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1 A kad On vide narod, pope se na goru, i sede, i pristupiše Mu učenici Njegovi.

2 I otvorivši usta svoja učaše ih govoreći:

3 Blago siromašnima duhom, jer je njihovo carstvo nebesko;

4 Blago onima koji plaču, jer će se utešiti;

5 Blago krotkima, jer će naslediti zemlju;

6 Blago gladnima i žednima pravde, jer će se nasititi;

7 Blago milostivima, jer će biti pomilovani;

8 Blago onima koji su čistog srca, jer će Boga videti;

9 Blago onima koji mir grade, jer će se sinovi Božji nazvati;

10 Blago prognanima pravde radi, jer je njihovo carstvo nebesko.

11 Blago vama ako vas uzasramote i usprogone i kažu na vas svakojake rđave reči lažući, mene radi.

12 Radujte se i veselite se, jer je velika plata vaša na nebesima, jer su tako progonili proroke pre vas.

13 Vi ste so zemlji; ako so obljutavi, čim će se osoliti? Ona većneće biti nizašta, osim da se prospe napolje i da je ljudi pogaze.

14 Vi ste videlo svetu; ne može se grad sakriti kad na gori stoji.

15 Niti se užiže sveća i meće pod sud nego na svećnjak, te svetli svima koji su u kući.

16 Tako da se svetli vaše videlo pred ljudima, da vide vaša dobra dela, i slave Oca vašeg koji je na nebesima.

17 Ne mislite da sam ja došao da pokvarim zakon ili proroke: nisam došao da pokvarim, nego da ispunim.

18 Jer vam zaista kažem: dokle nebo i zemlja stoji, neće nestati ni najmanje slovce ili jedna titla iz zakona dok se sve ne izvrši.

19 Ako ko pokvari jednu od ovih najmanjih zapovesti i nauči tako ljude, najmanji nazvaće se u carstvu nebeskom; a ko izvrši i nauči, taj će se veliki nazvati u carstvu nebeskom.

20 Jer vam kažem da ako ne bude veća pravda vaša nego književnika i fariseja, nećete ući u carstvo nebesko.

21 Čuli ste kako je kazano starima: Ne ubij; jer ko ubije, biće kriv sudu.

22 A ja vam kažem da će svaki koji se gnevi na brata svog nizašta, biti kriv sudu; a ako li ko reče bratu svom: Raka! Biće kriv skupštini; a ko reče: Budalo! Biće kriv paklu ognjenom.

23 Zato dakle ako prineseš dar svoj k oltaru, i onde se opomeneš da brat tvoj ima nešto na te,

24 Ostavi onde dar svoj pred oltarom, i idi pre te se pomiri s bratom svojim, pa onda dođi i prinesi dar svoj.

25 Miri se sa suparnikom svojim brzo, dok si na putu s njim, da te suparnik ne preda sudiji, a sudija da te ne preda sluzi i u tamnicu da te ne stave.

26 Zaista ti kažem: nećeš izaći odande dok ne daš do poslednjeg dinara.

27 Čuli ste kako je kazano starima: Ne čini preljube.

28 A ja vam kažem da svaki koji pogleda na ženu sa željom, većje učinio preljubu u srcu svom.

29 A ako te oko tvoje desno sablažnjava, iskopaj ga i baci od sebe: jer ti je bolje da pogine jedan od udova tvojih negoli sve telo tvoje da bude bačeno u pakao.

30 I ako te desna ruka tvoja sablažnjava, odseci je i baci od sebe: jer ti je bolje da pogine jedan od udova tvojih negoli sve telo tvoje da bude bačeno u pakao.

31 Tako je kazano: Ako ko pusti ženu svoju, da joj da knjigu raspusnu.

32 A ja vam kažem da svaki koji pusti ženu svoju, osim za preljubu, navodi je te čini preljubu; i koji puštenicu uzme preljubu čini.

33 Još ste čuli kako je kazano starima: Ne kuni se krivo, a ispuni šta si se Gospodu zakleo.

34 A ja vam kažem: ne kunite se nikako: ni nebom, jer je presto Božji;

35 Ni zemljom, jer je podnožje nogama Njegovim; ni Jerusalimom, jer je grad velikog Cara.

36 Ni glavom svojom ne kuni se, jer ne možeš dlake jedne bele ili crne učiniti.

37 Dakle neka bude vaša reč: da - da; ne - ne; a šta je više od ovog, oda zla je.

38 Čuli ste da je kazano: Oko za oko, i zub za zub.

39 A ja vam kažem da se ne branite oda zla, nego ako te ko udari po desnom tvom obrazu, obrni mu i drugi;

40 I koji hoće da se sudi s tobom i košulju tvoju da uzme, podaj mu i haljinu.

41 I ako te potera ko jedan sat, idi s njime dva.

42 Koji ište u tebe, podaj mu; i koji hoće da mu uzajmiš, ne odreci mu.

43 Čuli ste da je kazano: Ljubi bližnjeg svog, i mrzi na neprijatelja svog.

