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Re: false dichotomies and what rhymes with Jebus?
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Kelvin Bailey wrote:
> --- Dan Temmesfeld <dtemm at yahoo_com> wrote:
> > christ didn't call his followers to act as separate. so, if there is
> > a dichotomy, it is one that should not be. period.
>
> Hmmm,
> How about "Be holy even as God is holy."
That's what the OT says (or close enough, a la Leviticus 19:2). Jesus
rephrases this saying in two ways in the NT, depending on which gospel you
read; Matthew 5:48 says, "Be perfect, therefore, even as your heavenly
Father is perfect," and Luke 6:36 says, "Be merciful, just as your Father
is merciful." (Some translations prefer "Be compassionate...")
BTW, it occurs to me that Matthew has a tendency to replace the word "God"
with the word "Heaven" in Jesus' sayings, thus, "the Kingdom of God"
becomes "the Kingdom of Heaven". It's all part of that Jewish
self-censorshi, I suppose, but there *is* a biblical precedent for it.
> or "Come out from among them and be separate."
Jesus doesn't say that. Paul says that, in II Corinthians 6:17.
--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
"I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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