Jesus was a Rebel!

DAY 262
6-22-10
MATTHEW 5-6


Good Morning!

The revolution begins! Jesus is going to turn the world upside down. Blessed are the poor; the sad; and the persecuted!? Adultery of the heart? Love your enemy? Be perfect like God? Don’t store up treasure? Don’t worry? You’ve got to be kidding me!

The kingdom of heaven was rejected by so many because it was so different from the religion of the people. I’m not talking about different from the law or Judaism; I am talking about the distorted aberration of the Pharisees religious show. Jesus also was turning people away from the vain, worthless things the pagan’s were running after.

The Messiah was teaching a spiritual relationship with God that was so deep that one could be persecuted and wouldn’t matter. So as you read the Sermon on the Mount, I hope you notice that the old has gone and the new has come. Old religion and pagan living won’t cut it. Only a new spiritual relationship with God will.

If there is a quote from Jesus that can change a person’s life and eternity it has to be Matthew 6:33, “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.”

This is the way to heaven.

Barry