what would Jesus do

 

The ethics of Jesus feed on the one hand from the Old Testament law, what would Jesus do which he does not want to abolish but rather to fulfill (Mt 5:17). This is especially true for the demands of the Decalogue, for love for one's neighbor and for the golden rule (Mt 7:12).

 

In some central points, however, Jesus stands out from the ethics of the Old Testament: He questions the temple cult and rejects the cultic purity regulations; "It is not that which enters a person from outside that can make him unclean, but what comes out of a person makes him unclean" (Mk 7:15).

 

Jesus also disregards the Sabbath regulations when human welfare is threatened. The ethics of Jesus can be read most clearly in the demands of the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5-7). In addition to the well-known Beatitudes, there are numerous ethical instructions in the Sermon on the Mount, whose radicalism still stirs us today.

 

All these postulates culminate in the demand for love of one's enemies, with which Jesus wants to strive to overcome all contradictions. In the kingdom of the beginning of God's rule, a basis of trust must be established because there are no longer any limits to human coexistence before God. Jesus extends a specific invitation to all who suffer from the heavy yoke of the high requirements imposed on them by the official religious authorities. To those who are depressed and depressed because, with their life story, they can no longer calculate any chance of coming to terms with God, in a clear differentiation from the pedagogy of hardship (Mt 11:28 f).

 

Article 2

The basic intention of Jesus - Sermon on the Mount

 

A good, just, whole and reconciled life for people.

 

 "God wants the salvation of all people." (Roman Siebenrock)

 

In this sense he comes as the Redeemer and Savior sent by the Father.

 

As a result, he takes sides with those who do not have this life: the poor, the sick, the unjustly treated, the sad who live in war and enmity.

 

This finds expression in his words, in his actions, in his healings as well as in the establishment of fellowship.Inevitably, his message and his life come into conflict with those in power.

 

Jesus embodies the unity of ideas, speech and action and credibility.

 

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