44 A ja vam kažem: ljubite neprijatelje svoje, blagosiljajte one koji vas kunu, činite dobro onima koji na vas mrze i molite se Bogu za one koji vas gone;

45 Da budete sinovi Oca svog koji je na nebesima; jer On zapoveda svom suncu, te obasjava i zle i dobre, i daje dažd pravednima i nepravednima.

46 Jer ako ljubite one koji vas ljube, kakvu platu imate? Ne čine li to i carinici?

47 I ako Boga nazivate samo svojoj braći, šta odviše činite? Ne čine li tako i neznabošci?

48 Budite vi dakle savršeni, kao što je savršen Otac vaš nebeski.

   

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Divine Providence # 219

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219. These items need to be brought to light and defended one at a time.

(a) What "time-bound" and "eternal" things are. Time-bound things are all the properties of the physical world and therefore all of our own properties. The primary properties of the physical world are space and time, both of which have limits and boundaries. Our own properties, derived from them, involve the properties of our volition and of our discernment, and of the feelings and thoughts that they generate, and especially of our prudence. It is widely recognized that these are finite and limited.

In contrast, eternal things are all the properties of the Lord and the things from the Lord that seem to be ours. The properties of the Lord are all infinite and eternal, beyond time therefore, and consequently without limit and without end. Their derivatives that seem to be ours are likewise infinite and eternal, but nothing of them really belongs to us. They simply belong to the Lord, within us.

[2] (b) We are essentially time-bound, and the Lord is essentially eternal. Therefore, nothing comes from us that is not time-bound and nothing comes from the Lord that is not eternal. I have just stated that we are essentially time-bound and that the Lord is essentially eternal. Since nothing can come from anything that is not within it, it follows that nothing that is not time-bound can come from us and nothing that is not eternal can come from the Lord. The infinite cannot come from the finite: that would be a contradiction. Actually, something infinite can come from something finite, but it is not from the finite entity but through it, from the infinite. Conversely, too, the finite cannot come from the infinite: that too would be a contradiction. The finite can be produced by the infinite, but that is not "coming from," it is creating. On this subject see Angelic Wisdom about Divine Love and Wisdom from beginning to end.

If something finite does come from the Lord (as happens with us in many respects), then it does not come from the Lord but from us. We can still say that it comes from the Lord through us, because that is how it seems.

[3] We can illustrate this by the Lord's words, "Let your speech be 'Yes, yes; no, no.' Anything beyond this comes from evil" (Matthew 5:37). This is how everyone talks in the third heaven. The people there never try to figure out whether divine things are true or not; they see within themselves, from the Lord, whether they are true or not. This means that the reason people try to figure out whether divine things are true or not is that such thinkers are not seeing them from the Lord. They are trying to see them on their own, and whatever we see on our own is evil.

All the same, the Lord wants us not only to think and talk about divine matters but also to try to figure them out so that we ourselves come to see whether they are true or not. As long as the purpose of this thought, speech, and reasoning is to see the truth, we can say that it is from the Lord within us. Still, it is from us as long as we are seeing the truth and acknowledging it. All the while, our ability to think, talk, and reason is from the Lord alone. We can do all this because of the two abilities called freedom and rationality; and we have these abilities solely from the Lord.

[4] (c) The time-bound separates the eternal from itself, while the eternal unites the time-bound to itself. "The time-bound separates the eternal from itself" refers to what we (who are time-bound) do because of all that is time-bound within us. "The eternal unites the time-bound to itself" refers to what the Lord (who is eternal) does because of all that is eternal within him, as already noted [218].

I explained earlier [92] that there is a union of the Lord with us and a mutual union of us with the Lord, but that our mutual union with the Lord is not from us but from the Lord. I noted also [183] that our own volition is at odds with the Lord's volition, or in other words, that our prudence is at odds with the Lord's divine providence. It then follows that because of all that is time-bound within us, we separate the Lord's eternal things from ourselves, while the Lord unites his eternal things with our time-bound ones--that is, himself with us and us with him. Since I have already said so much about this, there is no need for further support.

[5] (d) The Lord unites us to himself by means of appearances. It does seem as though we ourselves loved our neighbor and did good and spoke the truth; and if it did not seem as though we were doing these things on our own, we would not love our neighbor, do good, or speak the truth, so we would not be united to the Lord. However, since love, goodness, and truth come from the Lord, we can see that it is through appearances that the Lord is uniting us to himself. There has been a great deal of material already [100-128] about this appearance and about the Lord's union with us and our responding union with the Lord by means of it.

[6] (e) The Lord unites us to himself by means of correspondences. This happens through the Word, whose literal meaning is made up entirely of correspondences. In Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Sacred Scripture, from beginning to end, I have explained that there is a union of the Lord with us and a responding union of us with the Lord through this meaning..

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.