WE CONTINUE WITH THE HIGH POINTS OF THE SYNOPTIC VIEW OF THE APOSTLE MATTHEW. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO READ THE BIBLE FOR THEMSELVES. GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOU PERSONALLY IF YOU WOULD BUT READ THE TEXT AND PRAY AS YOU GO! THIS POST IS HEAVY ON THE WORDS OF CHRIST, SINCE THIS IS WHERE THE POWER OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS FOUND. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WANT THE BEST THIS LIFE HAS TO OFFER YOU CANNOT FIND IT THROUGH MOTIVATIONALS OUTSIDE OF CHRISTIANITY, FALSE RELIGION, OR DEVISING YOUR OWN CODE WITHOUT YOUR CREATOR INFUSED. YOU WON’T HAVE ANY REAL POWER TO DO ANYTHING, SURE YOU MIGHT GET RICH OR THINK YOU HAVE IT ALL, BUT MATERIALISM AND SURFEITING IS NOT THE BIG PICTURE OF THE RICH LIFE OF TRUE BOUNTY, JOY AND HAPPINESS, NOR DOES IT OFFER ANY LIFE OF ETERNITY.
WHAT DO CHRISTIANS THINK ON NON-CHRISTIANS—LET’S GET REAL— WE WANT TO HELP YOU, FEEL SORRY FOR YOU, WE DON’T COMPLETELY TRUST YOU, WE ARE WATCHING YOU, BUT WE DO NOT WANT YOU IN HELL—THE UNTHINKABLE! YOU BETTER BE MAKING SOME DECISIONS PRETTY FAST WITH THE DEEP STATE CRIMINALS GETTING READY TO ATTEMPT THEIR FINAL DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA! YOU BETTER BE LOOKING AT HOW THE PRESIDENT IS GETTING READY TO SPLIT HELL WIDE OPEN WITH A WHAT CHOICE DOES HE HAVE WW3 NUCLEAR STRIKE ON NORTH KOREA! YOU BETTER WAKEY, WAKEY!
SAINT MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 SYNOPSIS:
JESUS PREACHES THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT —
SEEING THE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE, JESUS WENT ATOP A MOUNTAIN WITH HIS DISCIPLES.
HE TAUGHT THEM —
“BLESSED ARE THE HUMBLE IN SPIRIT: FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
“BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN: FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED.
“BLESSED ARE THE MEEK: FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.” (THE GLORIFIED EARTH WILL BE A FUTURE INHERITANCE FOR RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE.)
“BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS: FOR THEY SHALL BE FILLED.
“BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL: FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY.
“BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD. (YOU HAVE TO KEEP A CHILDLIKE HEART!)
“BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD. (NO LIFE OF VIOLENCE YOU MUST BE PEACE)
“BLESSED ARE THEY, WHICH ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE: FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
“BLESSED ARE YOU, WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SHALL SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY, FOR MY SAKE. “REJOICE, AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD: FOR GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN: FOR SO PERSECUTED THEY THE PROPHETS WHICH WERE BEFORE YOU.”
(COMMENTARY: FOR INSTANCE, BLESSED ARE THE CHRISTIAN VICTIMS THAT BELIEVED IN CHRIST AND LIVED IN AND PERSECUTION AND/OR DIED FOR THEIR TESTIMONY OVER THE LAST 2000 YEARS, SINCE CHRIST BROUGHT THE GOSPEL TO EARTH.)
BACK TO THE WORDS OF CHRIST —
“YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH:” (THE RIGHTEOUS) “BUT IF THE SALT HAS LOST HIS SAVOUR,” (BECOME UNRIGHTEOUS) “WHEREWITH SHALL IT BE SALTED? IT IS THENCEFORTH GOOD FOR NOTHING, BUT TO BE CAST OUT, AND TO BE TRODDEN UNDER FOOT OF MEN. (WHEN YOU OPERATE YOU LIFE WITHOUT CHRIST YOU ARE WIDE OPEN FOR CONTINUAL DISASTER, YOU ARE AN EMISSARY OF THE GOD OF FORCES/ SATAN, HE HAS NO LOYALTY TO YOU AND ALWAYS GETS AROUND TO EATING HIS CHILDREN)
“YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD” (THE CHRISTIAN RIGHTEOUS). A CITY THAT IS SET ON A HILL CANNOT BE HID. NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE, AND PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL, BUT ON A CANDLESTICK; AND IT GIVES LIGHT UNTO ALL THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE. LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.” ( WE MUST BE EMISSARIES OF CHRIST USING INTELLIGENT DISCERNMENT IN THE EXPOSITION OF TRUTH, NOT BEATING OTHERS OVER THE HEAD WITH WRATH, BUT PLANTING SEEDS FOR THE ONE’S RECEIVING SEEDS, AND SO ON. ALWAYS BE READY THOUGH, FOR THAT ONE THAT IS READY TO EMBRACE CHRIST! BE BOLD WHEN IT IS TIME!)
“THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO DESTROY THE LAW” (LAW OF MOSES) “OR THE PROPHETS: I AM NOT COME TO DESTROY, BUT TO FULFILL.”
“FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, ONE JOT (OF THE WRITTEN SCRIPTURE) OR ONE TITTLE (TITLE PAGE) SHALL IN NO WISE PASS FROM THE LAW, (LAW OF MOSES) TILL ALL BE FULFILLED.
“WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BREAK ONE OF THESE LEAST COMMANDMENTS, AND SHALL TEACH MEN SO, HE SHALL BE CALLED THE LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL DO AND TEACH THEM THE SAME SHALL BE CALLED GREAT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
“FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EXCEPT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL EXCEED THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, YOU SHALL IN NO CASE ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
“YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID BY THEM OF OLD TIME, YOU SHALL NOT KILL” (MURDER); “AND WHOSOEVER SHALL KILL (MURDER) SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE JUDGEMENT.
“BUT I SAY TO YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER IS ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE JUDGEMENT: AND WHOSOEVER SHALL SAY TO HIS BROTHER, RACA (A WORD OF CONTEMPT OR DERISION) SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE COUNCIL: BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL SAY, YOU FOOL, SHALL BE IN DANGER OF HELL FIRE.
“THEREFORE IF YOU BRING YOUR GIFT BEFORE THE ALTAR, AND THERE REMEMBER THAT YOUR BROTHER HAS OUGHT AGAINST YOU. LEAVE THERE YOUR GIFT BEFORE THE ALTAR, AND GO YOUR WAY; FIRST BE RECONCILED TO YOUR BROTHER, AND THEN COME AND OFFER YOUR GIFT.
“AGREE WITH YOUR ADVERSARY QUICKLY, WHILE YOU’RE IN THE WAY WITH HIM; LEST AT ANY TIME THE ADVERSARY DELIVER YOU TO THE JUDGE, AND THE JUDGE DELIVER YOU TO THE OFFICER, AND YOU BE CAST INTO PRISON.
“VERILY I SAY TO YOU, YOU SHALL BE NO MEANS COME OUT THENCE, TILL YOU HAVE PAID THE UTTERMOST FARTHING.
“YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID BY THEM OF OLD TIME, YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY: BUT I SAY TO YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER LOOKS ON A WOMEN TO LUST AFTER HER HAD COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER ALREADY IN HIS HEART.
“AND IF YOUR RIGHT EYE (RIGHT HAND MAN, FRIEND, OR COMRADE) OFFEND YOU, PLUCK IT OUT, AND CAST IF FROM YOU: FOR IT IS PROFITABLE FOR YOU THAT ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS SHOULD PERISH, AND NOT THAT YOUR WHOLE BODY (THE BODY OF CHRIST I.E THE CHURCH) SHOULD BE CAST INTO HELL.”
(COMMENTARY: IT IS INTERESTING HOW CHRIST USES THE “EYE” AS A METAPHORIC REFERENCE POINT: FOR INSTANCE HOW WE PERCEIVE EVIL ALWAYS BRINGING TROUBLE TO THE LIFE OF ANY PEACEFUL GROUP OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS. THEREFORE OUR KEEN PERCEPTIONS OF PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO KEEP IN CHECK WHO WE SPEND TIME WITH. THE RIGHTEOUS SHOULD NOT CONVENE IN GATHERINGS WITH THE WICKED OR BE AMONG THEM CAUSING TROUBLE.)
