Re: The Experience of Christ
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Originally Posted by OBW
But if you look at the nature of the people listed, there are no "Pharisees" included in the list. Only the ones that he dined with as the Pharisees sat by and complained. The issues were not the equivalent of the sellers of merchandise in the temple, but the laws of the government that ruled over the land. And he did not discuss them. They were not relevant to his kingdom. Paul did say to obey them because they provide peace, yet we gripe about them, creating unrest and chasing peace away.
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When someone came up and said to Jesus, "Tell my brother to give me my inheritance", He replied, "Man, who put me as ruler over you?" Jesus was indeed concerned with social justice. With righteousness. With peace. But His approach was entirely not "of the Gentiles". We can hardly over-stress this point.
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