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@dannygallivan8693
3 ай бұрын
No, he biffs it and has completely missed the point and the spiritual implications of the sermon on the Mount. This is the danger of merely “psycologizing” the text, so to speak. This is to engage in serious biblical eisegesis, reading into the text what isn’t there, rather than true consistent exegesis. Not surprising, however. It takes the illuminating work of the Spirit of God and regeneration to take place before that can happen. The sermon on the mount is written to Christ’s true disciples who have truly entered the kingdom of God through repentance and faith. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”. The gospel of the Lord Jesus turns everything in the world upon its head. Jordan has yet to come to grips with the offense of the cross. The only way we enter eternal life is by declaring spiritual bankruptcy before a holy God. We must be emptied of all merit and self-righteousness before we can even see it, and that only by us being given a new heart through regeneration and a righteousness that is not our own. No man has this capacity within himself, for we come into this world “dead in sin”, as the Scripture makes clear. We are all born in Adam and need to be born from above into Christ. From there, the rest of the sermon has a logic and flow of thought that leads to the rest of beatiitudes culminating in persecution and to the end of chapter 7, which is kingdom living “here and now” and not reserved for some future dispensation or state. Love Dr.Peterson and can join hands with him on many things, but he isn’t even close here.
@tomthumb3994
2 ай бұрын
coming from a drug addict
@davidfenton3910
2 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for sharing, appreciated. The sermon on the mount is a typological recreation of Moses ascending the mount of god and receiving the 10 commandments. Like Moses, Jesus fasts 40 days and ascends the mount from the wilderness. It's a literary construction using philosophical literary techniques to establish the creation of a theocratic political state according to planning in Plato. Jesus filling up of the commandments includes some key things: The inclusion of obedience to a compulsion law of Imperial Rome i.e. go the extra mile includes obedience to Imperial Rome as obedience to God's highest conditions of covenant relationship. So if it is divine to obey one compulsion law of Imperial Rome then what about the others? Jesus has established the principle that obedience to Imperial Rome's compulsion laws is obedience to God's new commandments, given through Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Also: Lovingly greeting tax collectors as if they are family is also included as is giving to all that ask - so, Obey State Laws and Pay Your Taxes as while loving the collectors as if they are family are key inclusions of the philosophically constructed theocratic/political system of legal control which became the Holy Roman Empire. Interestingly the Christian Bible dates to the rule of the Imperial Dynasty of the Flavians, whose family business was tax farming. So when they put in give to all that ask and greet tax collectors as if they are family, well for them it was objectively true and a sort of obvious joke for those that can see what the sermon on the mount really is - despotic totalitarianism commanding over the top sacrificial obedience to compulsion laws and lovingly giving to the despot rulers tax and other laws, as if they are your own family as they exploit two eyes plucked out blind obedience. If you think it's divine revelation and command then obey it accordingly if you eventually realise it is philosophical deception for rule through a theocratic political facade then treat it for the deception it is and stand tall and proud in honest rejection of it because that's what it deserves. Have a great day sincerely d
@mindy1230
2 ай бұрын
@Liberty-Vault I like the man Jordan Peterson. I'm not sure we always agree but I like listening to him think aloud...he is the master at that.
@davidfenton3910
2 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for sharing, appreciated. The sermon on the mount is a typological recreation of Moses ascending the mount of god and receiving the 10 commandments. Like Moses, Jesus fasts 40 days and ascends the mount from the wilderness. It's a literary construction using philosophical literary techniques to establish the creation of a theocratic political state according to planning in Plato. Jesus filling up of the commandments includes some key things: The inclusion of obedience to a compulsion law of Imperial Rome i.e. go the extra mile includes obedience to Imperial Rome as obedience to God's highest conditions of covenant relationship. So if it is divine to obey one compulsion law of Imperial Rome then what about the others? Jesus has established the principle that obedience to Imperial Rome's compulsion laws is obedience to God's new commandments, given through Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Also: Lovingly greeting tax collectors as if they are family is also included as is giving to all that ask - so, Obey State Laws and Pay Your Taxes as while loving the collectors as if they are family are key inclusions of the philosophically constructed theocratic/political system of legal control which became the Holy Roman Empire. Interestingly the Christian Bible dates to the rule of the Imperial Dynasty of the Flavians, whose family business was tax farming. So when they put in give to all that ask and greet tax collectors as if they are family, well for them it was objectively true and a sort of obvious joke for those that can see what the sermon on the mount really is - despotic totalitarianism commanding over the top sacrificial obedience to compulsion laws and lovingly giving to the despot rulers tax and other laws, as if they are your own family as they exploit two eyes plucked out blind obedience. If you think it's divine revelation and command then obey it accordingly if you eventually realise it is philosophical deception for rule through a theocratic political facade then treat it for the deception it is and stand tall and proud in honest rejection of it because that's what it deserves. Have a great day sincerely d
@kaytlinrainemusic
2 ай бұрын
JP is spot on, every time. Simple as that. Practical application of The Sermon on The Mount explained from a social and psychological perspective. Brilliant.
@DanielRojq
2 ай бұрын
The point of the sermon on the mount was to tell the Jews that the law they believed to be fulfilling was even stricter and impossible to achieve without humbling yourself to God and asking for his strength
@Daniel-do3rw
2 ай бұрын
Amen bro, thanks for sharing that. Spot on. 👌🏾
@BozzleyOfficial
2 ай бұрын
Well said.
