“How Cheeky!”

Matthew 5: 38, 39: “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, do not resist him who is evil; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.” This is where people usually say, “Here’s what Jesus really meant …” No, what He meant was, turn the other cheek. Look at it this way: has anyone ever been converted from evil to good by receiving an eye for an eye? It just makes them madder and more evil, and it makes us seem just like them. If we want to show we are different, and something our enemy would want to emulate, we must be different - and nothing accomplishes this like a good old fashioned cheek turning.