1 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,300 Hi everyone. Welcome back to our podcast and 2 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:17,000 we're taking a look at the Gospel reading from today's mess 3 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,000 and then we're going to try and provide an exegesis of the 4 00:00:20,008 --> 00:00:24,800 literal sense of the text. So today's passage is from 5 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,300 Matthew chapter 5, verse 38 to 48. 6 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:32,200 So let's jump into it. Jesus said to his disciples. 7 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:36,900 You have learned how it was said, an eye for eye and tooth 8 00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:40,900 for tooth. But I say this to you offer the 9 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:44,600 wicked man. No resistance on the contrary if 10 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,300 anyone hits you on the right cheek offer him the other as 11 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:50,200 well. If a man takes you to law and 12 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,700 would have your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 13 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:58,300 And if anyone orders you to go one mile, go two miles with him. 14 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,600 Give to anyone who asks and if anyone wants to borrow, do not 15 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,600 turn away. You have learned how it was 16 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,100 said. You must love your neighbor and 17 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:14,800 hate your enemy. But I say this to you love your 18 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,700 enemies and pray. For those who persecute you, in 19 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:22,400 this way, you will be sons of your father in Heaven for. 20 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:27,100 He causes his sun to rise on bad men, as well as good and his 21 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:30,500 rain to fall on honest and dishonest men alike. 22 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:34,000 For if you love those who love you, what, right? 23 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,600 Have you to claim any credit even the tax collectors do as 24 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,900 much do they not? And if you save your greetings 25 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:42,700 for your brothers. Are you doing anything 26 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:46,100 exceptional? Even the pagans do as much, do 27 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:50,000 they not? You must therefore be perfect. 28 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,800 Just as your heavenly father is perfect. 29 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:57,800 So that's our reading for today. Quite well-known. 30 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,500 Passage from The Sermon on the Mount, and quite a difficult 31 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:04,300 one, in a lot of ways. So, there's a lot that could be 32 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:07,500 said about this passage and what I'm doing here. 33 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:10,800 There's the probably be some aspects of it that I don't cover 34 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,300 because I think in The Sermon on the Mount Jesus is actually 35 00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:16,600 doing multiple things at once. He's trying to contrast the 36 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,400 Pharisees with, you know, the Pharisees righteousness with 37 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,300 true righteousness. He's trying to set up a new way 38 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:24,600 of living in his kingdom. He's trying. 39 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,100 Provide practical advice for living and there's a whole lot 40 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:31,200 of things going on in here and so I think it's well worth 41 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:35,400 reading a full commentary on the entire Sermon on the Mount if he 42 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,400 can. But let's jump into it and do 43 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,400 our best to pick up on some features of the text that are 44 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:46,000 often not considered So it's The Sermon on the Mount is what 45 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,900 we're in, which goes from Matthew 5 to 7 where Jesus gives 46 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:52,500 a series of. It's almost a series of topics a 47 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:55,600 series of speeches where he's kind of presented as the new 48 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,900 Moses, giving the new law on a mountain just as Moses gave the 49 00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:02,200 Old Law on a mountain. And that's certainly how Matthew 50 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,200 wants to present him. So he's giving the final 51 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,600 authoritative interpretation of what God's law should look like 52 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:13,300 in his kingdom. Now, before this Jesus is 53 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:15,300 actually already listed quite a few. 54 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:20,200 You have heard that it was said, but I say to you statements And 55 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,900 so, Jesus basic idea with this part of it, is that the Jews at 56 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:28,400 this time? Had they knew their external 57 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,100 requirements of the law really? Well, they were very good. 58 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:33,700 The Pharisees and most of the Jews were really good at 59 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:36,800 fulfilling their external requirements of the law, but now 60 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,300 Jesus says, you need to go beyond that. 61 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:41,200 There's an internal transformation. 62 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,600 That is the real intent of each of the laws. 63 00:03:43,900 --> 00:03:46,600 So he's just given a few of those in the previous passages. 