@dankmemes7658
2 ай бұрын
The sermon on the mount is teaching you how to behave. Its not god's responsibility to make you meek or merciful. YOU have to put in the work to learn those behaviors
@lukeroberts6019
2 ай бұрын
@@dankmemes7658Jesus was trying to explain to the people their need for a savior. He was telling them that they could not achieve righteousness by keeping the Law of Moses. The Pharisees thought they were doing it. Jesus told them it wasn't good enough. So in case anyone thought they could keep the Law better than the Pharisees, He told them that even that was not the standard of righteousness. They needed to be as perfect as God .
@dankmemes7658
2 ай бұрын
@@lukeroberts6019 Yeah by behaving better
@jeanneelisabeth
3 ай бұрын
If you aim up and "fail", its not a failure, as I see it. The failure would be not to aim up at all.
@single_daddin_it
3 ай бұрын
My pastor teaches Up, In, then Outwards. As we look up, we are able to take in the Holy Spirit and project it outward.
@williamslaughter8037
2 ай бұрын
God says it's not what goes into a man that defiles him but what comes out of him..
@ilovesunvalley
2 ай бұрын
Love that @single_daddin_it
@guanabacoaguajiraguanabaco3280
Ай бұрын
You just depicted a tree 💚
@single_daddin_it
Ай бұрын
@@guanabacoaguajiraguanabaco3280 that’s exactly how it should be, my friend.
@SojiRo23
2 ай бұрын
The central idea of the sermon is to live a life that is dedicated to and pleasing to God, free from hypocrisy, full of love and grace, full of wisdom and discernment.
@kennymccarthy9746
3 ай бұрын
Excellent questions, excellent insights, I wish I could give it multiple thumbs up.
@MTSutoraifu
2 ай бұрын
The whole essence of the sermon of mount is that no one can succeed by doing good (outwardly)
@DT-abcd
2 ай бұрын
The world's success is all about making money.
@theGuilherme36
Ай бұрын
That’s wrong. Jesus says: “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matrhew 6: 31-33
@MTSutoraifu
Ай бұрын
@@theGuilherme36that’s one part of it .There are other parts to it other than not worrying about tomorrow. Read the whole chapter and the whole book of Matthew.
@theGuilherme36
Ай бұрын
@@MTSutoraifu I know there are other things. A lot of other things. But I don’t see how this can vindicate your first comment.
@theGuilherme36
Ай бұрын
@@MTSutoraifu What do you mean by “suceed”, “doing good”, etc?
@mindy1230
2 ай бұрын
I suffer cptsd, I am a Christian who studies self development. And how we are moving in different forms of consciousness. Dipping in and out of different states. Most people don't know it but they are sleep walking through life. Everything we don't understand and don't want to deal with is subconscious but it will keep popping up until we master that area.
@cecilcharlesofficial
2 ай бұрын
yes and no - we are sleepwalking through life, constantly clenched on the inside (physically, with muscles and tissues in our sternum, face, voicebox, etc) because we're under the mistaken belief that we are in control. When the truth is, no thought (conscious or no) can ever be controlled, because a thought/feeling is only ever experienced by a consciousness. You don't 'choose' to think things, you just think them. And even if you say, "Now I'm gonna think of a red umbrella," well you just thought of a red umbrella in thinking it. We learn, thank God. And we feel rational thoughts versus irrational thoughts. But free will or no, we experience our preferences, our thoughts, our feelings. We can't choose what they're going to be. Ever. Because our 'choice,' would be simply an expression of a prior, unchosen will. Hence why faith (trust in God) is key, but you can't choose to have it. Because in the same way you can't force yourself to love someone by saying "I love you," and you can't force yourself to learn by saying "Now I've learned it!" we can't choose to trust. We just do trust, or we have doubt. We can't choose to believe. We just do or we don't. We have to see that what our brain does isn't up to us - because if it was 'up to us,' whatever we'd make it into would just be an expression of 'our will,' except that's not a will we choose. Since all choice is expression of will. Hence fundamental exasperation, since we're simply not in control (even though there's real order). It's always been this way. There's still meaning. Just no control. Hence faith - surrender to 'God's will,' which includes our mistakes, and our conscience. It's why Jesus said "Don't worry" but also (paraphrase) "You haven't actually changed if you're just following the law to be good but still wish you could do the thing" - since he knew the real change includes a change of desire.
@mindy1230
2 ай бұрын
@cecilcharlesofficial The way we process many choices differs. When you drive, you're mostly subconscious using muscle memory. But we make decisions using lower levels of unconscious all the time. Most are barely aware of it. Like being a fish inside a pond and not being able to see air. I think every time you believe you have "woken up" and you think this is it, finally I'm awake...then you bump up another level because you don't know that you're still operating on old programs. Yes our parents gave us programs. I'm learning to unlearn which can be difficult.
@DT-abcd
2 ай бұрын
Your development is about money. You will dispute it, but the world is ALWAYS about the money.
@mindy1230
2 ай бұрын
@DT-abcd I'm not sure why you say that to me. Money is just part of this world system. I am a tourist here just passing through. I don't belong here or want to invest everything I have for "this".
