263 - An Eye For An Eye

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Sermon on the Mount: Part 8. Matthew 5:38-42. An eye for an eye. This one is fun. Jesus continues to flip the script on what we know and have held to be true. There is a lot, a lot here, so give yourself some time. Jesus is purposefully upending many common held practices in regards to revenge and reciprocity, resistance and passivity. What was Jesus saying when he tells them to turn the other cheek? To offer their cloak? To walk an extra mile? What does this say about the Kingdom that He is establishing? How is it at odds with the common practices of the time, and well as today?? Where does this fall in line with what He has said prior in this sermon about anger, coveting, divorce, etc.? This kingdom is a table with many seats and each sits as high as the next. As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Always feel free to email in questions to [email protected], and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram. Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - apple.co/1Lla1Nj Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Instagram: @voxpodcast Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mikeerre Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford www.timothyjohnstafford.com Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

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0:00.0	Hey everybody
0:06.1	Welcome to the Vox Podcast Mike Erie Timothy Stafford and our Palestinian friend Jesus of Nazareth.
0:13.2	I want to welcome you to our little recording,
0:18.0	our little show, if you will.
0:20.1	Thank you for giving us some time today, whatever it is you're in the midst of, if you're trying to sleep,
0:26.0	you picked a great episode because I think we will lull you very quickly into a deep slumber.
0:32.0	Away.
0:33.0	We gotta jump right in because we've got,
0:38.0	I mean Jesus just, he just doesn't let up.
0:42.0	He just doesn't let up at all. So today we're going to his most, one of his most famous sayings.
0:51.0	It's a saying that's been very shockingly misunderstood and has let us down all sorts of false rabbit trails,
0:59.0	but it is particularly relevant. We're recording this, the week of the announcement of Brianna Taylor, and the lack of indictments about that and another just instance of a world that splitting our culture
1:17.0	dividing it is it is it is so tumultuous I've never in my 30 something years of life plus a few I've never seen
1:29.9	anything like it and you pile't know I just feel it's it's I don't know I just feels like a whole
1:40.6	heck of a lot yeah and and so we've been trying to center ourselves
1:45.0	on the politics of this social entity
1:48.0	called the kingdom of God.
1:50.0	Those politics are exemplified in the way of Jesus, how he conducted himself, what he did, how he did it.
1:59.0	Paul just invites us to imitate Jesus in these ways as part of the local expressions of this
2:07.0	polis called the churches, but it's just these are social gatherings ordered by the teachings and example of Jesus of Nazareth.
2:15.0	That's what we're doing.
2:16.0	So we've got a lot to practice today, as we'll see.
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