Jesus said: “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great.”
David said: “Yahweh dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.”
But the Mishnah taught something contrary: “Antigonus of Socho received the Torah from Shimon the Righteous. He used to say: Be not like servants who minister unto their master for the sake of receiving a reward, but be like servants who serve their master not upon the condition of receiving a reward; and let the fear of Heaven be upon you.”
Obviously, Christians will agree with David and with Jesus and not with the Mishnah.
Right?
Its like people in bible times said whatever they wanted to about a religious topic!
Hmm…seems similar to something posted on Sibboleth at 10:30 EST. Literary dependence, or is there perhaps some sort of a Q behind both sources? 🙂
Ah…never mind. Just checked the link. So much for the joke.
Dude, that is so cool that you have a label “sarcasm” for your posts. I should get one of those for my mouth–maybe a sign I can flash when appropriate!
Peace,
jrdk