"Go and tell John the things you hear and see: The
blind receive their sight, and the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor/meek have the good news preached to them."
Matthew 11:4-5 Luke
The Bible says Paul is sometimes hard to understand; 2
Peter
"For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for
good works, which the Creator has before prepared
that
we should walk in them." Ephesians
"And that He died for all, that they which live, should
not henceforth live for themselves,
but unto Him that died
for them, and rose again" 2
Corinthians
"..If so be that ye have heard Christ, and have been
taught by Christ, as the truth is in Christ.." Ephesians 4:17-22
"If any man agree not to wholesome words, even the
words of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the teaching that is
according to godliness, he is proud knowing nothing.." 1 Timothy 6:3-14
The actual words of Christ, that are the teaching that is
according to godliness, are these; "love one another".
Matthew
Christ taught the same good news spoken by the former
prophets. Isaiah declares good news;
"To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices
unto me? says the LORD: ... Bring no more vain
oblations; incense is an abomination unto
me; the new moons and Sabbaths, the
calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn
meeting. Your new moons and your
appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a
trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands,
I will hide mine
eyes from you: yea,
when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of bloodshed. Wash you, make you clean; put away the
evil
of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek
justice, relieve the oppressed, defend the fatherless, plead for
the widow.
Come now, and let us reason together,
says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat
the good of the land: .." Isaiah 1:11-20
{The Creator is concerned about how we treat others more
than the ritualistic aspects of the law}
Jeremiah declares good news;
"Thus says the Lord; Dispense justice and righteousness, and deliver the oppressed out of
the hand of the oppressor,
and do no wrong, do no violence to the
stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this
place.
For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in
by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David,
riding in
chariots and on horses, he , (David! Jeremiah 30:9 Ezekiel
37:9-24) and his servants and his people."
Jeremiah 22:3 and 4. {Jeremiah is declaring a big reward for just
following the heart, spirit, of the Torah.}
Zechariah declares good news;
"Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true justice, and show mercy and
compassions every man to his brother:
And
oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let
none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and
stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they
should hear the law,
and the words
which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets:
therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts."
Zechariah 7:9-12
{Notice what "the law" is in this passage?} Also Zechariah
8:14-17
Mark
{Christ was referring to all the above words of the former
prophets. His audience would/should have understood this.}
"Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you
even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets."
Matthew
John
John
"And herby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His
commandments" 1 John 2:3 {2 John 1:9}
"If you love me, keep my commands, and I will pray the
Father, and He shall give you another Helper, even the Spirit
of Truth" John
What part of the Spirit can be literally seen, so that one
can be clearly led?
"The words I speak to you, they are spirit and they
are life" John 6:63
Thereby following all the words Christ spoke gives one a
clear literal path.
Christ is the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to
the Father but by Him.
{ 1 Corinthians