If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

In the Old Testament He had said to them, вЂњAn eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,вЂќ but now he said: вЂњYou have heard that it was said, вЂAn eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth.вЂ™ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. Having asserted that He had not come to do away with the law, He then appeared to do just that. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:18-20). Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. At the very outset of the sermon, He warned them that He had not come to do away with the law, instead He said: вЂњFor assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth passes away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. When Christ gave the Sermon on the Mount, people had assembled on the mountain expecting to hear His pronouncement of the nature of the kingdom He had come to establish. So, what is means by the statement, вЂњAn Eye for an Eye?вЂќ

I think these words by Gandhi pretty much sum up what would happen if we practiced the eye for an eye principle as many of us believe it means. May the Lord Bless you as you read the posts in this series. Posting Today, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. I really wish I could do it in a single post, but the length, oh my the length would cause few to read it till the end and it is an important post, so will break it into four sections. Of all the lessons or subjects on God, His character and His law, this post will be by far the longest and so I have broken it down into four separate parts.

Who said an eye for an eye