origional sin therefore they were less prone to temptation.
Then in verses 16-30 where Jesus reads from the scroll of Isaiah proclaiming the coming of
the messiah and says the scripture passage is on that day fulfilled, this mortified the people the were
asking among themselves how could this be. They all knew him as Joseph's son and none could
see his real purpose. Could one really blame them they all watched him grow up and knew all about
him(or so they thought) they thought that all he would ever be was a carpenter and nothing else.
In chapter 6 verses 20-49 Jesus gives his famous sermon on the mount where he gives us
the Beatitudes, tells us to love our enemes, and not to judge others. I rather enjoy these teachings
and feel they are some of the most important that Jesus gave to us. "Love your enemies do good to
those who hate you.....give to everyone who asks of you and from the one who takes what is yours
do not demand it back." I think that is an excellent quote and feel that in present day times it very
much so pertains to us. How many time has someone wronged us and we fight back that is just
lowering us to their level, and we as christians are better then that. What i like most about this
teaching is that Jesus himself followed through on it when he was hanging on the cross he did not
scorn the people who put him there h
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