that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
I came not to sweep away the foundation of the Old Testament but to fulfill it, establish it, unfold it, embody it in living form. Fear not that I will subvert God's living oracles; rather, enshrine them in reverence, affection, and character.
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Commenting on Matthew 5:17-48
Show yourselves to be God's children by resembling Him. He makes His sun rise on evil and good, sends rain on just and unjust, a magnificent appellation for the Father's own conduct, held up as the pattern for imitation in a word spoken as never man spoke.
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The Jewish teachers corrupted God's law. He said love your neighbor; they twisted it to mean only their own nation and friends, then added what He never said: hate your enemy. I come as Peacemaker to teach you differently: love your enemies as I have loved you.
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Commenting on Matthew 5:43-48