Latest / Making Friends With The Lord Jesus
Eye for an Eye and Tooth for a Tooth
Jesus points out today in the Gospel that this principal enunciated in the title was development of Jewish law or the Mosaic Law. However, Jesus perfects it by saying that we should not even think about getting back at our opponents. We should expose our other cheek if he hits us on the other. This means that we need to forgive our offenders. The violence has to end in us. We should not spread the violence to others, beginning with the one who is our aggressor. This does not mean that Our Lord wants us to be like sitting ducks. We can defend ourselves, and we should fight back following…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.