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Matteus 7

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1 Ärge mõistke kohut, et teie üle ei mõistetaks kohut.

2 Sest missuguse kohtuga te kohut mõistate, niisugusega mõistetakse teile kohut; ja missuguse mõõduga te mõõdate, niisugusega möödetakse ka teile.

3 Aga miks sa näed pindu oma venna silmas, kuid palki omas silmas sa ei pane tähele?

4 Või kuidas sa ütled oma vennale: Lase ma tõmban pinnu sinu silmast!? Ja vaata, palk on su omas silmas!

5 Sa silmakirjatseja! Tõmba esiti palk omast silmast, ja siis sa seletad tõmmata pindu oma venna silmast.

6 Ärge andke seda, mis on püha, koertele, ja ärge heitke oma pärle sigade ette, et nad neid ei sõtkuks oma jalgega ega käänduks ja teid ei kisuks.

7 Paluge, siis antakse teile; otsige, siis te leiate; koputage, siis avatakse teile.

8 Sest igaüks, kes palub, see saab, ja kes otsib, see leiab, ja kes koputab, sellele avatakse.

9 Või missugune inimene on teie seast, kellelt tema poeg palub leiba, ja ta annaks temale kivi?

10 Või kui ta palub kala, ja ta annaks temale mao?

11 Kui nüüd teie, kes olete kurjad, mõistate anda häid ande oma lastele, eks palju enam teie Isa taevas anna häid ande neile, kes Teda paluvad.

12 Sellepärast kõik, mida te tahate, et inimesed teile teevad, tehke ka neile; sest see on käsuõpetus ja prohvetid.

14 Ja kitsas on värav ja ahtake on tee, mis viib ellu, ja pisut on neid, kes selle leiavad.

15 Hoiduge valeprohveteist, kes tulevad teie juure lammaste riideis, aga seest-pidi on nad kiskjad hundid.

16 Nende viljast te tunnete nad. Ega viinamarju nopita kibuvitsust või viigimarju ohakaist?

17 Nõnda iga hea puu kannab head vilja, aga halb puu kannab halba vilja.

18 Hea puu ei või kanda halba vilja ega halb puu kanda head vilja.

19 Iga puu, mis ei kanna head vilja, raiutakse maha ja visatakse tulle.

20 Nõnda siis nende viljast te tunnete nad ära.

21 Mitte igaüks, kes Minule ütleb: Issand, Issand, ei saa Taevariiki, vaid kes teeb Mu Isa tahtmist, Kes on taevas.

22 Mitmed ütlevad Minule tol päeval: Issand, Issand, kas me ei ole Sinu nimel ennustanud ja Sinu nimel ajanud välja kurje vaime ja Sinu nimel teinud palju vägevaid tegusid?

23 Ja siis Ma tunnistan neile: Ma ei ole elades teid tunnud, taganege Minust, te ülekohtutegijad!

24 Igaüks nüüd, kes neid Mu sõnu kuuleb ja teeb nende järele, on võrreldav mõistliku mehega, kes ehitas oma koja kaljule.

25 Ja ränk sadu tuli ja tulid vetevoolud, ja tuuled puhusid ja sööstsid vastu seda koda; aga Ta ei langenud, sest Tema alus oli rajatud kaljule.

26 Ja igaüks, kes neid Minu sõnu kuuleb, aga ei tee nende järele, on võrreldav jõleda mehega, kes oma koja ehitas liivale.

27 Ja ränk sadu tuli ja tulid vetevoolud, ja tuuled puhusid ja sööstsid vastu seda koda, ja ta langes, ja tema langemine oli suur.”

28 Ja sündis, kui Jeesus oli lõpetanud need kõned, et rahvahulgad hämmastusid Tema õpetusest;

29 sest Ta õpetas neid nõnda nagu see, kellel on meelevald, ja mitte nõnda nagu nende kirjatundjad.

   

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2027. 'And to your seed after you' means that He would give them to those who would have faith in Him. This is clear from the meaning of 'seed' as faith, dealt with in 1025, 1447, 1610, that is to say, the faith that is grounded in charity, dealt with in 379, 389, 654, 724, 809, 916, 1017, 1162, 1176, 1258. People who attach merit to the deeds they perform in life do not have the faith that is grounded in charity, and so are not those meant by 'the seed' here, for in so doing they do not wish to be saved by the Lord's righteousness but by their own. That no faith grounded in charity exists with them, that is, no charity, is clear from their habit of putting themselves before other people and so of having themselves in view and not other people, except insofar as the latter serve them. And those who are unwilling to serve them they either despise or hate. Thus through self-love they part company and never come together, and in this way they destroy that which is heavenly, namely mutual love, which is the mainstay of heaven. For it is in that love that heaven itself, and its whole companionship and harmony, continues to exist and consists. For whatever is destructive of the harmony existing in the next life is opposed to the order of heaven itself, and so contributes to the destruction of the whole. Such is the nature of people who attach merit to the deeds which they perform in life and lay claim to righteousness for themselves.

[2] There are many persons of this type in the next life. Sometimes their faces shine like torches, but this is because of the ignis fatuus that is the product of self-righteousness. They are in fact ice-cold. Sometimes they are seen running about and confirming self-merit from the literal sense of the Word, at the same time hating the truths that belong to the internal sense, 1877. The sphere emanating from them is one of self-regard, and so a sphere destructive of all ideas which do not regard self as some kind of deity. The sphere emanating from many such persons is at the same time so disruptive that nothing else than that which is hostile and antagonistic exists there, for when each has the same wish, namely to be served, he at heart slays every other.

[3] Some of them are numbered among those who say that they have worked in the Lord's vineyard. During all that time however they had been turning over in their minds how to further their own reputation, glory, and honour, and also their own enrichment, even to the point of their becoming the greatest in heaven and being served even by angels. Since at heart they despise others in comparison with themselves, they have accordingly not been endowed with any mutual love in which heaven consists but with self-love which they identify with heaven, for they do not know what heaven is. Regarding these people, see 450-452, 1594, 1679. They belong among those who wish to be first but become last, of whom the Lord speaks in Matthew 19:30; 20:16; Mark 10:31. They are also those who say that they have prophesied in the Lord's name and have done many mighty works, but of whom it is said, 'I do not know you', Matthew 7:22-23.

[4] The situation is different with people who from simplicity of heart have assumed that they have merited heaven but who have led charitable lives and who have not been captivated by self-love and so despised others in comparison with themselves. They have looked upon meriting heaven as a promise, and they readily acknowledge that it is a matter of the Lord's mercy, for a charitable life implies such acknowledgement. Charity itself loves all truth.

  
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Genesis 17

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1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

12 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."

15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"

18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.