But Seek Ye First The Kingdom Of God, and His Righteousness - Jordan Peterson

Reupload of Word To The Wise's video. Jordan Peterson analyzing Matthew 6:25-34

[christian_]

“But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭2‬:‭14‬ ‭

[SoFloPepe]

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

[suzannemartin]

I appreciate @JordanPetersen ‘s wise philosophical musings. But here he is missing something very important; the highest good I or anyone else can conceptualize is NOT actually the kingdom of God. Not that I would discourage anyone from looking for and aiming for the highest good they could do, be and bring, but that until a man (or woman) acknowledge the Lordship of the one who said these words, in the end s/he will be no closer to being acceptable to God than if they had not. And all their works will, at the judgment, will be burned up like sticks. Our highest place is to surrender to the Lordship of Christ and surrender as His arrow to be aimed at the thing for which He made us. Praying that Mr. Petersen will experience the transforming power of Christ and have a revelation that the Bible is the Word of God, not just a book of wisdom.

[gregmannheimer]

Jordan Peterson is not a NT, Biblical, or historical-Jesus or -Paul scholar. I can guarantee that he is interpreting this passage incorrectly, because the scholars have found all the evidence we need to know to see that he is saying “join the kingdom (a community of people who share everything they have; who live in ways in opposition to Rome and worldly power); see what real justice is (everybody sharing their resources, unlike Roman economic policy); stay in the kingdom, and share what little you have, and everybody will have enough.”