Jesus Erases

By what authority will you relinquish inherited ideas or traditions?  We are partial to the “truth we already believe” but, at any price? We have been trained to have faith in our truth.  Jesus wants us to have truth as the foundation of our faith.  If what you believe is not true, do you want to know it? Jesus came to make corrections to our understanding. Let’s do things HIS way! “Think Red Ink” – What did Jesus say? "You have heard of old…but, I say…"  Do you know that you don't know? Prefer the authority of Jesus over the Bible! "Turn the other cheek." Obedience; willing to die or willing to kill? We must hold all things in an open hand. It is our job to loose. Jesus suffered wrongfully. Bless them that curse; so that YOU CAN BE CHILDREN OF GOD. When I do good to my enemy I prove my regeneration. - STRIVE! Christians are EXPECTED to do more than others. *** Chapter 19: The Sermon on the Mount ... You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That you repay not evil: but whoever will smite you on your right cheek, turn to him and offer the other also. And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat forbid him not, let him have your shirt also. And whoever will compel you to go a mile, go with him two miles. Give to every man that asks of you, and from him that would borrow of you, turn not away. And of him that takes away your goods ask them not again. You have heard that it has been said, You will love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I say unto you which hear, 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 who is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love them which love you, what reward have you, what thank have you? Do not even the publicans the same, for sinners