Kingdom perspective

We must understand and welcome the tension that is inherent in Christ’s teaching. Christ is imposing the standards of a perfectly pure kingdom culture into a fallen and treacherous world. If at times the Sermon (on the Mount) seems to contradict this present world’s sense of what is reasonable, it’s because this world’s point of view is inevitably in conflict with the kingdom culture of Christ. The fault is not with the Sermon but with the imperfect world. True wisdom belongs to the King. ~~ Joe Stowell president of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan