Get Your Pretense On!

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Appendix 10 Ethics of the NewTestament: Living in the Upside-Down Kingdom of God Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

The Principle of Reversal

The Principle Expressed

Scripture

The poor shall become rich, and the rich shall become poor

Luke 6.20-26

The law breaker and the undeserving are saved

Matt. 21.31-32

Those who humble themselves shall be exalted

1 Pet. 5.5-6

Those who exalt themselves shall be brought low

Luke 18.14

The blind shall be given sight

John 9.39

Those claiming to see shall be made blind

John 9.40-41

We become free by being Christ’s slave

Rom. 12.1-2

God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise

1 Cor. 1.27

God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong

1 Cor. 1.27

God has chosen the low and despised to bring to nothing things that are

1 Cor. 1.28

We gain the next world by losing this one

1 Tim. 6.7

Love this life and you’ll lose it; hate this life, and you’ll keep the next

John 12.25