@chrislisle3101
2 ай бұрын
Disagree. Sermon on the Mount is the only recorded sermon of Jesus Christ. It begins in despair, when life so breaks a human of their ego they call to Christ. When you ask for Christ you shall receive and you are saved, for Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their’s is the Kingdom of Heaven. For an more depth discussion of the meaning of the beatitudes please read or listen on KZitem to Charles Spurgeon sermons on the Sermon on the Mount.
@nanismilie
2 ай бұрын
The wonderful thing about the Bible is that unlike any other book, there’s always deeper depths to be found in its pages. It connects to you where you are in your life at that moment. What that means practically, is that what Jordan is saying and what you are saying can both be true simultaneously.
@mariusmihai918
2 ай бұрын
@@nanismilieyour first statement is indeed spot on. Its my observation as well.
@xuniepyro7399
11 күн бұрын
Well, that's a correct interpretation only if you're an immature, irresponsible, childish, superficial baby Christian who always said, "OwWw JeSuS DiEd fOr My SiN sO uNlIkE tHiS FoOlIsH JeWs, I dOn'T nEeD tO pUsH mYsElF sO HaRd tO pLeaSe GoD~~~ I HaVe tHiS FrEe TiCkeT tO HeAveN~~~" who is too literalistic in its approach The poin of sermon on the mount is basically, "you have been saved, so you'd better make sure that you behave like this and this, better than the Jews who still relies on their Torah"
@DonnaBurke-p7b
2 ай бұрын
Very nice.. I myself, am trying to walk with Jesus to accomplish what you talked about. Very difficult. Thank you for having me.
@eitanlitner7207
3 ай бұрын
Very very interesting what Peterson explained at the end. Traumatic experiences trigger all the partial traumatic experiences in your life - all the negative unexplainable emotions you had to dealt with - a portal to hell
@peterbloch-hansen2062
2 ай бұрын
Thee is some scholarly uncertainty about where Abraham lived, but it's clear that he grew up in a per-Hebreic religion in which human sacrifice, especially of one's own child was considered the highest devotion to God as understood in that culture. Abraham's heroic realization that the sacrifice of a son was not in keeping with his INTERNAL, intuitive sense of what God is. This same internal realization compelled him to get out of his culture, at least partially, one must assume, to avoid being considered and dealt with as a 'heretic', but mainly to explore and pursue this adventurous new sense of godliness. God speaks to us internally, intuitively, and in our heart sense. When we look at it that way, we can understand Abraham's dilemma, how God could NOT require us to kill (sacrifice) those we most love to prove our devotion to Him.
@echopathy
2 ай бұрын
JP sitting with a bar behind him after giving up drink and still speaking (what i consider) truth.
@NorCalNeel
2 ай бұрын
God said love others as I have loved you. Now love unconditionally and leave room to love yourself
@davidbrotherton789
3 ай бұрын
The central idea of the sermon on the mount is The Kingdom of Heaven. Not an analogy or metaphor.
@goldknox9629
2 ай бұрын
Both
@lionelcubby7101
2 ай бұрын
True brother but it is good to hear other ideas especially if some god comes if it
@vipkidteacher
2 ай бұрын
Yes but there has to be practical application of the “kingdom of heaven” and we’re supposed to live this out here on EARTH
@conspiracytherapist2473
2 ай бұрын
The kingdom of heaven is within and the Temple is Pineal, hence you need none of this hoopla. Meditation and prayer, not churches, synagogues or mosques is all you need.
@stephenmccarthy8411
2 ай бұрын
“Aim up” can be understood as a very direct way of inviting people to fix their gaze on God and His Kingdom, as in Psalm 123:1. I see no reason to limit his application of the Gospel as being mere analogy or metaphor, and even if it was, I fail to see what the problem is: many are rediscovering the beauty and richness of faith through the lens of Dr. Peterson’s understanding as a clinical psychologist. “You will know them by their fruits.” Matthew 7:16
@FriendshipUberAlles
2 ай бұрын
I find that *Recovery* is the key to improvement. In the case of the Aim, to progress upward- to continue to aim. There's no danger, in one human life, of accomplishing every aim. Not to mention the passage of time, the different potentials of the sexes... Recovery. This effect has a gravity. The dance, the juggle, ...you'll find your friends. And your enemies. And you'll work with both. Just keep aiming... and recovering...
@smdeal
2 ай бұрын
I believe the central idea of the sermon on the mount was to show a contrast between the Gospel and religion. Two trees, two houses, both look alike but one is built on human performance and the other on the grace of God. One is poison, the other leads to life. We either obey inorder to be accepted or we are accepted and therefore obey. These approaches are radically different even though they may look the same outwardly.
@DT-abcd
2 ай бұрын
You think too much
@chazaqs9109
2 ай бұрын
Except those whom claim they are accepted sure aren’t obeying God’s laws
@Conorallan
2 ай бұрын
Whats the full length version of this one?