64 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,100 He's been talking about You know, if you look at a woman 65 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:52,800 lustfully, you've committed adultery in her in your heart 66 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:56,100 and now he gets to this bit. Here you have learned that it 67 00:03:56,100 --> 00:03:59,800 was said an eye for an eye Etc. Now, with each of the things is 68 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,200 about to list, it's important that we understand this, he's 69 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,600 not saying the law that they have heard and received is 70 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,500 wrong, he is not saying that. So he's not saying an eye for an 71 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:13,000 eye and tooth for a tooth is wrong per se. 72 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,300 He's not saying that, but he is saying this, the way you've 73 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:21,200 heard it taut, it is only a partial fulfillment of the law. 74 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,300 There is a much deeper and more meaningful way of doing God's 75 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:31,400 will in relation to this law. So God had given the Israelites 76 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,100 laws and those laws did apply and they were true laws. 77 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:37,600 However, the reality is God gave them the Israelites, some laws 78 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,600 that were only partially corresponding to the way, God 79 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,500 wants things to work, and it was only when Jesus came along that 80 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:46,900 he revealed God's full intention of things. 81 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,100 So yes, the law. Oh, was did apply in the Old 82 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:53,700 Testament and it was God's will for his people at that time. 83 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,700 But there were some aspects of God that were not fully revealed 84 00:04:56,700 --> 00:05:00,100 in his will is fully revealed in Jesus, in the New Covenant. 85 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,400 So, now, Jesus is saying you have heard that it was said, and 86 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,500 then he gives the old boar and now he says, but this is the 87 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,900 true new law that we now need to Aspire to. 88 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:12,800 So the time has come for God to more fully reveal himself and 89 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,500 his more truer intentions through Jesus. 90 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,700 So fulfilling the external requirements is necessary. 91 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,700 So when it says, things like you have heard. 92 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:24,400 It said that you shall not commit adultery. 93 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,200 Yes, that's a basic minimum. You cannot commit adultery. 94 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:30,300 Jesus is saying You must fulfill these externals. 95 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,300 So he's not canceling out the externals in favor for 96 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:37,200 internals, but he is saying, you need to go beyond the externals 97 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,900 and do the internals as well. And he actually says that 98 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:44,700 explicitly elsewhere in Matthew. He says, you should have done 99 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:47,600 the externals without neglecting electing the internals as well. 100 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,000 So verse 38, the first example he says is you have learnt. 101 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:56,700 Let's stop for a minute and actually analyze the phrase. 102 00:05:56,700 --> 00:06:00,500 You have learnt. It was said, when Jesus says you 103 00:06:00,508 --> 00:06:03,700 have learnt, you have heard that it was said, or you have learned 104 00:06:03,700 --> 00:06:08,700 how it with said, He's talking about how the Pharisees and the 105 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:12,200 rabbis. Had taught the Jews. 106 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,700 People had taught the Jews God's laws according to their 107 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:18,000 interpretation. So the Pharisees in the rabbi's 108 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,300 would do their best. To impart the truth of God's 109 00:06:22,300 --> 00:06:24,900 law, but it was really just the rep Pharisees in the rabbi's 110 00:06:24,900 --> 00:06:28,800 interpretation. So sometimes they would just the 111 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,100 Pharisees were present, it directly as it is, for example, 112 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,600 you shall not commit adultery that tradition was handed down 113 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,200 directly to the Jews. But then other things as will 114 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,200 see, the Pharisees said, kind of changed a little bit and then 115 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,600 handed it on to the Jews. The Pharisees laws were binding, 116 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,600 so the Jews were required to follow the Pharisees, but now 117 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:51,300 Jesus is giving a more Fuller You could say more correct 118 00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:54,000 interpretation. The better corresponds to God's 119 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,300 God's will. So, Jesus gives the first 120 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:04,100 example, you have heard learned how it was said, an eye for an 121 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:07,400 eye, and a tooth for a tooth. So this is this law comes from 122 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,100 Exodus 21:24 and it's in other places in the Torah as well. 123 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:17,100 In this is often known as The Lex talionis law in Latin, an 124 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:19,700 eye for an eye, and tooth for a tooth, The Lex talionis. 125 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,400 So, what's going on in this law? Why would God say an eye for an 126 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,100 eye and tooth for a tooth in context? 127 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:31,600 The Lex talionis law was Even to ensure that they didn't flicked 128 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,800 more punishment than was required. 129 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,400 So it actually sets the maximum boundaries, there would be 130 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,500 appropriate for punishment, so it's making sure that 131 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:43,900 retribution is proportional. So at that time, it is reluctant 132 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:47,500 in Israel's history in Exodus God said, okay, well, the 133 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:50,000 Israelites naturally going to want revenge when things happen 134 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,500 to them. That's not ideal because I'd 135 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:54,200 prefer that they didn't take revenge at all. 136 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,600 However, what I will do for now. If we can imagine God thinking 137 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,700 what? I'll do for now is put this law 138 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:03,900 in place which at least minimizes the amount of Revenge 139 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:07,100 that people can do. So for example, an eye for an 140 00:08:07,100 --> 00:08:11,200 eye is supposed to mean that if someone puts your eye, the 141 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,000 maximum you can do is put out there. 