00:00the chibi news daily reflection hello my name is marcus mack i'm a priest in the church of
00:09england jesus said something difficult to unpack and put in the practice he said you have heard
00:16that it was said eye for eye and tooth for tooth but i tell you do not resist an evil person if
00:22anyone slaps you on the right cheek turn to them the other cheek also first of all jesus is not
00:30implying pacifism or encouraging us to do away with a judicial system proportionate force can
00:37still be used to restrain evil and crimes should still be judicially prosecuted and punished
00:43appropriately secondly jesus is not saying we should be a personal doormat for people to take
00:50advantage of of us and be trampled on rather than this being a call to weakness or turning a blind
00:58eye to injustice this is a call to break the cycle of violence and retaliation when we are personally
01:06offended or assaulted jesus is saying absorb the evil respond with a loving spirit of forgiveness
01:14and mercy this does not come naturally to us does it retaliation personal retribution and revenge in
01:21our world seems to be the norm and in some circles to be expected jesus perfectly embodied this spirit of
01:30mercy during his life and at the end of his life while on the cross he prayed for those who caused him
01:38to suffer father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing this is power to change the world
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