The Words of Jesus

     Some years ago I heard a man with an encyclopedic knowledge of the Bible say that the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount ( Matthew chapters 5-7) were only for the Jews, and thus not relevant for "Christians." More recently i have heard others share similar sentiments. I wonder if they have any idea of the ramifications of their words. True Christ followers believe that Jesus is God. Are we to believe that the words of JESUS are not relevant to us today? Now I understand that the original audience that heard these words were Jewish. But they are written down as part of the inspired Word of God. ( 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Hebrews 4:12 et. al. ) Are we sinful humans the arbiters of what is and what is not important in the Bible? Some of the best counsel i ever received was to read the whole Bible from Genesis 1 through Revelation 22 and then to read it again and again and...
     Let's look at some of the words of Jesus. "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." ( John 6:63)
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." ( Mark 13:31)
"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." ( Matthew 5:19 NKJV)
"But you do not have His Word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe." (John 5:38)
     On a completely different subject i have heard a prediction that at the meeting of the Federal Reserve on Dec. 18th, the end of cash will be announced in the US. While i do not know if this is true, I suspect the technology is available to make this feasible. Many people do not use much cash at all. Yet the disappearance of cash is just another step in the ability of a few people to control many as every transaction of any kind will now be on record. We should not trust in the political or economic systems of this world but in Jesus Christ as Lord.