@maryatvan
2 ай бұрын
Aim up... Align your will, To the best you can or learn to do. Your way meaning you disciplined exploration to the greater good in your life, Has a reverberating pattern in the greater expanded circle, Now, the greater good touches other people by your will, And by your way of your example. If there is a will, there is a way. This becomes a true life that multiplies in tenfold because wellbeing is contagious. Happiness is it's product. Aligning with your inner being as deminsional proportion when love and kindness is the catalyst of unity with one another. There is an aetheric joy of unbounded being, like a fountain that refreshes to one who journey's this road of the Sovereign sojourner. At One we are with the Oneness that creates in unison with each and everything. Love yourself to know God. All that is:is the All.❤
@buckanderson3520
2 ай бұрын
There's a big difference between being perfect according to man's laws and being perfect according to God's laws. What man considers perfect varies from person to person and is always changing so to strive for perfection according to man is to be pulled in so many different directions it will tear you apart. God's laws are clear, are not burdensome, and it is both easier and more profitable to live a life pleasing to God than to live a life pleasing to man. You'll break yourself into pieces trying to please the world and the world won't even care when you do. The world wants you to obey for it's benefit but God wants you to obey for your own benefit. God needs nothing from us because He gave us everything we have to begin with. God's laws benefit us not Him because it's not God who has need. What can we do for God that He can't do for Himself? We can love Him, we can obey Him, we can put our trust and our faith in Him. We can only choose to give God back the love He first gave us.
@margaretvanson3601
2 ай бұрын
Upward improvements happen when you ask God for his grace to help you be a better person. One day you feel better about your fellow man. Later on, you realise God was answering your prayer. Keep asking for God's grace to become more attuned to His Will, and you will find your prayer life increases and your conversations with your creator become engaging, fun, and elucidating. Joy permeates your days. Even if Chaos knocks you back your relationship with God holds you steady because you know suffering makes you closer to Jesus, and He will take care of you. Life is a journey towards death. With Jesus by your side you know you will make it to eternal joy.
@measententia3473
2 ай бұрын
A proper understanding of the Sermon on the Mount results in a person realizing they need a Savior. And that Savior is Jesus.
@mariadelcarmenmiranda2499
2 ай бұрын
' Presume not God to scan' from.a poem by Alexander Pope in An Essay on Man Epistle.How could we?
@elaineyoung9672
2 ай бұрын
Phil 2:12,13 continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to do according to his good purpose. We cannot by our own efforts reach the standard of the Sermon on the Mount. We have to trust in God to enable us to will and to do! Without him, we cannot...
@militaryandemergencyservic3286
2 ай бұрын
Jordan - did you realize that the sermon on the mount was meant for disciples? (Although some non-disciples had indeed come to listen by the end of the sermon). Also - most (if not all) of the points were only able to be done after the day of Pentecost (when the Holy Spirit came).
@AaronAndrewtargetedindividual
Ай бұрын
That doesn't make sense. The idea behind the disciples was to make them "fisherman" of men. So Jesus intention was for the good of all. Sometimes looking at the end game or end result and work backwards the beginning makes a lot more Sense
@militaryandemergencyservic3286
Ай бұрын
@@AaronAndrewtargetedindividual if u say so
@NickLAnderson
2 ай бұрын
🙏🏼
@davidpickup3021
2 ай бұрын
The central idea is not simply a philosophical aim of bettering oneself via and down/up story. To think this is earthbound and shallow. The central idea is to reveal what love and Godliness really is, which leads anyone to the savior of all. Everything else may be true, but it all pales to the central idea of the sermon on the mount. God informed Abraham to have an "adventure?" Again, a truism, but nowhere near the eternal life-giving point. Sometimes, even though Peterson is wonderful, he obsesses on the technical or side issues. By the way, I can resolve the PTSD of the other gentleman can be resolved in only a few session with the new therapy of Image Transformation Therapy that is brand new. It's stunningly simple and effective for virtually all clients.
@cgo225
2 ай бұрын
Exactly - Mr. Peterson seems to overlook the role of faith, God's grace, the Risen Christ (which Christ is foreshadowing in the Sermon) and the Holy Spirit in utterly transforming our very essentials of being into a new Man.... to follow Christ in becoming a new Adam.... To be born again on every level thereby restoring Eden in the Kingdom of God and vanquishing Death for all, and for all time. If the Sermon refers only to realigning our goals, then why would we need the Holy Spirit, or The Resurrection? Were they just metaphors for the earthly process JP thinks is being proclaimed? Seems an awful lot of effort to get across a very simple message to me.
@johncarlisle552
2 ай бұрын
If you bring your aim up down to earth, you are no longer aiming up…stop the madness
@markmccarthy7887
3 ай бұрын
This is the first time I think Jordan kind of misses it…you’re saved by grace ..on this side of heaven we find Gods will and our destiny by a personal relationship with God and biblically handling the challenges in life and completely and totally giving your life to god and trusting him.
@vipkidteacher
2 ай бұрын
You’ve clearly missed what hes saying….
@markmccarthy7887
2 ай бұрын
@@vipkidteacher no I don’t think I did ..I’m not saying what he said is wrong. I’m just saying that it was a very therapeutic secular interpretation. Turn your life completely over to God in every way is a concept that most try to circumvent or avoid with secular tainted explanations.
@ciggystardust99
2 ай бұрын
There's nothing wrong with interpreting the Bible metaphorically; but its kind of hard to take it seriously coming from a man who refuses to say definitively who and/or what he believes God and is not. If someone asked me if I believe in God, I could give them a straight answer in ten minutes flat. I'm a pantheist. It makes sense to me. Case closed. Why can't he show the same level of intellectual honesty regarding his own personal beliefs?
