Sunday, December 15, 2019

"knowing their hypocrisy" - Learn Ethical, Spiritual or Theological Laws




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Learn Ethical, Spiritual or Theological Laws

Christ Jesus did not come to this world for the purpose of teaching that the world is a globe and the earth goes around the sun or there are 100 or more scientific laws.  He did not even teach how to generate electricity or create modern medicines.  And most importantly Christ Jesus did not teach how to achieve longevity.  But He told to love the God more than people had done even if they had ever loved the God.

Christ Jesus must have thought that there was no need to teach who and what was the God, even it is thought that the God had sent Him to the human world. 

Therefore, we have to admit that every man knows that there is the God and there is nothing or nobody who is more important than the God.

It means that the God is more important than any aspect of civilization.  Therefore, we have to acknowledge that the God is more important than money.  The God is more important than success in the society.  The God is more important than happiness one can get in this world.

Consequently, the God is more important then any individual life.  However, Christ Jesus never told people to die for the God.

According to Christ Jesus, the God has power to respond to request from men:
M't:7:7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
M't:7:8: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

But the God has also absolute authority over human beings:
M't:7:17: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
M't:7:18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
M't:7:19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

So, the God is benevolent to men, but He hates evil and corruption of men and can throw evil men into the hell.  The God can throw an evil man into the hell, which is the most important teaching of Christ Jesus.

But as science has developed and people have come to enjoy fruits of material civilization, people have come to less think of Heaven and the hell.  Therefore, it is no wonder that modern humans have come to less think of and love the God.  

It is as if men decided to enjoy material life while they were alive in this world, even if they would be thrown into the hell by the God after their life.

But if one has realized that civilization was established by men, including evil men, but not by the God, he or she should not fully trust power of material civilization.  And if one believes in existence of the God, Heaven, and the hell, he or she would love the God to be allowed to enter Heaven, while human civilization cannot make anybody enter Heaven after his or her death.

In this context, what we should learn, for example, from Christ Jesus is not any scientific laws but ethical, spiritual or theological laws the God set. 

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M'r:12:14: And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
M'r:12:15: Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
M'r:12:16: And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
M'r:12:17: And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.