How Jesus Met Life Questions Harrison S Elliott

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: How Is the Christian Standard of Conduct Different? Jesus Declares His Ethical Standards One of the criticisms sometimes flung at a Christian is the fact that he is no better in his conduct than the men who are not professing Christians in his town. The same criticism is frequently leveled at so-called Christian nations. The Scribes and Pharisees went even further in their criticisms of Jesus. They called him a blasphemer and lawbreaker. In what we commonly call "The Sermon on the Mount" he set forth, using several specific examples, what he stood for in moral and religious standards. BIBLE REFERENCES Matt. 5: 1-32. 1 So when he saw the crowds, he went up the hill and sat 2 down; his disciples came up to him and he opened his lips and began to teach them. He said: 3 "Blessed are those who feel poor in spir