Jesus never instructed men to do what was right because it was right; yet this is the true reason why they should do it.
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Though many men would be content to follow Christ by taking up their cross, few would be willing to follow Him by denying their reason.
Jesus did not get stuck in intellectual arguments with people. He did not go for the intellect; He went for the conscience. He spoke to that part of the person that knows the difference between right and wrong instinctively.
I ask every man and woman occupying a place of responsibility whose duty it is to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to live it and keep the commandments of God, so that their example will teach it.
No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.
Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, Jesus didn't do it the world's way. He came in and offended the world. He came in and did everything the wrong way.
Christ managed to boil down an awful lot of commandments to a few very simple rules for living. It's when you go backwards through the 'begats' and the Garden of Eden, and you start thinking, 'Hang on, that's a big punishment for eating one lousy apple... There's a human-rights issue.'
No matter what Jesus did, someone found fault with it.
Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.
Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
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