Jesus sets out the greatest principles of living life with true righteousness and goodness. They are marvelous in their insight, clarity, and comprehensive nature. They are truly life changing for the individual and for society. But they are beyond normal human ability and thus require us to be followers of Christ who have accepted the Holy Spirit to live in us. Then, these principle become alive and dynamic principles for living daily. The following will name some of these great and wonderful principles and living ideas. There other ones and please look for them and share them with this blog.
Love God and love your neighbor as you love yourself with all your heart, mind, and soul. Matthew 22: 34-40
Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect Matthew 5: 48
Forgive as you have been forgiven by God, since we are to forgiven 7×7. Matthew 18: 21-22; Matthew 18: 35
Seek righteousness first before all material things Matthew 6:34
Care for the least of these my brothers. Matthew 25: 32-46
The sincerity of the heart and mind – – right conduct comes from the heart and right attitudes are from the interbeing. Mark 7: 1-23, and 23: 25-26
Righteousness to exceed those of the religious teachers of the day Matthew 5.20
Changing humans and society comes from teaching and preaching, not from violence or force or by tradition or family backgrounds. Matthew 26: 47-56; John 1: 1-13
Comprehensive change of humans hearts and actions are related to the nature God, for God is our Father. Matthew 6: 5-15; and 6: 25-34
Mercy and justice key to understanding commandments–extend mercy and do justly to others. Matthew 23: 23
The Holy Spirit moves a person’s heart and a person’s heart is nurtured in the community of believers in Jesus Luke 11: 5-13: Luke 22: 14-20
Principle of the temporal nature of the earth versus all that is eternal. The eternal controls the temporary-temporal because the eternal is of much greater importance than the temporal. Luke 10: 25-37; Luke 18: 18-30.
A desire to follow Jesus at what ever the cost–you are a disciple of Jesus. Luke 9: 57- 62; and 9: 27-28