“AND IF YOUR RIGHT HAND OFFEND YOU, CUT IT OFF, AND CAST IF FROM YOU: FOR IT IS PROFITABLE FOR YOU THAT ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS SHOULD PERISH, AND NOT THAT YOUR WHOLE BODY SHOULD BE CAST INTO HELL.”
(COMMENTARY: HERE CHRIST REPLACES “RIGHT EYE” WITH “RIGHT HAND” IN THE SAME ANALOGY AS THE OFFENDING EYE — LISTEN FOR WHEN CHRIST REPEATS HIMSELF— IT IS FOR GOOD REASON OF EMPHASIS! HERE THE RIGHT HAND IS REFERENCE TO THE THINGS WE DO COULD LEAD US INTO HELL. HELL IS A REAL PLACE. IT IS ONLY THE WISHING-IT-WERE-NOT OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY, ATHEISTS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE TRIED TO MAKE A CUSHION FOR THEMSELVES BY DENYING ITS EXISTENCE.)
“IT HAS BEEN SAID, WHOSOEVER SHALL PUT AWAY HIS WIFE LET HIM GIVE HER A WRITING OF DIVORCEMENT. BUT I SAY TO YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER SHALL PUT AWAY HIS WIFE, SAVING FOR THE CAUSE OF FORNICATION, CAUSES HER TO COMMIT ADULTERY: AND WHOSOEVER SHALL MARRY HER THAT IS DIVORCED COMMITTETH ADULTERY.”
(COMMENTARY: HERE IN THIS TEXT ADULTERY OR FORNICATION CAN OBVIOUSLY BE “IMAGINED” IN THE MIND OR A “REAL” ACTION. REMEMBER THINKING AND DOING IN REGARDS TO SEX ARE THE SAME THING TO GOD. ANYTHING SHORT OF FORNICATION (OR ADULTERY) IS NOT GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE. FOR INSTANCE, IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES DO NOT COUNT AS A TRUE BILL OF DIVORCEMENT.)
“AGAIN YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT HAS BEEN SAID BY THEM OF OLD TIME, YOU SHALL NOT FORSWEAR YOURSELF, BUT SHALL PERFORM TO THE LORD YOUR OATHS.
“BUT I SAY TO YOU, SWEAR NOT AT ALL; NEITHER BY HEAVEN; FOR IT IS GOD’S THRONE: NOR BY THE EARTH; FOR IT IS HIS FOOTSTOOL: NEITHER BY JERUSALEM; FOR IT IS THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING (JESUS CHRIST). NEITHER SHALL YOU SWEAR BY YOUR HEAD, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T MAKE ONE HAIR WHITE OR BLACK.
“BUT LET YOUR COMMUNICATION BE YES, YES; NO, NO: FOR WHATSOEVER IS MORE THAN THESE COMES OF EVIL.”
(COMMENTARY: IN OTHER WORDS BE OF PLAIN SPEECH. I.E. MOTHER DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE EVIL PITCHMEN, LAWYERS, JUDGES, SPIN DOCTORS FOR CORPORATIONS, MEDIA OR GOVERNMENTS.)
“YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT HAS BEEN SAID, AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH. BUT I SAY TO YOU, THAT YOU RESIST NOT EVIL (OR VIOLENCE) BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL SMITE YOU OR YOUR RIGHT CHEEK, TURN TO HIM THE OTHER ALSO.”
.“AND IF ANY MAN WILL SUE YOU AT THE LAW, AND TAKE AWAY YOUR COAT, LET HIM HAVE YOUR CLOKE ALSO. “
(COMMENTARY: EVIDENTLY WE ARE TO RELINQUISH PROPERTY TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES, THE MAN THAT SUES US ACTUALLY DOES WHAT HE DOES, BUT WE ARE TO PRACTICE “CIVIL OBEDIENCE”.)
“AND WHOSOEVER SHALL COMPEL YOU TO GO A MILE, GO WITH HIM TWO.
“GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKS YOU, AND FROM HIM THAT WOULD BORROW OF YOU TURN YOURSELF NOT AWAY.
“YOU HAVE HEARD IT HAS BEEN SAID, YOU SHOULD LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND HATE THINE ENEMY. BUT I SAY TO YOU, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, DO GOOD TO THEM THAT HATE YOU, AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU.
“THAT YOU MAY BE THE CHILDREN OF YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN: FOR HE MAKES HIS SUN TO RISE ON THE EVIL AND THE GOOD, AND SENDS RAIN ON THE JUST AND ON THE UNJUST.”
(COMMENTARY: WOW! HOW RADICAL A CONCEPT THIS MUST HAVE BEEN [STILL IS]. HOW STUNNED EVERYONE MUST HAVE BEEN TO HEAR THIS! WE MUST BECOME CORRECT IN OUR HEART AND PRAY FOR THOSE IN OPPOSITION TO US. THINGS ALWAYS SEEM TO GET BETTER WHEN WE DO. THE SECRET, HOWEVER, IS TO NOT MAKE ENEMIES TO BEGIN WITH. WALK AWAY AND PRAY.)
“FOR IF YOU LOVE THEM WHICH LOVE YOU, WHAT REWARD HAVE YOU? DO NOT EVEN THE PUBLICANS THE SAME?”
(PUBLICAN: PERSON WHO MANAGES A PUBLIC HOUSE OF ONE TYPE OR ANOTHER.)
“AND IF YOU SALUTE YOUR BRETHREN ONLY, WHAT DO YOU MORE THAN OTHERS? DO NOT EVEN THE PUBLICANS SO?
“BE YOU THEREFORE PERFECT, EVEN AS YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT.”
(COMMENTARY: CHRIST WANTS US TO BE EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. THIS MEANS THAT WE HAVE CAPABILITIES BEYOND OUR HUMAN FRAILTIES FOR ACHIEVING THE BIG PICTURE OF THE HOLY PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES —PERFECTION.
I DO BELIEVE WE CAN PERFECT OURSELVES BEFORE WE DIE, THE REALITY IS THAT 99.99% OF ALL WHO HAVE LIVED OR WHOM ARE LIVING WILL NOT ACHIEVE THIS. I ONLY KNOW 3 MEN FROM THE SCRIPTURES THAT MADE IT OUT OF THIS EARTH WITH PERFECTION. THEY WERE ENOCH, ELIJAH AND JESUS.
IF THAT INFORMATION IS JUST TOO UNREALISTIC OR HAPPY FOR YOU, THEN I WILL ADD THAT MANY OF US PROBABLY WON’T EVEN BOTHER TO TRY TO ACHIEVE PERFECTION OR WILL IMAGINE PERFECTION BY SECULAR TERMS/ EGO. MANY PEOPLE IN OUR MODERN CULTURE ARE CAUGHT UP IN SECULAR DRAMAS OF WORK, A PERSONAL LIFE OF TRIVIAL PURSUITS FILLED WITH THE EGO, PERSONAL ADDICTIONS, AND ENTERTAINMENT PURSUITS. THIS IS WHY CHRIST BROUGHT US THE GOSPEL AS A RESPITE FROM THE MADNESS OF THE LAST DAYS—THE LAST 2000 YEARS!
WHEN YOU DIE DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL TALK INCESSANTLY OF WHAT YOU DID AT WORK OR ALL THE TOYS YOU AMASSED AT THE END? FOR EXAMPLE HOW MANY OF YOU CAN TALK FOR HOURS ABOUT YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER’S DEEDS? NOT MANY OF US I WOULD BET.
MY POINT IS THIS IS HOW QUICKLY WE ARE FORGOTTEN AFTER WE DIE.WHAT WILL YOUR LEGACY OF GOODWILL BE?
FEED YOUR SOUL WITH THOUGHTS AND ASPIRATIONS BOTH REAL AND ETERNAL. CHRIST WAS BOTH. LOOK TO HIM FOR PERFECTION.)
NEXT . . . SAINT MATTHEW CONTINUED