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"And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this,.." He that searches the hearts and the innermost thoughts and intents knows how He made us; and He debates with those who have His Word but don't understand it. God sent His Prophets, and Messengers to bring men His Word, with the expectation of understanding and obedience. How then does someone read or hear and not understand?

Jesus lays down the law, doing no miracles but telling the Truth (which is quite miraculous these days). This to me is the way, not just faith but the law implied in his sermon, which on it's face is obvious but the enactment being the rarest event since Moses and the nine plagues. Sinners will love sinners, but workers in the field will love those who despitefully use them. Jesus earned bliss

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The Lord used verse 26 to convince me to pray for someone who "despitefully use[d]" me. Praying for enemies is tough especially those you once considered friends but I hope to see the Lord turn that soul around.

Help the people that hurt you and watch for stuck up people

Disciple if ya don't understand spritual things you are none of his, and to understand spritual things we must birth that spritual heavenly man which is the H.G. Thats y paul is saying as we have born the image of the earthly ( our old man ) we must also bear the image of the HEAVENLY which is our new man,thats the good man,our old man is the earthy man that cannot understand spritual things. GBU

We must continually work on cultivating a good heart. This will help us to perform good deeds and have good words to say to others.

its not what goes into a man that defiles a man but what comes out of him. for with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.by grace are ye saved through faith, a gift of God not of ourselves. love the Lord with all your heart.

"A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good..." So, according to the Lord Jesus Christ, there are good men with good hearts! If when we come to the Lord in true repentance, and turn our lives around to follow Him and be good what man is it that says there's no such thing? or that all of us have desperately wicked and deceitful hearts? Speak for yourself! If the shoe fits, wear it! But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, with a true heart in faith and love without hypocrisy. Either be good and your fruit good or be rotten with your bad fruits: for the tree IS KNOWN by its fruits!

Verse 38: The measure that we give out will be returned to us. We want to make sure that we are generous.

minister; I think most of us never want to hurt someone's feelings or make them feel guilty and ashamed for their sins; but we have a commandment from God to speak His word faithfully; and rebuking sin is an integral part of letting Jesus' light shine in us. In John 14-16 Jesus tells us that it is the Spirit's work in us and through us to convict the world of sin. This along with real compassion!

do not show them their sins ,but show them the light in you ,Jesus said let your light so shine that they would see your good works and glorfy your father which is in heaven. In other words you do what Jesus said according to his words and give them Love .Love covers a multitude of sin.

Read chapter 6:1-5 in Book of Galatians, 1Corinthians 5:1-13, Matthew 18:15-20. These deal with the sinning Christian and the unsaved. Lord says we are not to judge the unsaved but only the saved. We are to RESTORE a Christian back into the fold. We must be a mature,spiritual Christian not walking in sin ourselves. We all sin but as mature christians we should confess and forsake our sins also.

"And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him;" Picking ears of corn and rubbing them with your hands to eat is not breaking the Sabbath! The Lord rebukes the knit-picking and fault-finding hypocrite by pointing to examples of mercy for our necessary wants. No commandment exists demanding we go hungry!

Jim; That is such an excellent question! Certainly VERY IMPORTANT with regards to our accountability of ourselves and our brethren, and something we should know instinctively as Christians! The way I see it, in the context of the whole thing that the Lord was teaching; its about not being a hypocrite, and first knowing one's self well enough and being clean, so as to REALLY be a help to others.

"Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:" Luke 6:37 This is a fundamental truth of the Spirit influencing the Saints' whole demeanor and course in life. We do not take our fellow servants by the throat and demand payment of his 50 cents while the Lord has frankly forgiven us 50,000's! But there is also a Satanic influence that misuses this great Word against anyone who obeys the Lord and rebukes sin in the brother or in the Congregation. How many times when I was speaking to a so-called brother in the Lord about the Cross, and walking in holiness, and the purpose of our being here in the last times that all of a sudden they would burst out with, "Judge not!" or, "Call the Cops: You get out of here!" The effects of Jesus' Glad Tidings upon men in the real world, as opposed to the sheltered fantasy world of many church people, are quite remarkable and noteworthy. Why is it MOST OFTEN the response of a church-person when seeing and hearing the true grace of God in someone they explode in anger and accusation, and pouring out hatred and hostility? It wasn't only the Jews that became the Synagogue of Satan when they turned away and rejected the faith!

Steve Morrow; GREAT SCRIPTURES! GREAT, GREAT SCRIPTURES!! But as it was foretold of the MANY SPURIOUS PROFESSORS in the end of days; they have turned away their ears from hearing the truth, and are turned to fables and false teachers after their own earthly sensual minds; and the days are coming (AGAIN) when they that kill us will think to be doing God a service; because they cannot be corrected!

Exactly what is the line between trying to show someone a grievious sin they continue to commit and judging them?

I love this verse and i need more of it.

I agree with verse 28 about praying for your enemies. It will only block your own blessings if we don't.

If we speak about people who do not follow these words above, perhaps we need to dig further into our own eye. Even a simple cloud passing through will cast a shadow on the ground and if that cloud says to the waters below. Why do you temptest so? Why so dark, confused and angry?
I believe that we are all clouds and water. Responsible for how much light we let shine through us.
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Ledsi : What you say is True, but Others Will See Us,They to Will be Strengthened: One or Two. Probably way more. Ten or Hundreds to Thousands. The lost will push further away. Satan will attack! Get Dressed for Battle: Ephesians 6:11

Nia; AMEN! Luke 6:26 "Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets." Mark 13:22 "For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect." They of the Truth hear Jesus' voice and follow HIM! A stranger they will not follow, but WILL FLEE from strangers! God proves us.

I, like everyone else, have known people like this in our lifetime, whether it be family or friends. It isn't an easy task, but if you work hard enough, a difference can be made. Maybe not with all, but even if it is a few, that's at least something.

It's simply impossible in human understanding... But we can boldly take the step if we completely believe in God. If we do what GOd has commanded us to do then only we will reap the benefits in terms of blessings, good health, prosperity.. cos that's Gods word..

In imitation of Jehovah God, we can hope for good and do good towards those who may treat us poorly. This may bring about a change in the person's behavior towards us.

We are not capable of keeping the laws of God by our own human merits, but praise God that we have an advocate that gives us access to the Father subject to our repentance of sin in Jesus Name, we are presented blameless to the Father by the Righteousness of His Son Jesus, blood bought and forgiven, a gift of love from our heavenly father.

Comment.One of my best vs in the bible

Luke 6:22"Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's (the Lord) sake."

Fredscanlan,You ask"where is this love he speaks of?" answer is in His Word. Romans 11:36"For of him, and through him, and to him are all things, to whom be glory forever." ALL THINGS. Ecc.8:5, Ecc.9:3, Luke 6:45, etc.Seek God He is Love!
After he saved me this is one of the 1st verse that he gave me understanding of, Romans 11:36. And Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Amen