142 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,100 I you can't go and kill all their relatives. 143 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:17,000 They can't have this Mafia mentality. 144 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:22,800 The maximum you can do is Revenge equal to the thing that 145 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,900 was done to you. So that was the original Law. 146 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,200 It sets maximum proportional boundaries. 147 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:31,500 So apparently, the Jews at the time of users were applying this 148 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:34,400 law pretty commonly. They were when wrong was being 149 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,799 done to them. The Jews would cite a Lex 150 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:39,500 talionis and then they would use it to retaliate against the 151 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:43,400 person and that was legal, according to Jewish law, you are 152 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,400 allowed to demand equal compensation for the wrong that 153 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,000 had been done to you. So eye for an eye and tooth for 154 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,800 a tooth was basically how the legal system at least, most of 155 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,900 it worked in Judaism at this time. 156 00:08:55,500 --> 00:08:59,700 So, Jesus says that this law is not enough at does not get to 157 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:03,100 God's true intent of you could say God's heart. 158 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:07,100 God's true will for people. So now Jesus tells us what God's 159 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:10,700 true will is verse 39, but I say this to you. 160 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:15,200 So when Jesus uses this phrase, but I say this to you, he's 161 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,000 being the authoritative, interpreter of God's law. 162 00:09:19,100 --> 00:09:23,000 The final interpreter of God's law because he's got himself and 163 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,700 he's come to give us the deeper true meaning of the law. 164 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:29,800 This is what he says, offer the wicked man, no resistance. 165 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,300 And then he goes on to give lots of examples. 166 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:37,000 What a few examples where clearly Something Wicked is done 167 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,300 to a Jew to one of Jesus disciples. 168 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,500 A wicked man, does something wicked to them and he says, he's 169 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:44,500 what you should do. When Wicked people do stuff to 170 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:46,500 you. This next part that we're going 171 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:48,800 to get into is a little difficult to interpret because 172 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,100 it's not entirely clear to the extent. 173 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:55,200 That Jesus is using hyperbole. Some parts of The Sermon on the 174 00:09:55,208 --> 00:09:57,100 Mount. We know that Jesus is using 175 00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:59,500 hyperbole because he says things, like, do not let your 176 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:02,200 right hand, know what your left hand is doing, and that's, 177 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,100 that's physically impossible, that's clearly a hyperbole 178 00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:06,700 because that can't actually be done. 179 00:10:07,300 --> 00:10:10,100 So if Jesus is using hyperbole there, it's possible. 180 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:14,200 He's using hyperbole here if that's the right interpretation. 181 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,500 Then what we're about to hear, doesn't literally mean don't 182 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:19,700 resist when people are doing evil to you. 183 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:23,800 But rather, what Jesus is saying is don't let self-centeredness 184 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,400 and your did desire for Revenge dominate your thinking. 185 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,700 So some Scholars think that that's what Jesus is doing. 186 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:34,900 He is exaggerating using hyperbole to make a point about 187 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:39,100 self-centeredness and selfishness and revenge, I tend 188 00:10:39,100 --> 00:10:41,900 to think it's my personal view is I think he actually literally 189 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:43,700 means it for the Disciples of his time. 190 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:47,000 He actually wants them to physically carry out these 191 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,100 actions and we'll talk about the reason. 192 00:10:50,300 --> 00:10:52,500 Why I think that's the best interpretation when we get to 193 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:54,900 the end of the passage? Because they're he actually 194 00:10:54,900 --> 00:10:58,600 explains to the disciples why he wants them to do these things. 195 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:03,900 So he's about to give some examples that challenge his 196 00:11:03,900 --> 00:11:07,100 disciples to resist the temptation to return, one 197 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:09,900 offense for another. His genic challenge them, not to 198 00:11:09,900 --> 00:11:14,600 retaliate, but to return evil with good So the key theme that 199 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,600 we're about to see is it in each example, the person or Jesus 200 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,700 disciples are unjustly persecuted by Wicked person. 201 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,400 And Jesus point to them is in, do it anyway, in fact to return 202 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:32,000 their evil with kindness. So the first example says, on 203 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,500 the contrary, if anyone hits you on the right cheek offer him the 204 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:39,300 other as well. And you probably heard this, the 205 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:43,400 background of this cheek stuff. So, in Jewish, there's actually 206 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,900 significance in the fact that Jesus says, Jesus says, right 207 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:49,900 cheek. So in that culture men in 208 00:11:49,900 --> 00:11:52,300 particular were all right, handed pretty much. 209 00:11:52,300 --> 00:11:55,700 And so that would slack with their right hand to do a normal 210 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:57,300 slap. And by the way to slap, someone 211 00:11:57,300 --> 00:11:59,200 was actually kind of like bashing them. 212 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,900 It was assaulting them. And if imagine a do with the 213 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:06,600 right hand, when he slap someone typically, you would slap 214 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,600 someone across their left cheek because that, you know, that's 215 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,600 the way your normal hand slap would work. 216 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,800 So when Jesus says, if someone hits you on the right cheek so 217 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:19,100 to hit someone on the right cheek was actually a Hand slap. 218 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:22,900 It's someone's right hand hits. You on your right cheek. 