Pastor Ralph Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabatha Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? It is easy to say we love God when that love doesn't cost us anything more than weekly attendance at a religious service. But the real test of our love for God is how we treat the people in front of us--- Our church brothers and sisters, how we deal with mistreatment or offenses from someone, How we deal with attitudes towards fellow believers. We cannot truly love God while neglecting to forgive and settle things peaceablely with out being angry. Anger is a sin the can put murder in our heart if we do not submitt our thoughts to The Holy Spirit. We must let our mind be transformed into the mind of Christ. I always ask myself what would Christ do, and then pray that the Holy Spirit will help me put the flesh under the Blood of Jesus Amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBlake Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? I believe the over all theme here is forgiveness and reconcilliation. Bringing onesself right with those earthly hinderences to a solid and intimate relationship with God. These things are like slivers...when you get a sliver, if you don't get it out right away, it becomes infected...this leads to all sorts of disease and discomfort, and could eventually lead to amputation or death. If left alone, these grievences against ourselves or others will continually separate us from God, further and further, until we are so bitter and resentful that we have edged God our of our lives completely. God is Love...we cannot have love if we have hatred in our hearts (1 Corinthians 13:4-13). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cee Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? Verses 12-22~ Jesus is talking about bringing upon yourself in a big way from God. Verses 23-24~ Jesus is talking about first go and be reconciled tp your brother/sister then come and offer your gift at the altar. To me the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26 is showing love and respect to God and to other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Nelson Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Q5. Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charisbarak Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 The overarching theme of all these verses is love. We need to love others as we love ourselves. These are heart problems. We need the Holy Spirit to clean us up on the inside & keep our accounts clean with God & our brothers & sisters. We don't show love when we sin against them. Shalom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood C O'Dell Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 The overarching theme of Jesus in this passage is loving your neighbor as yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? I believe that Jesus is teaching us that we need to have pure hearts to come to and worship the Father and the only way we can have clean hearts is to not beholding any thing against another and to not be causing anyone to be holding anything against us. We must learn and practice forgiveness and not keep our brother from doing the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanMary Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? 1) He's teaching about harmonious horizontal relationships....Because we love God with all of our heart, soul and Mind, we are to love our neighbor as our self. We come to Him to be filled with His love, then we can love those around us as He does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjj Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 The expression of love towards man and God. More than words, deeper than acts. Our spiritual evolvement develops on these two elements loving God and loving man. It will take a lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulu 1931 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Jesus taught us to"Love the Lord God with all our hearts and souls and with our mind". The second thing he taught us "to love our neighbor as ourself". If we follow these commandments we will not committ murders, become angry,or insult anyone.This will be tasks that we must work on each and every day of our lives though thoughts, deeds, prayers and the greatest of all LOVE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s8nfighter Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? 17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. God gave Moses His law with the Spirit of the law intact, but when he came down off the mountain and shattered the first two tablets, which were written with God's own finger the Spirit of the law was also broken. God then instructed Moses to rewrite the law by his hand and what was given then was the letter of the law. The overreaching theme here is the restoration of the Spirit of the law wich supercedes the letter of the law. The Spirit of the law can be found in these two commandments Matt. 22:37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' NIV Darrell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masika Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25-26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? The entire passage is telling us to build good relationship with God and others. We should avoid anger and hatred. Our attitudes towards others reflects our relationship with God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJeff Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 The whole of subject matter in Matthew 5:21-26 is about getting our hearts right, with God and then man. Evil thoughts and wicked imaginations have to go and be replaced with a pure heart that reflects the agape love of Jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATJOE Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? I believe the main theme of Jesus' teaching in all of these verses is "Love". Put God first -- Love Him with all of your heart, soul and mind - and secondly, as Jesus taught, "Love your neighbor/fellowman as yourself. If the world were revolving around this kind of love, that puts God first and all others as our equals, then anger, insult and even murder would be non-existent, and all problem areas would be solved with each other through mutual respect of others positions in life, and never have a need to go to court (where a lot of extra trouble can start). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Rupert Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? The theme for these teachings is Love, Peace... for Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:36-40). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia A Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25-26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? In this particular passage we see how murder comes to be. If the general attitude toward another is scornful ("You fool"), and events cause anger in the heart, murder results...or at least it becomes more likely. This strikes me as psychologically true. Jesus is not trying to make life harder by expanding the commandments to our attitudes and emotions. He is simply trying to show the psychological truth that our actions, good or bad, begin with the attitudes of our hearts. Better to tackle the problem at the source...with the negative attitude, dealing with the anger by trying to directly resolve the conflict and being reconciled to someone. Then there will be fewer irreversible actions to worry about. Jesus is seeking those who do not let anger and hatred live in their hearts at all. He is seeking those who will show mercy, those who will forgive, those who will, in a word, love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisterlily Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hi the overaching theme of Jesus Christ is that we learn to Love our Lord with all our mind body and soul and in turn with that same love, Love our brother. Please continue to pray for purity in our Youth, God bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherylle Ladner Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult. Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25- 26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? The overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26 is that we must love the Lord with our whole being. You cannot give half and half, you must give the whole. We must always remember that Jesus came to bring us the law and the love that flows from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love.serve.know Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 The overarching theme is that God's kingdom is not like satan's kingdom and we should not look like the world or act like the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBIC Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 I believe the over arching theme is that if we are to be about loving our neighbor as our self we will need our interior to be right, that is being broken and contrite. If it is, I will be more likely to follow the command to love my neighbor as my self, especially when I approach them quickly to reconcile any wrong doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion of Grace Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 That we are to love and be reconciled to each other. And that whatever measure we give is what we will receive in the end. Micah 6:8 He has shown us what is good; and what does the Lord require of us? But to do justly, to love mercy and walk humbly with our God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Doing the will of the Father. To love one another and to love your neighbor as yourself. Obeying & keeping the laws and doing the right thing. Repent-Forgive- Love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dar Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Q5. (Matthew 5:21-26) Verses 21-22 are about murder, anger, and insult.Verses 23-24 discuss some fault against one's brother. Verses 25-26 discuss settling a civil suit before going to court. What is the overarching theme of Jesus' teaching in our entire passage, verses 21-26? There is an enemy in the world and his name is Satan. What ever we do, do not let him take control of our life. Greater is He who is in us, stay strong in Him, hide God's word in our hearts so we don't sin against Him. Be the light that shines bright the glory of God's saving grace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mags Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 The overall theme of this passage is love, repentance and forgiveness. We need to have love for one another and to settle our problems with people and not let them fester. In order to have a right relationship with God we need to 'take the log out of our own eye' and make our lives right before Him who is holy. God wants us to have a pure heart and to love people the way He loves them - and to forgive and repent with one another as we do with Him - we are called to be Christ-like!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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