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

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goal <strong>of</strong> becoming <strong>the</strong> ^ children <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Eangdom;'<br />

He makes men OHAP. Bach, freely, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> His<br />

grace: <strong>and</strong> this ia <strong>the</strong> Kingdom. What <strong>the</strong> XVUI<br />

o<strong>the</strong>rs labour for, He gives. <strong>The</strong>y begin by<br />

dem<strong>and</strong>ing. He by be- ' ' '^ stowing: becanse He<br />

brings good tidings <strong>of</strong> forgiveness <strong>and</strong> mercy.<br />

Accordingly, in <strong>the</strong> real sense, <strong>the</strong>re is nei<strong>the</strong>r new<br />

law nor moral system here, but entrance into a new<br />

life: 'Be ye <strong>the</strong>refore perfect, as your Fa<strong>the</strong>r Which<br />

is in heaven is perfect.'<br />

But if <strong>the</strong> Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount contains not a new,<br />

nor, indeed, any system <strong>of</strong> morality, <strong>and</strong> addresses<br />

itself to a new condition <strong>of</strong> things, it follows that<br />

<strong>the</strong> promises attaching, for example, to <strong>the</strong> socalled<br />

' Beatitudes' must not be regarded as <strong>the</strong><br />

reward <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> spiritual state with which <strong>the</strong>y are<br />

respectively connected, nor yet as <strong>the</strong>ir result. It is<br />

not because a man is poor in spirit that his is <strong>the</strong><br />

Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Heaven, in <strong>the</strong> sense that <strong>the</strong> one state<br />

will grow into <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r, or be its result; still less

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