Psalm 119 and the Beatitudes

[JohnL]

Has anyone done a study on the similarities of Psalm 119 to the Sermon on the Mount?
Psalm 119
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way,
Who walk in the law of the Lord!
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the whole heart!
3 They also do no iniquity;
They walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded us
To keep Your precepts diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed,
When I look into all Your commandments.
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep Your statutes;
Oh, do not forsake me utterly!

[JohnL]

I was trying to do a compare and contrast of Psalm 119 with the Beatitudes. In Matthew 5 after the Beatitudes Jesus goes on to say

20 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. 21 “You have heard that it was said to those [d]of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.

I'm seeing Jesus do a deeper dive into the Commandments to the next level and looks at tackling the inner thoughts and impulses that drive humans into sin.

[barnhart]

I think all the beatitudes are restatements from the Psalms and prophets.

[R7ehr]

Sermon this morning was partially on the Beatitudes.

[Soloist]

I think all the beatitudes are restatements from the Psalms and prophets.

Wife I think His teachings on anger and loving your enemies might come from Proverbs.

[JimFoxvog]

I expect Jesus knew all of these similarities.

[barnhart]

I think all the beatitudes are restatements from the Psalms and prophets.

Wife I think His teachings on anger and loving your enemies might come from Proverbs.

Yes, I forgot about the references from Proverbs.

[barnhart]

I'm seeing Jesus do a deeper dive into the Commandments to the next level and looks at tackling the inner thoughts and impulses that drive humans into sin.

I think you are right, this is further amplified by his discourse about cleaning only the outside of the cup or calling the Pharisees whitewashed tombs full of dead men's bones. I also think this concept has been over developed to make Jesus a philosopher rather than a moral authority. In college I had a Hindu priest as a intro to philosophy teacher and he was fond of Jesus for turning away from the Jewish focus on morality and the material world to inward piety and philosophy.

[JohnL]

I'm seeing Jesus do a deeper dive into the Commandments to the next level and looks at tackling the inner thoughts and impulses that drive humans into sin.

I think you are right, this is further amplified by his discourse about cleaning only the outside of the cup or calling the Pharisees whitewashed tombs full of dead men's bones. I also think this concept has been over developed to make Jesus a philosopher rather than a moral authority. In college I had a Hindu priest as a intro to philosophy teacher and he was fond of Jesus for turning away from the Jewish focus on morality and the material world to inward piety and philosophy.

Yep it looks like that old problem of extremist thinking when teachings are looked through narrow personal peep holes. I guess a lot of folks only see things through their particular experiences and biases like that Hindu teacher. I hope he’s learned more than that and come to Jesus as Savior.
Jesus taught people in their Jewish experiences of a works based devotion. I see Jesus saying that our faith is as much about how we think as it’s about what we do - material altar gifts have to be given with a right attitude. Faith and works, works and Faith have to be a part of the whole. James 2 does a really good job of explaining that.

[Soloist]

I'm seeing Jesus do a deeper dive into the Commandments to the next level and looks at tackling the inner thoughts and impulses that drive humans into sin.

I think you are right, this is further amplified by his discourse about cleaning only the outside of the cup or calling the Pharisees whitewashed tombs full of dead men's bones. I also think this concept has been over developed to make Jesus a philosopher rather than a moral authority. In college I had a Hindu priest as a intro to philosophy teacher and he was fond of Jesus for turning away from the Jewish focus on morality and the material world to inward piety and philosophy.

Wife: I love how a lot of His teachings were actually from the old testament. When hubby was in college, there was a lot of comparing Zoreostrianism to Christianity (don’t feel like looking up how to spell that). It seems like He was taking Old Testament teachings that people ignored and expanding on them, rather than repackaging some random eastern philosophy like some historians say.