In the actual text of the Sermon on the Mount, for instance, at least in the original Greek, an ominously archetypal figure, identified simply as “the wicked man” (ὁ πονηρός), makes a brief appearance. He is almost certainly meant to be understood as a depiction of the sort of avaricious, disingenuous, and rapacious man who routinely abuses, deceives, defrauds, and plunders the poor.
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Does it not then follow, that if His be the kingdom, we should fear no one, since there can be none to withstand, and divide the empire with him.
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Jesus gave us the Prayer as a template to follow, not as a mantra to repeat.
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It is in this clause that Jesus speaks most directly about the atonement for he is the one that delivers us from the evil one.
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How can you call God just when you read the parable of the laborers in the vineyard . . . or when you read the parable of the prodigal son . . . Where is God’s justice? Here is the fact that while we were sinners Christ died for us.
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“Our Daily Bread” has four distinct layers of meaning: the material sustanence, the scriptures, Christ himself, and the gathered church community.
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This petition represents the completion of our salvation as contained in the three Thou petitions – His Name is Hallowed, His Kingdom Comes, and His Will is therefore Done.
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God’s Kingdom refers to 1) the completion of our sanctification, 2) the coming eschatological reign of Christ, and 3) the church.
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The hollowing of God’s name can be seen as either an internal action worked within the soul of the believer or an external action taken by us.
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Jesus instructs us that we relate to God not through a sovereign-subject relationship nor a relationship based upon blood-lineage, but based upon a personal familial relationship.
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