
06-30-2013, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ilovetv
True. And likewise it is worthy to note that Jesus declared in this same passage this admonition:
6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs.
If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
And clearly, Jesus considered the books/scrolls of Moses and all the Prophets to be "sacred" scriptures:
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Luke 4 NIV - Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness - Bible Gateway
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You can hand pick stuff from the Bible to prove just about anything. The message of the Sermon on the Mount seems to be hinged on the Golden Rule and the best tenets of the Christian religion. Jesus had to survive to get his message out so he did have to make various concessions to the Jewish faith as well as to the Roman/Jewish government.
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