@bitofwizdomb7266
2 ай бұрын
The sermon on the mount would have been more useful if Jesus said something like this : “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and rationality and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
@codecodigo5461
2 ай бұрын
Sounds very much what the Buddha said.
@bitofwizdomb7266
2 ай бұрын
@@codecodigo5461 indeed ;)
@TribalByDesign
2 ай бұрын
That's why we had to forgive Abraham father Of Jesus and his brother Jehova
@mikegiammaria
2 ай бұрын
Abraham is the perfect lens to understand the Sermon on the Mount? When do we decide that this is a word salad?
@c.m.granger6870
2 ай бұрын
He missed it entirely.
@brocksanger6108
3 ай бұрын
It is true Jordan Peterson- if you want proof let’s talk sometime❤️
@ValentinBrutusBura
3 ай бұрын
That's the absolute core of Jesus Christ. Narration is in the affirmative, in opposition to the Ten Commandments. It is also a matter of absolute Truth, all that is said there. Of course, no finite set of rules can encompass "righteous living", yet those rules laid out there, as a foundation for Christianism, are pretty close to ideal.
@sinivlogzz
3 ай бұрын
CSE of I lv me mentality
@nicksignore8703
2 ай бұрын
Something in me is rejecting JP's synopsis. He's intellectualizing the sermon on the mount, appearing as "having authority, " but he doesn't. There's a lack of humility in this that is central to being a Christian - perhaps I'm just projecting
@clandrabell
2 ай бұрын
The identity of Jesus is the central idea of these chapters. Jesus is the supreme authority. He is the boss. And he is gloriously good.
@belogical3961
3 ай бұрын
That's why I like the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, they want you to make covenants, like the law of chastity, like remembering Jesus Christ as much as possible, like saying you're going to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, and you promise to do these things by a covenant and God promises to draw even closer to you because now you'll be more like Him is my guess, is why He draws closer, because He can manifest Himself better inside you, because you literally are More like Him and now you can be His temple! I love how Jordan Peterson said that God basically told Abraham if you make this covenant and act out these behaviors that would suffice in meeting that covenant, you will be blessed and so will all your offspring forever and ever, and they will be like the sands of the sea. So we're always aiming up, by promising to act a certain way and then failing to keep our covenant, but it's not looked upon like that, it's not failing to keep your covenant, it's learning to keep your covenant, learning through disobedience sometimes because you're just too human and you're not perfect enough to be able to do it exactly right is okay as long as you realize you aren't doing it exactly right and that you're just trying to get a little bit better. But failing makes you feel devastated sometimes so do the best you can and so you want to try a little bit better. Sometimes you don't feel like you've done the best you could and then falling short of that even is still a process of growth called life. It's a wonderful sermon and it's a wonderful interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount. Keep aiming up!
@bayreuth79
2 ай бұрын
The problem with Mormonism is that Joseph Smith was clearly a liar and a sexual predator: he married not only more than one woman but also women who were already married (polyandry) and even the LDS Church admits this in its essays. Smith even blasphemously and stupidly claims that God is literally a man who lives on a planet near Kolob: that is arguably the most ridiculous religious idea I’ve encountered. And, moreover, the LDS Church is quite happy to abuse its members financially: taking 10% of the income of poor people in Brazil and Mexico, etc, is clearly wrong.
@yeshalloween
2 ай бұрын
Like covenanting to avoid loud laughter and give all that you have to the church corporation? Nice try Mormon
@marrianeleudke6782
2 ай бұрын
😮
@codecodigo5461
2 ай бұрын
Jordan some times says so much that he ends up saying nothing at all.
@stephenrice4208
2 ай бұрын
James 4:17 To Him that knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him that is sin. Live His Love today and if you learn and understand a better way to Live His Love then live that Love forward as well until you come to understand another better way to Live His Love and repeat. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@davidcloyd1296
2 ай бұрын
The sermon on the mount is meant by Jesus to be a death sentence so that when He’s crucified and raised from the dead you’ll take your faith out of yourself (because you could NOT keep the law) and put your faith in Jesus because He DID keep it (perfect) and sacrificed His life for yours. Don’t believe me? “Chop off your hand, pluck out your eye, look and you’re an adulterer, get angry and you’re a murderer,, be PERFECT like GOD”! See! It was a death sentence.
@ryand1404
3 ай бұрын
I'm sorry this is one of his worst takes to say that Sermon On The Mount is “aim up”. Where is getting that from? The sermon is about how the poor and the meek are blessed, as well as those who face all kinds of suffering will be rewarded. It seems to include themes about personal spiritual benefits about staying close to God, that things will be okay and that we will all have our places later. What does this have anything to do with even “getting things done” in the world? He seems to interpret everything in the lens of materialistic success. You know it just occurred to me and it makes sense now. His interpretations really have a funny way of justifying his own love for money and fame. “Look at me and how I aim up and people give me money.” 😂
@maciamay1393
2 ай бұрын
Absolutely, you have nailed it.
@bennunyour4121
2 ай бұрын
The sermon on the Mount was for Jews not Gentiles. How many Gentiles were in that crowd?
@johnroot838
2 ай бұрын
Psychology is JPs religion. Nietzshe, Jung, Piaget...
