Posted on 04/13/2022 4:19:00 PM PDT by metmom
“‘You have heard that the ancients were told, “You shall not commit murder” and “Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.” But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court’” (Matthew 5:21–22).
With just two sentences Jesus shatters the rabbinic view of murder, which was so complacently self-righteous. Because of their externalism and legalism, the Jews had an inflated view of themselves. But Jesus destroyed that thinking with the declaration that a person guilty of anger, hatred, cursing, or defamation against another is guilty of murder and worthy of a murderer’s punishment.
All anger, hatred, etc., is incipient murder, as the apostle John writes, “Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer” (1 John 3:15a). By that biblical standard, we are all guilty of murder—after all, who has not hated someone at one time or another?
Not only does Jesus here sweep away the rubbish of the rabbinic, traditional view of murder, His total indictment blasts away any notion of self-justification so common to everyone. The way the Jews thought in Jesus’ time is identical to people’s prevalent thinking today. Even believers can feel proud that they are “not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers” (Luke 18:11)—and we could add “murderers.” Jesus in that parable and in this passage says we are all potentially capable of the worst sins, even murder, because of the sometimes evil attitudes of our hearts.
Not to consider the state of your heart and confess thoughts of anger and hatred, which can lead to taking someone’s life, is not to consider that the Lord can hold you guilty of murder.
Ask Yourself
What benefit is found in knowing that you and I are capable of the most heinous crimes imaginable? Does recognizing this startling piece of information have an effect on your relationship with God and your resultant manner of living?
From Daily Readings from the Life of Christ, Vol. 1, John MacArthur. Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 60610, www.moodypublishers.com.
Seems to me that the correct opposition to this is to amply-research facts and present them as such; instead of just stating, "Doofus Alert!" in reply.
Is Judaism the only religion worth following; or can I expect another?
But what kind of Jew are you?
Hassidic Orthodox. Modern Orthodox. Haredi Orthodox. Reform. Karaite. Moderate Reconstructionist. Haymanot. Messianic.
(It helps to know who I am dealing with.)
Why would I want to waste my time researching a religion not my own? I have quite enough to occupy myself in the observance of my own religion. If you want to observe YOUR religion, let alone crow about its attributes, it is YOU who needs to spend their time in research, not me. Don't expect others with a functional brain to do your work for you, as you are nothing but a parrot of the thoughts of others.
So THIS is why you didn't answer the question?
That you CAN'T (won't?) say that your religion is the only one worth following?
Are any of these 'Torah interpretations your own work?
Or are you parroting the thoughts of others?
Sometimes it helps the other guy if you don't!
I never said any such thing - you pulled that quote from someone else’s post.
Somewhere between Conservative and Modern Orthodox.
FYI, Reconstructionists don’t believe in God, to them, Judaism is a culture. Messianics are NOT, NOT, NOT Jews. They worship Jesus, and are thus apostates.
Messianics are NOT, NOT, NOT Jews. They worship Jesus, and are thus apostates.
But are the Reconstructionists considered to be Jews?
Follow.
And an indicator of the fallen state of Man. “There is no good thing in me.”
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Jesus was often pointing out the fallen nature of people. Of course thoughts and actions are different, but what a wonderful place is heaven where not even a hateful thought or angry word is spoken.
That said, I think it is important not to try to stifle our human emotions, but to work with them, resolve them, etc. And the actual quotes from the Bible regarding to not hate our brother for no reason is important.
It is okay to be angry for a good reason. “I can’t believe he stole $20 from me at the party - that guy is such a jerk, I’m not hanging out with him anymore.” ($20 is a pretty cheap life lesson to chose your friends more wisely.)
It also can serve as a lesson on how to handle ones anger. It would not be okay to smash all of his car windows out in revenge for the $20.
Just don’t ask me to opine on Jesus telling me to forgive the guy for stealing my $20!
Even God gets angry at sin.
It would be injustice to see someone commit an offense against someone else and do nothing to stop it.
So righteous anger is fine, as far as I can see.
Getting angry at someone who did nothing wrong but offend your pride or so something you don’t like, is different.
The criteria I try to use is to ask if something is truly morally wrong, or just a matter of preference.
“It would be injustice...”
My wife was chatting with some lady at the store about Jesus - the other gal brought Him up and talking about Easter and how Jesus loves us, etc.
Something made my wife quip “Well, maybe those people will end up in the other place” (a reference to Hell).
The other lady said “Oh - God loves all of us and we’ll all be in heaven!”
My wife gave her a two minute lesson on justice, sin, Jesus’ sacrifice, the Holiness of God, etc.
Well, 4 minutes maybe.
Eph 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
You are not worth spit. That’s why you have to spread your lies and blasphemy. Nothing better to do. You have no concept of Judaism except what your antisemitic jerks like McArthur tell you, which is far from the truth. If you did, you would not waste bandwidth with your pathetic drivel.
Sometimes they qualify - if their mother was Jewish, her mother was, etc. with many Reconstructionists, they have intermarried or been the child of a woman not genuinely converted, so they aren’t Jewish. Some, of course, are fully Jewish.
What is it about these two questions that has allowed you to come to such a conclusion?
Are any of these 'Torah interpretations your own work?
Or are you parroting the thoughts of others?
Then wouldn’t a Messianic *** be able to be called a JEW using the same logic?
Good advice...
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