Matthew Chapter 5 Discussion Page 23

My light will always shine !!

I am disgusted by the number of People I have known and stil know and still yet some to meet , lust with all their heart,when all their strenght and sell their very own souls in exchange to do sin..That Jesus will soon put a stop to ..
Thank you and God Bless !!

....i feel so blessed on this chapter; and others
........May God Bless The Whole World!!

Matthew 5:17 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." Jesus says all of the old commandments made by the prophets of the past should still be in place, so why dont you kill your children if they are unruly ( Leviticus 20:9 For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.) (Deutronomy 21:18-21 For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.) That's just a small amount of commandments you need to obey, read the Bible cover to cover and stop picking and choosing.

In all things we must first love ourselves and our families then we can be able to love outsiders.

For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven ( Matthew 5:20). Severe thought. If the people equaled the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees (those perceiving themselves as the righteous) they would not enter the kingdom of heaven. Where does that imply the Scribes and Pharisees would end up? Hell and outer darkness; where there will be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Wow, verses 1-16 edifies me... But the divorce issue is still not clear to me. I pray for God to give divine understanding of this matter.

This book is the teaching on how to live successfully in the world which we live in today. Love conquers all.

Since we are the light of the world and are set upon a hill, so that everyone can see it. We have to understand that because we are a light, we will be noticed. No one can be a secret Christian these days because light shines the best when it's dark and we all know that the world we live in today is very dark. So keep shinning through both positive and negative responses because that's what light does.

I love to read the word of GOD. Thou art worthy, Lord.

It means, if a man treats his wife as a sexual object and not as his spouse as God intended, he drives her to commit adultery. The question now is, who committed the sin... the husband or the wife? My thoughts, the husband. While adultery is always a sin in the eyes of God, Jesus here is warning men about other forms of adultery. This is made clear in the second part as marriage to a divorced woman is also adultery. I think you'll find the warning continues on with lustful thoughts about anyone other than your spouse is committing adultery as well. Only adultery and disbelieve are grounds for lawful divorce in Christianity. No blame is attached to the injured party if they leave the marriage. However, marriage is for life, adultery can be forgiven but disbelieve cannot be. Serial adultery, drunkenness and abuse are signs of a disbeliever. Let good men marry good women and let bad men marry bad women. My prayers are with your friend and may God show her the right course to insure her soul is happy on the day of judgment.

Matthew 5:46. The bible tells us to love all people without being segregation.

Matthew 5:18-19 have always made me wonder why we celebrate the Sabbath on Sunday not Saturday. No matter what anyone has told me, they can never make me believe Jesus was mistaken when he specifically warned not doing away with even the smallest bit of the commandment. History tells us Constantine changed the day to join Christianity with the sungod worshipers.

God is indeed the God of true love, as He said "love your enemies". Whaooo!!!

Remember that the beatitudes are doctrinally for the Jews and spiritually for all and a Christian should know the difference. As for Sandra on verse 44, God does allow us to judge ( I Corinthians 6), we must judge following righteous judgment (in compliance with God’s holy word) and not unrighteous judgment outside God’s holy word, II Timothy 2:15.

God truly should have mercy on us because the road to heaven is too narrow.

To God be the glory...people should learn that in everything we do or go through, God has the answers. He never disappoints if we learn to be obedient and steadfast with him. Be encouraged!

An awesome piece of writing. Will read over and, over again. Being, a new believer It got me excited to keep flipping the pages!

To have salvation of Jesus is to have the light of the world.

@Sandra,
You are the light of the world, just shine forth, no matter what…
God bless you.

I work in education and the religious zeal of which some is sometimes overwhelming. I apply the word from an introspective standpoint. What else can I do to overcome the intensity that I sometimes feel coming from others who can be overly judgemental.

We as people of God should have a daily testimony of something new that God has done for us since the day before! If you are reading this post, you already have one testimony among many others to testify about! Remember, the world is watching to see if we are of an honesty report. Meaning our character and actions could cause a lost soul to want to remain lost.

5.41 Life is a journey, full of tests and obstacles. Believe that God is with you and put out your best efforts to overcome the obstacles, how can you not go that extra mile or even more?

To God be the glory. The bible says fret not thyself of evildoers for I shall cut them off in the end. No matter how bad your situation may seem remember god's word "I will never leave you nor forsake you, his word also says I am not of a man that I should lie. Remember no matter what a person tells you the bible says always, I mean always search the word for yourself. If you cannot find it in the word after a fully search than it is not true. Search the word yourself no matter who’s telling you it is true, search, search and more search…

Love this verse. It has lots of hidden messages for me. Good people in general - good parent, good teacher, good employee, good church, good school, anything that is positive and has goodness or value of purity and genuine is godly and won't go un noticed. Therefore, never worry about negative feedbacks or critics.

Matthew 5:44 says love your enemies. I wish long live to my enemies.

Fulfill means "to do", not "to make an end of." The ten commandments are still in full force. Jesus fulfilled the law by obeying it. He came not to destroy the law or put an end to them.

I believe in Matthew 5 we are seeing the true nature of our Savior Jesus Christ.He shows us how to be blessed and who we are suppose to be in this world.We are to reach this place our Lord and Savior have told us,the place of perfection.Remember he never tells us to do things unless he knows that he has given us what we need to perform it.He is a awesome God.

I was wondering if the husband cheated n he drunk so much and abuse the wife why must she stay married to him what if she divorce him and pray to god cause god know her heart and move on with someone else

There is hope... believe with all your heart & Jesus loves you