@jessewallace12able
2 ай бұрын
I read the sermon on the mount a few times and I found it to be odd. It’s not nearly as inspiring as Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus.
@nacho-man1063
2 ай бұрын
Search for Jesus. He is the answer.
@timaha83
2 ай бұрын
For a guy who doesn't claim Christianity, he spends a lot of time talking about the subject.
@angryherbalgerbil
2 ай бұрын
Why are we listening to someone regarding the words of Christ when that person self admits that they only "act as though God exists"? Christ wasn't saying "aim up" or that you "get to have your cake and eat it". It was about bringing people to an awareness of the interconnectedness of life, and the divine nature within them, the virtues that come from kind and benevolent acts, and the glory of God's kingdom above the falsity of attempts at perfection from the hubris and cleverness of the mind. It was also to bring them into the present and the presence of love, the love that Christ taught and showed through his works. It had ABSOLUTELY ZERO to do with an upward aim or some self-aggrandising effort toward material success or accomplishment. Why are we still listening to this suit wearer? He had poignant cultural things to say about PC culture, feminism, and bad philosophies of intersectionality politics and post-modernism. And now? Now he's using Christ's words in ways that they weren't intended, he's tried to start a julihad from the Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims against the LGBTQ's, and acts like some self-proclaimed emporer or a Spanish Inquisitor. He's not a Jungian practitioner as he proclaims. He's far more Adlerian, and definitely not observing how his shadow and anima continue to wear him like he wears those suits of the Devil. The Devil wears Prada, and he is a very cunning linguist.
@lukeroberts6019
2 ай бұрын
Well, he may be a cunning linguist but I'm a master debater. Er, um, that doesn't sound right. 😮 I agree with you that Peterson is way out of his lane.
@briantaylor7120
2 ай бұрын
In his maps of meaning book he says that God is the kundalini experience that moves through the spine
@anthonyalvarez7958
2 ай бұрын
I feel like the Bible is very vague
@maciamay1393
2 ай бұрын
Constantly contradicts itself.
@zbs28
2 ай бұрын
Peterson reduces God’s word to self help. He had no idea what he is talking about and it’s sad because so many people think understanding God’s word is purely a matter of brains. “But a natural man does not accept the depths of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually examined.” 1 Corinthians 2:14 LSB
@DT-abcd
2 ай бұрын
He and many others mix God's word with what the world teaches. The word of God stands alone and never needs to change. The world's teaching is always changing and for the worse. He tries to make the his teaching the same as God's. Stick with the word of God.
@ProfessorWingatePeaslee-lg7zs
2 ай бұрын
Ridiculous. The Holy Spirit is a spirit of holiness, not adventure. The Sermon on the Mount, as with most lengthy Biblical passages, is about our need for God. It is not a motivational program to assist us with upward mobility. God's actions are entirely unilateral. He is not a deal maker. Cutting a deal is what you do when you have a need for something, and God has no need of anything.
@lebell79
2 ай бұрын
Technically he is telling the truth, but not the fullness of the truth: the gospels arent a selfhelp book, they are the good news about Christ. Only Christ can help us. Jordan is stubborn and keeps omitting that most important part.
@lukeroberts6019
2 ай бұрын
He's interpreting it as if Jesus was speaking to 21st century Gentiles. Jesus was speaking to 1st century Jews. Peterson needs to educate himself about Pharisaical Judaism to better understand the culture into which Christ was speaking.
@amyapplegate4356
2 ай бұрын
Wonder how much that jacket cost him.
@yeshalloween
2 ай бұрын
Who cares
@davidbrotherton789
3 ай бұрын
Jordan Peterson is not a Christian. This is so off. He has no concept for Christ and God's wisdom.
@SomeRandomdude857
2 ай бұрын
That’s a pretty extreme comment to say of another bother in Christ.
@kathleenwharton2139
2 ай бұрын
The central idea of the Sermon on the Mount is to Obey the Commandments the Father Gives us through Jesus and you can live a Peaceful..Healthy..Happy Life. Jesus Died to Tell us and Show us. Blockhead Jordan still doesn’t get it. 😊❤
@CodyScott
2 ай бұрын
The more I listen to this guy the more I understand he is over complicating the at to speak about something. The LORD finds the wisdom of man foolish.
@marrianeleudke6782
2 ай бұрын
OH AH 😂 PATTERSON SHALL INIQUITY 😢 ENJOY THE INEQUITY 😮 OF THE ROYAL PRIESTHOOD 😊
@getemcope
2 ай бұрын
JP looks tired.
@TheSystemIsGhey
2 ай бұрын
It boggles my mind that anyone would listen to this unbeliever about anything the Bible teaches.
@marrianeleudke6782
2 ай бұрын
CAN I GET YOUR 😮PATTERSON AGRICULTURE EXIT LOL PETERSON ZNEVER CHAD A SON S!HINER
@MrStaano
2 ай бұрын
There is also delusion and superstitious beliefs.
@jamie_d___
2 ай бұрын
I wish Jordan would leave spirituality alone , it’s mystical and magical not logical get out of this genre and get back in academia and logic where you are brilliant
@bayreuth79
2 ай бұрын
No, that’s not the purpose of the Sermon on the Mount. Christ says clearly and unequivocally that we should be perfect as our father in heaven- and it’s specified what “perfect” means: to be merciful. Peterson uses Christian texts to fill out his own idiosyncratic self help nonsense.