219 00:12:22,900 --> 00:12:25,200 That's a back hand slap and to the Jews. 220 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,400 I was considered to be doubly insulting. 221 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:31,800 The worst kind of assault, it was actually quite demeaning and 222 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,700 insulting for someone to do that to you. 223 00:12:35,900 --> 00:12:38,600 So and we get this information from the mishnah which was a 224 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,000 series of Jewish writings from around this time. 225 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:45,500 The mishna says that if someone gives you a back hand slap then 226 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:49,200 as a Jew you could demand double a financial penalty. 227 00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:53,100 So you could demand that the person repays you twice as much. 228 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:56,600 Then if they had of giving you like a front hand slap on your 229 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,400 left cheek so that will be the imagine your Ado and you're 230 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,400 given a back hand slap on to your right cheek your natural 231 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,000 Jewish Inclination is going to be to demand immediate 232 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:13,300 compensation and a lot of it but Jesus says actually don't do 233 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:15,500 that. Instead turn your other cheek 234 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,400 turn the other cheek to the person. 235 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,800 So Jesus main point here is don't take revenge, don't demand 236 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,700 compensation instead, offer your other cheek. 237 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:28,900 And in doing that, as we'll find out, Jesus is trying Jesus says 238 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:32,800 that by doing actions like this, you will do good or shower. 239 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,600 Good on the other person in some sort of way. 240 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:41,400 Now, if there's help hyperbole involved here, Jesus might just 241 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,400 be saying that there is Merit in suffering righteously rather 242 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,300 than retaliating. And he certainly saying that, 243 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:49,700 but I also think Jesus is literally saying, if someone 244 00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:51,200 slaps, you then turn the other cheek. 245 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:55,500 That's we saying to his original disciples now, notice He's not 246 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:58,400 saying you can't defend yourself, right? 247 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,700 Someone slapping. You this. 248 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:04,500 That's not like a full kind of life-threatening full bashing up 249 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:05,800 kind of thing. That would probably be a 250 00:14:05,808 --> 00:14:08,300 different situation. Jesus here is saying that if 251 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:11,200 you're injured and you a mild persecution where someone lashes 252 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:16,500 out at you with a hurtful slap don't take your natural. 253 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:21,000 Your natural thing would be to sort of get angry and then go 254 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,600 and demand retribution, he's saying don't do that. 255 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,000 So, Jesus is not condoning, he's not saying you're not allowed to 256 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,200 defend yourself. If it was like a full-on 257 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:34,000 assault, obviously Jesus would allow the person to defend 258 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:34,800 themself. He's here. 259 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,200 He's talking about someone slapping you in kind of a direct 260 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,800 but perhaps a lesser lesser way than a full-on assault. 261 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,900 So let's keep that in mind. Jesus is not being a full-on 262 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:48,600 pacifist here, as some people have tried to interpret. 263 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,300 It is just saying these little scuffles can be part of normal, 264 00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:54,400 Jewish life and where possible Abel. 265 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,500 This is what you want to do in response, hope that makes sense. 266 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:02,500 Verse 40, he now gives another example which is in a way 267 00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:05,700 similar, he says, if a man takes you to law and would have your 268 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:08,600 tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 269 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,000 Now again, the context here is important. 270 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,100 So in that culture, Jewish men would wear to garments. 271 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:18,300 So they had a tunic, which was an inner garment and then a 272 00:15:18,308 --> 00:15:23,700 cloak, which was a larger heavier outer garment So a man 273 00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:26,400 could be sued for his tunic. That apparently, that was part 274 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,600 of normal Jewish life, where, you know, when Jews sued each 275 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,000 other, they could demand compensation in the form of 276 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,500 tunic. They could say you have done me 277 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:35,800 wrong. Now, you need to give me your 278 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:41,200 tunic but They couldn't serve another man for his coach for 279 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,800 the inner coat because the inner coat was considered essential to 280 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,300 keep warm. People needed to wear coats all 281 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:50,000 the men wore coats in order to keep all that was a necessity. 282 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,500 So Jesus here is saying that if someone should sue you for your 283 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:57,000 tunic and ask for your tunic, which they have a right to do, 284 00:15:57,300 --> 00:16:00,200 you should actually rather than seeking compensation or, you 285 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,700 know, taking it to court or whatever in that situation. 