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| | Happy to have find this quote. |  Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:59 am by Claude Martel | Let's do the same.
| Quote: | J[b]esus did not hesitate to appropriate the better half of a Scripture
while he repudiated the lesser portion.[/b] His great exhortation, "Love
your neighbor as yourself," he took from the Scripture which reads:
"You shall not take vengeance against the children of your people, but
you shall love your neighbor as yourself." [b]Jesus appropriated the
positive portion of this Scripture while rejecting the negative part.[/b]
He even opposed negative or purely passive nonresistance. Said he:
"When an enemy smites you on one cheek, do not stand there dumb and
passive but in positive attitude turn the other; that is, do the best
thing possible actively to lead your brother in error away from the
evil paths into the better ways of righteous living." Jesus required
his followers to react positively and aggressively to every life
situation. The turning of the other cheek, or whatever act that may
typify, demands initiative, necessitates vigorous, active, and
courageous expression of the believer's personality.P.1770;1 |
Claude. 
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