@jceezee1084
2 ай бұрын
"Old genocide supporter talks about things that matter."
@Texas_Trumper_2
3 ай бұрын
Juden Peterstein
@maciamay1393
2 ай бұрын
The central ideas of the sermon on the mount are love, generousity, selflessness, and compassion. The very things Peterson and his buddy Trump despise. What a twisted piece of blasphemy this video is, a sinful misrepresentation of God's word for political purposes.
@sawdust34
2 ай бұрын
WTF is he wearing? 😂
@nothinghere1996
3 ай бұрын
Have you separated God from the Father yet? They are not the same. The kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are different locations. One cannot understand this teaching until that separation is made.
@endofscene
3 ай бұрын
Care to elaborate?
@nothinghere1996
3 ай бұрын
@@endofscene The Kingdom of God is what you are in now. The Kingdom of Heaven is outside the Kingdom of God. When a man births the soul, he calls it the Father. He is then, the Son of man. The Soul, when born or awake consumes the host. Hence, I and the Father are one and i am that I AM. Ths is demonstrated clearly in Revelation 12.
@Roberto-okthen2
3 ай бұрын
This man is a joke
@InsanitysApex
3 ай бұрын
And yet somehow you're so much worse...
@dcktater7847
3 ай бұрын
@@InsanitysApexyou dont know that. He is only a joke if the criticism comes from below but it very well may come from above...
@InsanitysApex
3 ай бұрын
@@dcktater7847 He Projects Insecurity. You Rationalize his Failure Hoping it Excuses your Life. Your Unconscious is Absolutely Pathetic, but still Stronger than you (Consciousness).
@tomthumb3994
2 ай бұрын
coming from a drug addict
@travislee9396
2 ай бұрын
1:28 Doctor. Seriously? How can you focus your aim so high as to miss the point of God? You’ve aimed at Him. You’ve seen Him in your scope, so to speak. Jesus said He would be denied. Seriously Brother. Come home. Bring that beautiful family home. Can’t you see it’s about Him. Not what you can actually grasp. But what you’re willing to submit to. The Who you’re submitting to. All that education and still that last bit of pride. Brother Jordan! Submit to Him. He who so loved the world. Amen
@nunya3399
3 ай бұрын
When you aim up constantly you fail yourself constantly. Which is ok, because it’s part of always attempting to improve. But when everyone around you is blind to their imperfections because they’re just trying to be as good as their peers, then your failure to be perfect starts to feel like failure by comparison. It’s hard to overcome that.
@rishavpapaji5349
3 ай бұрын
Feeling same
@nunya3399
3 ай бұрын
@@rishavpapaji5349 i'll pray that you can overcome this and never stop tempering yourself against the holy spirit. you're not gonna be perfect. don't let others convince you that they are. easier said than done. it's easy to know that with your head, it's much harder to truly accept it psychologically so that your feelings don't interfere with your head. I wish you well my friend.
@alecianewman4226
2 ай бұрын
Sometimes you accomplish your goal.
@nunya3399
2 ай бұрын
@@alecianewman4226 the whole point is for the goal to be unreachable.
@howiecarnivore
2 ай бұрын
Exactly 💯. That's why one of JP's rules for life is "compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today."
@norvhermanson5979
2 ай бұрын
In my opinion, the central idea of the Sermon on the Mount is that Christ is telling folks that no matter what, a human being cannot attain perfection, God DEMANDS perfection. Like, what man can reform from thinking adulterous thoughts? Just ask Jimmy Carter. Christ is pointing to his mission of dying on the cross to make PERFECT(in the eyes of God) those who believe that he is the Son of God who has come to make them PERFECT. So, in a way, the Sermon on the Mount is like the ministry of John the Baptist: it is preparing for the arrival of Christ. So, why are we in this fix? Why do we feel bad about screwing up? Further, why do we refer to those who don't feel bad about screwing up as sociopaths? Those are good questions.
@bradhouse4754
3 ай бұрын
Dressing like one of the Bee Gees may be the only thing I do like about this squirrely grifter.
@bryansmith7758
3 ай бұрын
the central idea of the sermon on the mount is aim up? How about 'blessed are the poor in spirit'? That one is a mind bender-it kicks my ass every single day! He's definitely no authority on the bible.
@stewartgillis4851
3 ай бұрын
The first step in looking up is to know one begins low with a huge distance to climb to that elevated plane. I hope this helps.
@Tropdop
3 ай бұрын
I don’t see how “blessed are the poor in spirit” detracts from aiming up. You recognize that you need more spirituality, more alignment with God. That’s aiming up.
@bryansmith7758
3 ай бұрын
@@Tropdop peterson doesn't even explain what 'alignment with god' means. sorry.
@Darinhamer
2 ай бұрын
The main point of The Sermon on the Mount is that people think they're good, but they're not. We're all sinners. None of us can live up to God's standard. Jesus is seeing up for their need for him to die to pay for their sin. 😊
@cgo225
2 ай бұрын
It's not about "aligning" yourself with God, it's about "committing your life to God, to subsume yourself in God's love and grace thereby leaving yourself totally in the hands of God"...... God is not a model for us to follow, He wants to change our very being (and others) from Original Sin to Divine Perfection in Jesus Christ, through the power, gifts and charisms of the Holy Spirit.... seems pretty obvious to me.