286 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:08,100 Offer your cloak offer, your basic necessity as well. 287 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,500 That's a pretty strong statement. 288 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:13,000 Jesus is basically saying offer yourself completely give your 289 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,000 most in give you this most important garment that keeps you 290 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,500 warm offer that as well. Presumably the idea here is that 291 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:23,400 if you do that to the man, he's going to sort of his conscience 292 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,400 is going to be sort of pricked, and he's going to perhaps in 293 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,000 some way, turn to God. As a result of seeing this good 294 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,300 work. That the persecuted person is 295 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:39,200 doing So that's that one verse 41 is. 296 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,300 Another example, if anyone orders you to go one mile. 297 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:45,400 So again, the context is really important in that culture of 298 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,600 Roman soldier could legally. According to Roman law could 299 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,400 force a Jew to carry the Romans equipment for up to a mile. 300 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,000 So that Roman could say right here, take my stuff, take my 301 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:59,600 armor and it was legal for the Roman to demand that for one 302 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,300 mile. And apparently lots of Jews were 303 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:06,599 subject to this at the time. So he Jesus says, don't just go 304 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:08,599 one mile offer to go, another mile. 305 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:14,000 So Jesus is saying show extreme generosity to the Romans to the 306 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,700 Jewish years. This is shocking because the 307 00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:18,599 Romans were hated by the Jews. The Romans were the oppressors 308 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:22,599 of of them. And so Jesus saying not only 309 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:25,300 should you endure their weird laws in their suffering, you 310 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:28,300 should show extreme generosity and offer to take it. 311 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:31,500 Another mile. It's interesting thinking about 312 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:33,300 the kind of Kingdom Jesus trying to set up. 313 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:36,400 He wants a kingdom of Of extreme self-giving of extreme 314 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,700 generosity. Jesus says that that's the way 315 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,000 that will bring people closer to God. 316 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,400 There will shower blessings on them. 317 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:46,500 I can certainly said, that's true. 318 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:48,400 My own life. The reason that I first became a 319 00:17:48,408 --> 00:17:51,700 Christian was, because I was drawn to these people, that 320 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:53,400 clearly lived in such a different way. 321 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,200 There was something different about them, and they were so 322 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,700 kind and generous, perhaps some of you have similar stories 323 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:01,300 where you were drawn to Christianity because you saw 324 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:05,400 this such radical generosity. In people's lives and you wanted 325 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,900 what they had. I think that's the kind of thing 326 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:10,000 Jesus talking about here. That's the kind of people he 327 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:15,400 wants his disciples to be. Verse 42 Jesus then bronze it 328 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,900 out of it. He says give to anyone who asks 329 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:21,600 so Jesus says don't hold anything selfishly if anyone 330 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,000 wants to borrow do not turn away. 331 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,400 So Jesus who I think is laying down the law at least for his 332 00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:33,300 immediate context disciples that if someone wants to borrow 333 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:37,100 something you must out of Christian Duty, give them what 334 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:40,400 they ask for. At least for borrowing, you 335 00:18:40,408 --> 00:18:42,800 know, he's talking here about borrowing, not, you know, 336 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,900 someone taking of stuff. But at least for borrowing, you 337 00:18:45,900 --> 00:18:48,200 must give it to them. And I think that that's, you 338 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,600 know, I think that that would probably apply today that's a 339 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:54,000 reasonable thing to expect of Christians, as Klein people. 340 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,800 Verse 43. Jesus now gives another example 341 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,300 you have heard. It said You shall love your 342 00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:08,600 neighbor and hate your enemy. Now, that statement is not in 343 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,700 the Torah. It is in the Torah and say you 344 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:14,600 shall love your neighbor but it's not in the Torah to say you 345 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,200 should hate your enemy. So it must be that the common 346 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,200 Jewish interpretation at this time. 347 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,600 As the Jews have tried their best to understand the Torah. 348 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:28,600 Have developed over Leviticus 19:18, which says, love your 349 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,400 neighbor. And the common Jewish opinion 350 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,900 had was developed to such a point. 351 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:34,500 That it said, love your neighbor. 352 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:37,500 And therefore that means love, no one else and hate your 353 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:39,600 enemies. So the common Jewish teaching at 354 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,200 the time was love your neighbor. Hate your enemies. 