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Old 08-31-2012, 09:00 AM   #67
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Default Re: Perry and Palin tied to Dominion Movement

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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak View Post
Do you realize I could have made your exact same argument, word for word, even if Christ had never accomplished what He has and as if Christ isn't doing what He is doing???????? In what way, if at all, do you incorporate the New Covenant into your argument????????.
The Sermon on the Mount is fundamental to the New Covenant. I'll begin there.
Matthew
5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

This is the foundation of the passive resistance that Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. used. For example during the bus boycott. The law was that Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus. This is like be smitten on the cheek. Deciding that if you won't let us sit in the front we also won't sit in the back is like turning the other cheek.

Of course, imho, the best example of turing the other cheek is Jesus willingly going to the cross. The crucifixion of Jesus is absolutely critical in the New Covenant and is set as an example for all believers when Jesus said that we must take up our cross and follow Him.
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