One of the things that makes the message of the Gospel so revolutionary is that it reframes the way we think the world should work. After all, His ways are not our ways.
But too often, when a verse challenges the way we do things to a degree that seems unreasonable, it can be easier to just ignore it entirely. For many Christian, there is a pattern of selectively breezing over some of Christ’s more difficult commands, while favoring parts of Scripture that are easy to understand and apply.
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