Aren’t Christians the ones who avoid saying cuss words? And also, did Jesus really mean all those things he said about loving your enemies and turning the other cheek? A sermon on Matthew 5:33-37, 48 Quotes: [Jesus] substitutes for what is in principle a 100 percent achievable righteousness (the avoidance of breaking a definable set of regulations) a totally open-ended ideal (being “perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect”) which will always remain beyond the grasp of the most committed
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