 4. What about Christ's words of anger, "Ye fools and blind..." speaking as judge. B. Our attitude is not negative but positive. 1. Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar.
2. Take positive steps to set things right. C. Terrible danger of trying to balance evil with good behavior. Pharisees experts.
1. I Sam. 15 - SauI.
D. Agree with thine adversary. Blue Letter Bible - Commentaries
c. Whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: The teaching of the scribes and Pharisees ("You shall not murder") was true enough. Yet they also taught that anything short or murder might be allowed. Jesus corrects this, and makes it clear that it is not only those who commit the act of murder who are in danger of judgment. Those who have a murderous intent in the heart are also in danger of the judgment. i. Jesus exposes the essence of the scribes’ heresy. To them, the law was really only a matter of external performance, never the heart. Jesus brings the law back to the matters of the heart.
ii. We should emphasize that Jesus is not saying that anger is as bad as murder. It’s ridiculous to think that someone who shouts at another person in anger has sinned as badly as someone who murders another person in anger does. Jesus is emphasizing that the law condemns both, without saying that the law says they are the same things. c. And whoever says to his brother, "Raca!" shall be in danger of the council: To call someone "Raca" expressed contempt for their intelligence. Calling someone a fool showed contempt for their character. Either one broke the heart of the law against murder, even if it did not commit murder. i. Commentators have translated the idea behind Raca as "nitwit, blockhead, numbskull, bonehead, brainless idiot." Blue Letter Bible - Commentaries
Now alias, do you want to discuss only the pointless topic that you have brought forth, or do you want to discuss something with some teeth and significance? "(Gay marriage) is a debate about whether you think gay people are part of the human condition or just a random fetish."
-- Jon Stewart
"Please don't judge others by your own standards."
-- Garysher |