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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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<strong>and</strong> events, which we know to have really<br />

preceded <strong>the</strong> ' Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount.'<br />

Very many-sided is that' Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount,' so<br />

that different writers, each viewing it from his<br />

st<strong>and</strong>point, have differently sketched its general<br />

outline, <strong>and</strong> yet carried to our minds <strong>the</strong> feeling<br />

that thus fiur <strong>the</strong>y had correctly understood it. We<br />

also might attempt humble contribution towards <strong>the</strong><br />

same end. Viewing it in <strong>the</strong> light <strong>of</strong> tht time, we<br />

might mark in it alike advancement on <strong>the</strong> Old<br />

Testament (or ra<strong>the</strong>r, unfolding <strong>of</strong> its inmost, yet<br />

hidden meaning), <strong>and</strong> contrast to contemporary<br />

Jewish teaching. And here we would regard it as<br />

presenting <strong>the</strong> frdl delineation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ideal man <strong>of</strong><br />

God, <strong>of</strong> prayer, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> righteousness—in short, <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> inward <strong>and</strong> outward manifestation <strong>of</strong><br />

discipleship. Or else, keeping before us <strong>the</strong><br />

different st<strong>and</strong>point <strong>of</strong> His hearers, we might in<br />

this ' Sermon' follow up this contrast to its<br />

underlying ideas as regards: First, <strong>the</strong> right<br />

relationship between man <strong>and</strong> God, or true<br />

righteousness—what inward graces characterise,

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