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

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was innermost <strong>and</strong> uppermost in <strong>the</strong> Mind <strong>of</strong> Christ<br />

—^<strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> God. Notably, <strong>the</strong> Sermon on<br />

<strong>the</strong> Mount contains not any detailed or systematic<br />

doctrinal,* nor any ritual teaching, nor yet does it<br />

prescribe <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> any outward observances.<br />

This marks, at least negatively, a difference in<br />

principle from all o<strong>the</strong>r teaching. Christ came to<br />

found a Kingdom, not a School; to institute a<br />

fellowship, not to propound a system. To <strong>the</strong> first<br />

disciples ail doctrinal teaching sprang out <strong>of</strong><br />

fellowship with Him. <strong>The</strong>y saw Him, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>refore<br />

believed; <strong>the</strong>y believed, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>refore learned <strong>the</strong><br />

truths connected with Him, <strong>and</strong> springing out <strong>of</strong><br />

Him. So to speak, <strong>the</strong> seed <strong>of</strong> truth which fell on<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir hearts was carried thi<strong>the</strong>r from <strong>the</strong> flower <strong>of</strong><br />

His Person <strong>and</strong> <strong>Life</strong>.<br />

Again, as from this point <strong>of</strong> view <strong>the</strong> Sermon on<br />

<strong>the</strong> Mount differs from all contemporary Jewish<br />

teaching, so also is it impossible to compare it<br />

with any o<strong>the</strong>r system <strong>of</strong> morality. <strong>The</strong> difference<br />

here is one not <strong>of</strong> degree, nor even <strong>of</strong> kind, but <strong>of</strong><br />

st<strong>and</strong>point. It is indeed true, that <strong>the</strong> Words <strong>of</strong>

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