"Don't resist evil, turn the other cheek, love those who use you" is meant to be taken literally and I would never want my wife and kids and people who I love to follow it.
I learned, "Don't resist an evil person, turn the other cheek" is within a larger context, part of a bigger teaching called "The Sermon on The Mount" in which there are five times Jesus takes a teaching of the law and then amplifies it. All four seem okay but the fifth is just pure evil.
1. "he who is angry at his brother without a just cause is in danger of helfire" -I like it
2. "whoever feels lust in their heart commits adultery" -100% agree
3. "don't make oaths to God. Just let your yes be yes and your no be no" -Yes have good frame, agreed.
4. "pray for those who spitefully use you" -Difficult to do but okay
5. "don't resist an evil person, turn the other cheek" -WHAT THE???
All Christians I've talked to about this have no problem saying the first four are to be taken literal but all the sudden when it comes to the fifth one I get "Well actually!" wall of text half hearted damage control response
Apparently I'm meant to believe that the first four are supposed to be taken literally but the last one isn't. Even though Jesus and his disciples literally followed the last one and were literally used and abused and suffered tremendously.
Sorry but looking at my adorable daughter with her little sippy cup, I would never want her to follow the fifth one and I do not want to raise my kids saying it's okay to let people abuse you. I would tell them to crush their enemies. And I don't see why God would want me to suffer like that if he loves me and views me as a Child.
Sorry if I sound like a fedora lord but this just doesn't make any sense at all to me.
PLEASE HELP
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