We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he lived and taught as a Jew; the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to his distracted fellow nationals.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.
I personally would not talk to a Jew for Jesus.
The common moral praxis of Jews and Christians is most definitely theologically informed by the doctrine we share in common: The human person, male and female, is created in the image of God.
The key to recognizing who Jesus was is to recognize this fundamental truth: He was a Jew.
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.
I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.
It is absolutely important to make accessible the Gospel for all people and also understandable for Jewish people.
It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus, the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong, and about the law, just punishment and discipline.
I believe Karl Marx could have subscribed to the Sermon on the Mount.
Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches.