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

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application, such as <strong>the</strong> Scribes<br />

• TT.fli to <strong>and</strong> Pharisees made.* For, takimr even<br />

<strong>the</strong> letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law. <strong>the</strong>re<br />

(hmI i^ nil "w ' sj 9<br />

is not only progression, but almost contrast,<br />

between <strong>the</strong> righteousness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>and</strong> that<br />

set forth by <strong>the</strong> teachers <strong>of</strong> Israel. Accordingly, a<br />

detailed criticism <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law now follows—<strong>and</strong><br />

that not as interpreted <strong>and</strong> applied by' tradition,'<br />

but in its barely literal meaning. Li this part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> '<br />

Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount' <strong>the</strong> careful reader will mark<br />

an anology to Exod. xxi. <strong>and</strong> zxii.<br />

This closes <strong>the</strong> first part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ' Sermon on <strong>the</strong><br />

Mount.' Thi second part is contained in St. Matt.<br />

vi. Li this <strong>the</strong> criticism <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law is carried<br />

deeper. <strong>The</strong> question now is not as concerns <strong>the</strong><br />

Law in its literality, but as to what constituted<br />

more than a mere observanoe <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> outward<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>ments: piety^ spirittudiiy^ 8an>cHiy.

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