As we read today's excerpt from the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5:20-26) it seems that Jesus is asking the impossible from us. No judging others, no anger? Well, we are called at the end of the Sermon "to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect." The bar is set high, and we get the message that our virtue, our actions, behaviors and thoughts, must exceed those of even the most righteous of the day, the Scribes and Pharisees. Not something we can do alone, but developing a mind-set based on the teachings and actions of Jesus, we can do more than we think. Our life-long task is to develop that mindset...That's what today is for.
Bro. Rene
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