355 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,800 What does Jesus mean? When he says, he says love your 356 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,500 enemies and we've all heard this phrase before rather, you must 357 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:54,500 love your enemies. What does it mean to love your 358 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:57,000 enemies? A lot can be said about the word 359 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,600 love, but certainly in the gospels and in the New Testament 360 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,700 as well. The rest of the New Testament, 361 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:04,100 what does it mean to love someone? 362 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:07,800 It means to do good to them, to do. 363 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,000 Good to them, to will their best to do good. 364 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,500 It doesn't mean feelings, does it necessarily Even mean a 365 00:20:14,508 --> 00:20:18,100 commitment we often talk about love in terms of a commitment in 366 00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:20,700 the New Testament. Thinking the best way to 367 00:20:20,700 --> 00:20:24,100 describe what love means is doing good to someone. 368 00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:25,500 That's what it means to love them. 369 00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:30,400 So when Jesus says, love your enemies, he means do good to 370 00:20:30,408 --> 00:20:33,300 your enemies do. Good, deeds to your enemies and 371 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:36,400 desire, their welfare. He takes it further. 372 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,600 He says, pray for those who persecute you now. 373 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,400 Who persecutes the Jews? Why would Jesus say persecute 374 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,300 you? So at this time, the people who 375 00:20:44,300 --> 00:20:47,900 are persecuting, the Jews was of course, the Romans the Romans 376 00:20:47,900 --> 00:20:51,600 would often put in unjust laws. They would make fun of the Jews 377 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,000 that would often sometimes physically attack and kill and 378 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,900 crucify the Jews. They are. 379 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,800 They took their Homeland. The Jews were very much 380 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:03,400 persecuted by the Romans so Jesus challenges his disciples. 381 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,800 His Jewish disciples to love and pray for the very people who 382 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,000 occupy their land tax them heavily and treat them with 383 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,600 violence and Injustice. That such a radical teaching, 384 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,800 pray for the people who are doing this to you. 385 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,400 Again, that's another example of doing a good deed for that 386 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,800 person. So not only should you carry 387 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,300 their armor for two miles? And not only should you turn the 388 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:27,200 other cheek? She not only, should you give 389 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,200 them your cloak, those are all good deeds. 390 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,600 Another good deed you can do for them. 391 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,100 Says, Jesus is pray for them, pray for God's blessing. 392 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,200 Now, Jesus is just giving all those examples and now he's 393 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,300 going to tell us why he thinks. It's important that people do 394 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:46,900 that verse 45 in this way. You will be sons of your father 395 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:49,700 in Heaven. So Jesus says, in order to be 396 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:53,800 considered a son of the father of Son, of God, one must do the 397 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,100 things that Jesus has just said, right? 398 00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:57,300 So you need to love your enemies. 399 00:21:57,300 --> 00:21:59,200 You need to turn the other cheek in doing. 400 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,900 So you will be sons of your father in Heaven. 401 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:04,300 That probably implies that if you don't do those things. 402 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,300 As a Christian disciple, you're not really a son of the father 403 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:11,900 and obviously that's developed a lot more in the rest of the New 404 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:15,900 Testament. Then he says this statement 405 00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:18,200 which I think has been misunderstood quite a bit and I 406 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,100 certainly didn't understand this statement in context until I 407 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:24,500 read a couple of commentaries on this as I Was preparing. 408 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,100 So Jesus now says, for he causes his sun to rise on bad men as 409 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:32,500 well as good and he's rain to fall on honest, men and 410 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:36,400 dishonest men alike. First thing to say here is that 411 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:38,400 these two statements mean the same thing. 412 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:41,500 Rain we see, rain is probably a bad thing, but in that culture 413 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:44,500 rain was a blessing. So Jesus saying he causes his 414 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,400 Sun-ok blessings to rise on all people. 415 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,300 He causes his rain to fall AKA blessings on all people, Good 416 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:55,200 and Evil. So God gives blessings to all 417 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,000 people, even evil men. And so Jesus teaching is just as 418 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,700 God does that to all people. So Christians like Good Children 419 00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:05,800 of their father should take on the same characteristics of her 420 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,900 father. And therefore, be a blessing and 421 00:23:07,900 --> 00:23:10,900 do good to all people. Do you see the connection there? 422 00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:14,800 Jesus says the reason you should do good to evil people is 423 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,900 because that's what God does. And we're sons of the father. 424 00:23:17,900 --> 00:23:21,600 We're sons of God, so to be good representatives of the father, 425 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,200 we need to do good to all All people as well. 426 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,300 Just as God gives his blessings and good gifts to all people. 