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Jesus on Self-righteousness
Jesus on Popularity
Jesus on the Effectiveness on Sermons (As in: hearing His Word and not doing it
Jesus on flesh-and-blood relations and doing things the "proper" and politically correct way
Jesus on Conservatism
Jesus on the Fading Validity of the Gospels (as in, “That was okay for then, but not for now”)
Jesus on Nationalism/Patriotism
Jesus on Churchianity
Jesus on the true Role of His Disciples in Society:
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you
falsely, for My sake. (Mt.5:11)
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and
crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city
(Mt.23:24)
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for My
name’s sake. (Mt.24:9)
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall
they cause to be put to death.
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name’s sake. (Lk.21:16, 17)
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen
you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted
Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also. (Jn.15:18-20)
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.
(Mt.25:40)
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give
in exchange for his soul? (Mt.16:26)
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or
lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
(Mt.19:29)
Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
(Mark 10:24)
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich He hath sent empty away.
(Luke 1:53)
That which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares
and riches and pleasures of this life. (Lk.8:14)
Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things
which he possesseth. (Lk.12:15)
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple. (Lk.14:33)
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the
Son of man shall give unto you (Jn.6:27)
(See also Acts 2:44, 45 & 4:32, 1Jn.2:15-17; 2Cor.4:18; Gal.6:8; Col.3:2; 1Tim.6:7-10,17; Heb.13:5;
Jam.1:11)
Jesus on Self-righteousness:
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured
to you again.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine
own eye?
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the
mote out of thy brother's eye. (Mt.7:1-3,5)
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Mt.9:12, 13)
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. (Jn.7:24)
Jesus on Popularity:
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many
there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
(Mt.7:13, 14)
Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you. (Luke 4:26)
That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. (Lk.16:15)
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
(Jn.12:25)
(See also Rom.12:1, James 4:4)
Many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the
Kingdom of Heaven.
But the children of the Kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness. (Mt.8:11, 12)
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth
the fruits thereof. (Mt.21:43)
And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to His will, shall
be beaten with many stripes.
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto
whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required. (Lk.12:47, 48)
The time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. (Jn.16:2)
Jesus on the Effectiveness on Sermons (As in: hearing His Word and not doing it):
And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man,
which built his house upon the sand:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and
great was the fall of it. (Mt.7:26, 27)
Why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? (Lk.6:46)
Jesus on flesh-and-blood relations and doing things the "proper" and politically correct way:
Follow Me; and let the dead bury their dead. (Mt.8:22)
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the
daughter in law against her mother in law.
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
He that loveth father or mother more than Me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more
than Me is not worthy of Me.
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for My sake shall find it. (Mt.10:34-38)
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,
until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
(Mt.24:37-39)
If any man come to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and
sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. (Lk.14:26)
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:6)
Jesus on Conservatism:
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the
garment, and the rent is made worse.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the
bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. (Mt.9:16, 17)
But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Mt.15:9)
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. (Mt.22:32)
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (Mt.22:37-40)
The law and the prophets were until John (the Baptist): since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and
every man presseth into it. (Lk.16:16)
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they
say, and do not.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they
themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. (Mt.23:3,4)
Ye have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done,
and not to leave the other undone. (Mt.23:23)
I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. (Jn.5:42)
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own:
for he is a liar, and the father of it. (Jn.8:44)
But whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant (Mt.20:26, 27)
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
(Lk.14:11)
He that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
(Lk.22:26)
There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down (Mt.24:2)
Jesus on the Fading Validity of the Gospels (as in, “That was okay for then, but not for now”):
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away. (Mt.24:35)
If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him (Jn.14:23).
Jesus on Nationalism/Patriotism:
I am not of this world. (Jn.8:23)
Jesus on Churchianity:
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of My mouth.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that
thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou
mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with
eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Rev.3:15-19)