Sentences with phrase «jesus turns the other cheek»

Jesus turned the other cheek, but it seems that Christians in America aren't too fond of doing so.

A follower of Jesus turns the other cheek.

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Let see, Jesus said if someone hits you turn the other cheek.

Walked away, or as Jesus would say «Turn the other cheek».

If you are aware that Jesus specifically spoke just to the israelites and many of his various parables were meant for israelites, then you would know the «having an open mind» and «turning the other cheek» and «loving one another» was also just for jews and he was totally fine with killing non-jews, fighting back against non jews and being completely closed minded when it came to other religions.

Apparently you do not know why Jesus said «turn the other cheek.»

The moment that I set myself up as the «victim» of «journalism shaming,» not only do I take something away from people who have truly been victimized, but I add to the momentum of false victimhood culture while ignoring the words of Jesus about turning the other cheek.

after 9/11 jesus would have turned the other cheek.

Jesus did have an incredibly clear cut position on violence, one that Christians typically ignore (like most of his teachings): «Turn the other cheek.»

His followers that force people to believe what they do even though they do everything Jesus Christ taught them to do... Do you turn the other cheek???? Do you?

Bottom line, let's look at the Bible in context (i.e. Jesus is God, same God who says turn the other cheek told the Israelites to kill every man, woman, and child in Canaan) and let's use common sense while always trying to follow Biblical teachings.

The greatest love known is to give (or risk) your life for a friend - Jesus didn't say that the greatest love known is to «turn the other cheek and forsake a friend» - you recieved sacrifical love from a complete stranger and willfully chose to withhold your sacrificial love in return.

Do your follow the words of Jesus when he said «whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Why have we forgotten the Ways of this Jesus, who turned the other cheek and taught us to do the same?

I refused even though my mom told me protect myself, because I had learned in church, that Jesus my lord and savior said not to, that we should turn the other cheek.

Jesus could have left the moneychanges alone and prayed for them in the Temple, but instead he whipped them, turned over their tables (not his other cheek), and then chased them away.

f The more original Biblical reference to retaliation was from the mythical character Jesus (invented by Constantine at the first council at Nicaea in 325, and modeled after his own «prophet» the Sun God, Mithra, and named Jesus Christos to combine the Celtic God Hesus and the Indian God Krishna, whose Latin name was Christos, into one God) who said «turn your other cheek» (when struck in the face).

Did not Jesus urge us to turn the other cheek rather than picket, to refuse to «resist one who is evil» rather than boycott unjust companies?

Jesus said «Turn the other cheek» and «Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.»

Others point to Jesus» submission to the ruling authorities, and injunctions to turn the other cheek, not to judge nor be angry.

He shows how we Christians have terribly misunderstood and misapplied the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:38 - 42 about turning the other cheek and walking the extra mile.

Jesus spent all of his ministry teaching you to treat your neighbor in the same way that you would want to be treated; invited you to take notice of the plank in your eye, not to cast the first stione, to turn the other cheek.

It comes in a barrage of equally hard sayings toward the end of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus tells his followers to turn the other cheek, give away your coat if someone sues you for your shirt, and «love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven» (Matthew 5:44 - 45).

Jesus said, «If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Part of why I think Jesus talks so explicitly about loving our enemies and turning the other cheek is because it isn't our knee - jerk reaction; it doesn't necessarily come naturally to us.

Some of you seem to think Jesus was some anemic wimp and all Christians should turn the other cheek.

Jesus» commands are pretty clear — turn the other cheek, love enemies and forgive them, don't take revenge, etc, so it would seem that refusing to fight or support in any way might be the thing christians should do, unless the war is clearly justified.

Jesus didn't teach on changing the world by taking over the government; He taught on changing the world by showing radical, sacrificial, merciful love (turning the other cheek, going the extra mile, giving everything we have to the poor and following Him and His ways).

Jesus said turn the other cheek, let the wheat grow up with the tares so as not to accidently uproot anyone, Love your enemy etc..

We will betray Jesus by our indifference to the poor, by our refusal to turn the other cheek to our enemies, and by the deaf ears we turn to heaven's call to live for higher purposes.

When Jesus really had an opportunity to turn the other cheek, He didn't do it.

I just wonder how Jesus would have handled «Islamofascists» when He instructed people that when we are struck on one cheek to turn the other also.

When this happened, Jesus did not turn the other cheek.

Between, in the body of the sermon, lie the sayings most characteristic of the real Jesus: those concerning love of enemies, turning the other cheek, giving the shirt off one's back, and forgiving debts.

Jesus preached «Turn the other cheek», «Love your enemies» and «Love your neighbor».

Jesus asked each of us to think for himself, to go into a closet and pray, to turn the other cheek, to not cast the first stone, etc..

While there are difficult verses (such as «eye for eye, tooth for tooth» and «turn the other cheek»), in context, they do not contradict (with that case, Moses was setting up punishment in court, while Jesus was telling how individuals should live).

Jesus taught to turn the other cheek, which is a little different than others.

Do you think that Jesus saying things like «Love you enemy» and «turn the other cheek» don't give us a picture of Jesus?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), who often spoke of Jesus, wrote «the gentle figure of Christ, so patient, so kind, so loving, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck but to turn the other cheek — it was a beautiful example, I thought, of the perfect man.»

I read Jesus» words about turning the other cheek over and over, and yet, I can't get around the truth that, if I were to see a child being hurt (including my own children), I would do anything to stop it.

It is claimed that Jesus said to turn the other cheek and love thy enemy — given that how can they justify any war or any military response to Sept 11, 2001?

From the example of Jesus I will turn the other cheek to your comment.

Whereas Jesus said, «If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,» President Bush, who claims to be a follower of Jesus, says, «If you think that Hussein will strike you on one cheek, hit him, along with innocent bystanders.»

At the center of this final battle between good and evil is an action - hero - like Jesus, who is in no mood to turn the other cheek.

Do you believe when Jesus said «turn the other cheek» he was referring to being constantly slapped down by your fellow believers — you know, the ones who are to be maturing and new creations in Christ?

David, that precisely was my point about MLK with direct action and turning the other cheek that Jesus talked of with bringing embarrassment to powers.

Turn the other cheek was Jesus» words on someone else striking you across the face to shame you.

How do you justify the death penalty when Jesus said to «love your enemies» and «turn the other cheek?»

Not that Jesus promised that if we turned the other cheek we would create a society of nonviolence!