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      A few more words about the gospel of Matthew this time focusing on hypocrisy in the finished manuscript. In the Sermon on the Mount we are told to never, ever call anyone 'raca', which is name calling. This sort of thing is strictly prohibited. But apparently you can call someone a dog, which is also name calling, but at least its not the case that you were calling someone 'raca', because that is prohibited. So one great lesson in morality that we can learn from the Matthew gospel is that one must always hold to the letter of the law, and not the Spirit of the law. After all, if we hold to the Spirit of the law that would exclude calling someone a dog, now wouldn't it, and it is clear from the Matthew gospel, that while 'raca' is out as name calling, calling someone a dog is just fine. We are told never to hate, but rather to love our enemies. Do good to those who persecute you, so that you can be children of God. Never, ever repay evil with evil, but rather with good. Never let the sun go down on your wrath. Etc., etc. and so on and so on. This is after all the famous Sermon on the Mount. And we know, that while dog name calling is alright, raca is definitely out, being expressely banned, after all. However, you can call Pharisees 'raca' and you can repay them evil for evil, because they were persecuting you, right? So we can summarize the great morality of Christ, as presented in that Matthew gospel, using the following formula. Do as I say, not as I do.

      Well, another day, and another feedback message to post (as well as another opportunity to say something about that Matthew gospel). Someone responded:

Checked out your sight. Some very interesting stuff there. I need to go there one more time as i forgot to bookmark it. I particularly liked your presentation of 'living by faith' as opposed to dogma, docterine, or a book.