@mariadelcarmenmiranda2499
2 ай бұрын
The Sermon on the Mount is far too sophisticated and wise to be summed into ' a main idea' It's the Word of the Lord.It's rather presumptious to believe you can identify and sum up Christ's ideas or thoughts into a psychological or sociológical working title The Scripture shows God's thoughts are not our though5s.We can't presume to know God's minds.There 's even a poem about that.Perhaps we should read Poetry more inténtelo and extensively It' s all very well to try to get people who lack guiding principles to aim up following Jesus teachings as if they were tips in a self help book.That renders Christ banal and totally unnecessary. This analysis is insufficient Christ's teachings are too precious to be trivialized into sociológical and psychological tips for well being.Jesus was neither a psychologist nor a sociólogist.He didn't operate computers or AI.He was above all that whether we want to accept it or not
@BrianGarness-c6d
2 ай бұрын
Jordan, I mean this in the nicest way, you are utterly out of your wheelhouse… If you can bear the truth tap into John MacArthur Grace to You, For True biblical Christianity… John 3:1-15“You must be born again“ regeneration precedes faith…
@BozzleyOfficial
2 ай бұрын
The central idea of the sermon on the mount is that humility and faith is the burden that God, the trinity asks us to bear willingly and if we do, he will exalt us. This burden is light and Christ’s yoke is easy but there needed to be a sermon because wicked, proud, hypocrites were fooling the people and poisoning the minds of God’s sheep, as they still do to this day. Though the burden is light, it is a burden nonetheless that requires us to continually choose humility and God over or impulses and urges and comfort. Jesus Christ is God.
@scotthoward4774
2 ай бұрын
It’s amazing the different views on the sermon on the mount. I can tell you what I think it means to me . Jesus is the one who searches minds and hearts and your actions. This is his priority message to everyone as to what he wants to see in your mind, in your heart and your actions, so for instance he says blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. So he’s not expecting you to be righteous because he knows you cannot attain that, but he wants you to desire it. I say this not really disagreeing with most of what else I’ve heard here.
@davidquinn9421
3 ай бұрын
He really shouldn't draw parallels between his philosophy and the Sermon on the Mount.
@underhiswings4479
2 ай бұрын
Yep
@gaffo6510
2 ай бұрын
Why do you say that?
@the8thsagetowobola
2 ай бұрын
Why not?? Can you expatiate on your reasons for this
@stephenmccarthy8411
2 ай бұрын
I think it’s missing the point to say he is drawing parallels with his philosophy (not that there’s anything wrong with that: throughout the history of the Church the personal significance of the allegorical sense of scripture has been validated)… Rather, I think he’s affirming the value of the Gospel through the lens of his experience as a clinical psychologist, and I wish more in the social sciences had the courage and wisdom to refer people back to the Scriptures in a dignified and meaningful way, like he does.
@codecodigo5461
2 ай бұрын
Yup.
@vandos11
2 ай бұрын
Why does he wear these weird jackets
@victorhauk5973
2 ай бұрын
The words of the Son in every instance have the eternal goal of fellowship with God. For Jesus always lives to intercede for those who are drawing near to God through Him.
@DT-abcd
2 ай бұрын
The world only teaches money. If you aren't successful in money you are a failure. Then all these super rich that are controlling the world are successful. Stick with Jesus Christ. You don't need all the garbage the world has to offer
@johnroot838
2 ай бұрын
One interesting idea I've heard is that the Sermon on the Mount is not actually a sermon but rather a liturgy or ordinance.
@Steelblaidd
2 ай бұрын
Check out John Welch "The sermon on the Mount In light of the Temple" and the Language of Adam by D. john Butler.
@DT-abcd
2 ай бұрын
@Steelblaidd As Martin Luther said Scripture only Scripture. Don't mix the two
@_melvonty
2 ай бұрын
I admit it..at some points in my life, I have been “The Arthur of All Evil” 😅 Holy Crap 🙏🏾 Gotta get right…
@francismcglynn4169
2 ай бұрын
That is why Jacob, after his struggle, was given a new name Israel which means one who struggles with God. Aim for what God wants and you will be renewed.
@mistymeaner1753
2 ай бұрын
I think the central idea on the sermon on the mount was slinging catfish to jews.
@IreneAntonio-f9z
2 ай бұрын
An instrument doesn't worship or celebrate itself.
@dainiskivkucans
2 ай бұрын
"... if you treated yourself properly - in a highest sense - that that would align perfectly with the deepest needs of other people, then that's a divine harmony that is on offer on a religious side of things that's associated with what's good ..."
@hansslane7080
3 ай бұрын
Self improvement or sales training more often than not is about confidence and or enthusiasm. Honest desire needs no instruction or direction while wearing blinders that guide🐴🎠. No one can help like a blind man can.
@neons0ulzelenka-chr314
2 ай бұрын
I'm done tonight, I don't like talking to the world through a magic electric mirror, lol!
@davidgordon1981
2 ай бұрын
Try together for your PTSP! Read Bessel van de kolk the Body Keeps the Score!
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