427 00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:29,700 That's pretty cool, isn't it? When we realized what Jesus is 428 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:32,900 saying, they're in context, we should be like the father as 429 00:23:32,900 --> 00:23:37,000 much as possible which means doing good to all people. 430 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:43,900 Not just some people. And Jesus Now sort of gives us 431 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:46,800 the flip side of that and tells us what it means if we don't do 432 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,800 those things verse 46 for if you love those who love you, what 433 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,500 right, have you to claim any credit? 434 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,700 So the basic idea here is there's nothing particularly 435 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,900 virtuous about doing good for those who do good to us, that's 436 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:01,900 easy to do. Disciples of Christ are called 437 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:04,700 to do good to everyone, even those who persecute them. 438 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:07,900 Jesus, says, even the tax collectors do this. 439 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,100 So Tax Collectors were not well, liked by the Jews. 440 00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:14,700 They were conspirators with Rome, and the Jews consider them 441 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:18,100 to be Sinners. So, Jesus is saying, even tax 442 00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:21,300 cullinan tax collectors who are considered to be the worst of 443 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:23,100 the Sinners who couldn't do anything, right? 444 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:26,100 Even, they can love those who love them. 445 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:28,300 So there's nothing particularly virtuous about that. 446 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,600 And then Jesus phrases another way in verse 47 and if you save 447 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,100 your greetings for your brothers. 448 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:37,900 Are you doing anything exceptional? 449 00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:40,600 Even the pagans do as much, do they not? 450 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,100 So, same basic meaning, don't just save your greetings. 451 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:48,300 Don't just be kind to those who are good to you. 452 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,900 You need to be kind and give good gifts and show good actions 453 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:57,000 to all people Disciples of Christ are called to be kind to 454 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 everyone. Even those who persecute them, 455 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:02,300 the more you get into The Sermon, on the Mount, you'll 456 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:03,800 often hear The Sermon on the Mount presented. 457 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,500 As I, this is an unrealistic standard. 458 00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:07,600 Jesus setting up. It's some sort of mystical 459 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,400 thing, not really, I think it's actually quite grounded. 460 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,800 Jesus. Basic teaching is we need to do 461 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,600 good to all people and he's given a few examples of what, 462 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,700 how that can look in terms of extreme generosity and extreme 463 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:22,100 selflessness. I think that's still does apply 464 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:23,800 today. That's the kind of Kingdom. 465 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,500 Jesus wants his disciples to have to show. 466 00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:32,900 This 48, this is the probably the hardest part right at the 467 00:25:32,900 --> 00:25:34,800 end. He says You must therefore be 468 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,900 perfect just as your heavenly father is perfect. 469 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,500 So Jesus, he is set up the ultimate standard. 470 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:46,100 It's not enough to just do easy things, it's not enough to just 471 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:48,700 follow the law externally, as the Pharisees did. 472 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,000 All of that is okay, but Jesus saying, Christian followers, 473 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,500 must do more than that. Christian followers must strive 474 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:59,900 to be internally changed and perfected, even become so holy 475 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:02,300 that they're almost becoming perfected. 476 00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:05,800 So Jesus is telling his disciples that they want to 477 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,700 conform their lives, to the will of God as much as possible. 478 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:13,200 They want to become perfect as god is perfect. 479 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,200 Just as God is Holy, the Christian disciples must strive 480 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,700 to be holy in every respect. Now, this particular law 481 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:23,300 probably recalls this particular teaching of Jesus, probably 482 00:26:23,300 --> 00:26:28,400 recalls, Leviticus 19, verse 2, where it says God says be holy 483 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:33,100 for the Lord, your God is, Holy be holy as I am. 484 00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:39,100 Holy And in fact that's Sid Jay Gould says that right before, he 485 00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:41,400 says, love your neighbor as yourself. 486 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:45,000 So Jesus is actually recalling old Commandments that God has 487 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,800 given in in the Torah. But had largely been forgotten 488 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,200 about Jesus is calling for a return to that. 489 00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:54,700 Be holy as God is Holy, love, your neighbor as yourself, show 490 00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:58,200 extreme undeserved, kindness, to all people. 491 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,500 That's what Jesus is Calling the Jews back to, which in fact was 492 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:05,200 pretty much laid out in the law, but obviously it, Got lost 493 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:10,900 amidst, all the externals. Now when Leviticus 19 verse to 494 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:14,100 be holy as the Lord, your God is Holy often. 