Matthew 5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also."
We must accept the fact that what Jesus said, Jesus meant.
I don't believe there is any deep or esoteric message in this passage.
So many times we are RIGHT. But RIGHT-ness is not always the issue. We may feel like we deserve revenge, or to retrieve something that we have unjustly lost, but there is more at stake than that.
Jesus was calling us to a higher way of living. This translates into a daily discipline that includes disarming conflicts that we are entitled to win.
Consider disabling an argument that you should win - with love.
I don't believe there is any deep or esoteric message in this passage.
So many times we are RIGHT. But RIGHT-ness is not always the issue. We may feel like we deserve revenge, or to retrieve something that we have unjustly lost, but there is more at stake than that.
Jesus was calling us to a higher way of living. This translates into a daily discipline that includes disarming conflicts that we are entitled to win.
Consider disabling an argument that you should win - with love.
Proverbs 21:14 "A gift in secret pacifies anger,
And a bribe behind the back, strong wrath."
And a bribe behind the back, strong wrath."
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