What does 'Do unto others' mean?

[shazeep]

"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets"

What Mike said:

"it means the law, that tried to get man to love God and have faith but failed, tried to accomplish the same thing that faith accomplishes. It's not telling us what saves us. It's telling us that father and the New Covenant fulfills what Law tried to fulfil, so that the goal of every one of the laws of old is fulfilled without the law by grace."

[consapente89]

if I was on my way to Hell I would want someone to tell me!

[shazeep]

hmm, and might you prefer Christ over anyone else, or what is your feeling there exactly

[mfblume]

Here we go again...

[mfblume]

In the quote I am attributed to saying, I noted the background of what Jesus said.

He was not telling us how to be saved.

But to deal with that statement alone, He simply was telling us to do what the law tried and failed to get us to do.... do everything to others you hoped someone would do to you. That is what Law tried to instill, but failed.

[houston]

it means to beat your wife and blow yourself up in town square

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by houston

it means to beat your wife and blow yourself up in town square

oh oh

[shazeep]

i guess i didn't post the corrected version of Mike's interpretation of the Golden rule, my apologies.

"It means the law, that tried to get man to love God and have faith but failed, tried to accomplish the same thing that faith accomplishes. It's not telling us what saves us. It's telling us that faith and the New Covenant fulfills what Law tried to fulfil, so that the goal of every one of the laws of old is fulfilled without the law by grace."

[mfblume]

Shazeep, here is my actual answer since I was unaware of what you were asking in the other thread.

So please replace your claim of my words with this:

Originally Posted by mfblume

But to deal with that statement alone, He simply was telling us to do what the law tried and failed to get us to do.... do everything to others you hoped someone would do to you.

As a side thought, I added:

That is what Law tried to instill, but failed.

[shazeep]

ok then, i dont believe the Law failed to do what it was intended to do, but a reader may agree with you, so there it is.

Originally Posted by houston

it means to beat your wife and blow yourself up in town square

this might seem a bit ridic, but admittedly interpreters of Scripture literally translate some unusual Jewish euphemisms, and Mike holds that his interpretation is the more widely accepted one, so i am just trying to get a handle on others' opinions here.