495 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:17,400 The Jews would interpret that to mean Holiness, as in separating 496 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,400 yourself from everything that's Unholy, including Sinners and 497 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,200 Gentiles Jesus says no that's not what that verse mean. 498 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,800 Jesus says that actually Holiness involves loving and 499 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,500 doing good to those people to the tax collectors and the 500 00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:34,500 Sinners just as their, father, loves and does good. 501 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,400 To them. Now notice that when he's hard, 502 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:39,900 this teaching is hard, be perfect. 503 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:44,600 As god is perfect. Notice that Jesus doesn't use 504 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,500 this phrase. He doesn't say You must be 505 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:49,800 perfect. In order to get into heaven, all 506 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:50,800 right? He doesn't say that. 507 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,700 Remember earlier, in the Sermon, on the Mount, he did, he did lay 508 00:27:53,700 --> 00:27:56,000 out the conditions, could getting into heaven, where he 509 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,300 said, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees, 510 00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:02,800 you cannot get into heaven. So, what Jesus basically says 511 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:07,400 is, You need to go above the Pharisees in terms of your 512 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,200 righteousness. If you can do that, that's the 513 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,600 minimum requirement for getting into heaven, okay? 514 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,800 He doesn't say, you need to be perfect to get into heaven, 515 00:28:15,300 --> 00:28:16,400 right? Did you notice that? 516 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,500 But he does say still, you must strive for Perfection. 517 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:23,400 So, it's not like we have to be perfect at the end of our life 518 00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:25,300 in order to get into heaven. But still that's what we're 519 00:28:25,308 --> 00:28:29,300 supposed to strive for. That is our aim to be like God 520 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,400 to be as holy as God is. And obviously that's developed a 521 00:28:33,408 --> 00:28:39,600 lot by very spiritual writers. Now, just to, I want to 522 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,000 reiterate one more time. What's Jesus Central teaching In 523 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,500 this passage Jesus teaching? Is that just as God gives 524 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:48,900 blessings and good gifts and good works, to all people, good 525 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:52,600 and evil, Christian disciples if they're going to be true 526 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,800 representatives of God, if they're going to be true, people 527 00:28:54,800 --> 00:29:00,200 who were in his kingdom, they also need to show complete, good 528 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:06,500 works, pure generosity extreme goodness to all people including 529 00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:08,300 those who persecute them. That's the main part. 530 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,100 This teaching. Now, obviously, this is a very 531 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:16,100 important teaching in Catholic theology and morality, and so 532 00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:18,300 there's lots of references to this in the catechism. 533 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:21,900 Lots of places where it's quoted verse by verse. 534 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,400 I'll just give you a couple of them in verse 19, 33 in the 535 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,100 section on social justice, he says the same it. 536 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:32,700 Sorry, the catechism says this same Duty extend to those who 537 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:36,000 think or act differently from us, the teaching of Christ goes 538 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,900 so far as to require the Forgiveness of offenses. 539 00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:42,100 He extends the The Commandment of love which is that of the new 540 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:46,100 law to All Enemies Liberation in the spirit of the Gospel is 541 00:29:46,100 --> 00:29:50,000 incompatible with hatred of one's enemy as a person but not 542 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,600 with hatred of the evil that he does as an enemy. 543 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:59,200 Verse 2 paragraph, 2 3 or 3 is in the discussion about peace 544 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,400 says, deliberate hatred is contrary to charity hatred. 545 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,400 Hatred of the neighbor is a scene where one deliberately 546 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,700 wishes him evil. Hatred of the neighbor is a 547 00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:12,400 grave sin when one deliberately desires him. 548 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,700 Grave harm quote, but I say to you love your enemies and pray 549 00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:19,700 for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your 550 00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:21,800 father who is in heaven, unquote. 551 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,600 And then paragraph 2608 in the section on how Jesus teaches us 552 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,100 how to pray. It says, from The Sermon on the 553 00:30:30,108 --> 00:30:33,800 Mount on words, Jesus insists on conversion of heart 554 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,900 reconciliation, with one's brother. 555 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:39,900 Before presenting, an offering on the altar love of enemies and 556 00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:43,900 prayer for persecutors prayer to the father in secret, not 557 00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:46,300 heaving up. Empty phrases prayer for 558 00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:49,500 forgiveness, from the depths of the heart, purity of heart and 559 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:53,300 seeking the kingdom before. All else, This filial conversion 560 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:55,200 is directed entirely to the father. 561 00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:00,100 So, we'll finish the today's podcast there. 562 00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:03,300 There was a lot in today because this is such a pivotal passage, 563 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:05,700 and I think it's one that needs to be understood. 564 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:09,200 If you've enjoyed this podcast, I'd recommend listening. 565 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,700 Again, I've certainly got a lot out of studying for this 566 00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:13,600 passage. There's so much in there and 567 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,200 please share with other people. 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