Jesus and Rights
February 19, 2023 / Patrick MitchellJesus and Rights
Matthew 5.38-42 CSB
Rights
Consider…
- What happens when rights are in opposition?
- What if the expression of your right is experienced as a slight?
Matthew 5.38-42 CSB
Two Limitations
- This is about responsibility with principles, not particulars.
- This is about individuals, not governments.
- 38-39a
Eye for eye…
- Leviticus 24.19-20
- Lex talionis à law of retaliation
Resist – to set against / take legal action against (James 4; Gal 2)
- 39b
Slap
- Dishonoring, demeaning, humiliating
v.40
Sue
v.41
Second mile
v.42
Give & lend
- Are you cultivating the kind of heart that will let go?
Catching Our Spiritual Second Wind
- Deadbolt vs Doorway
Three deadbolt indicators
- Demanding
- Dismissing
- Defending