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Jesus talks about people who rejected the law back in His time. The laws were created in order to establish a set of rules and benefit the citizens, but the people simply opposed the laws such as the sabbath and used them to their own advantage. This greatly upset Jesus because of the selfishness of the people, and their lack of willingness to open up to the laws and use them as directed. It seemed that the laws were used to obtain power and not used for the greater good. Those times were simply a power struggle amongst citizens, and this obviously angered Jesus. He said, "For I tell you unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 5:20 RSV). This is basically saying that if you fail to obey and use the laws of God appropriately, then you will be punished and not live an eternal life with God. It is almost a threat based on the frustration of Jesus.
Jesus was not well known when he was alive. Even though people knew of Him, they did not actually know Him as a person. They judge Him based on the people with whom he associated, His assumed title, and His beliefs. They lacked knowledge of His purpose and what he wanted to do. The characteristics of Jesus were indescribable, and to those who never gave Him a chance deprived him of His greatness. People who only looked at Jesus as divine stripped Him of His humanity as well. It was very difficult to encapsulate Jesus, but He was both human and divine and many people failed to see that. They simply wrote him off and treated him poorly at times.

Today in our society there are still people who go out of their way to do things so that they gain power. However these people are doing the actions only for personal gain. Jesus did not try to do it for personal gain but that ended up being his reward for the miracles he performed. When Jesus walked on water, the news spread and he had many more followers who believed in him but when he was performing the miracle he was just looking out for the fisherman. The power and authority of Jesus was selfless and there for it is accepted today unlike those that do it for personal reasons and not to benefit others. back in Jesus time society was focus on status and today we still focus on what other think about us. We use the little authority and power that we receive recklessly and in many circumstances we lose all of that and therefore lose our standing. Laws are put in place to try and make everyone equal but in many instances that is not the case. So many people find ways to turn there law on that side just like the scribes did during Jesus time. Many of the laws put in place by Jesus are still not being followed today so we are still faced with the same problems that Jesus faced. In relation to the kingdom of God i feel that those individuals who have that self absorbed authority do not full reach the kingdom but those who act for others and receive authority for others reach the real and true kingdom.

Summary

In chapter 10, Albert Nolan describes Jesus' power and how he uses it. Jesus notices that people, such as the Jews, use the law to give themselves power. It is also explained in the chapter that those of Jesus' time whom obeyed the law became of a higher status. Jesus did not necesarrily hate the law, but he knew that it was not right to use it to attain power. He believed that it was better to fulfill the law to the best of ones ability. "A person keeps God's law only when she or he fulfills the purpose of even "the least of the commandments" (Mt 5:19). This passage from the bible is pointing out that a person is fulfilling the law not when they are just abiding the law, but when they are fulfilling the purpose of the law. Jesus was not happy with the way that people used the laws. For example, the sabbath was made as a law to benifit, but unfortunately, scribes had made this law an intollerable burden. The law, as the peope of this time had seen it, was an oppressive measure. For Jesus, it was sapposed to be a day for people to rest and fill their personal interests. In other words, the sabbath was made to free people from the burden of work, not to prevent them from doing good or healing or saving life. Also, Jesus did not want everyone to enslave themselves to the law. Instead, Jesus wanted to free everyone from the law by making the law our servant and not our master.
In the end of this chapter, the political power of the "kingdom" of God is revealed as power, authority and law. If everyone serves one another, the political structure should work in the Kingdom of God.
Chapter 17 goes in to talking about how Jesus is underrated. It also talks about how Jesus is ultimately human and if we deprive him of this humanity, then we deprive him of his greatness. Also, in this chapter, Jesus' reputation is discussed and how it was looked down upon was debated. Back in Jesus' time, he did not have a very good reputation because of the people he was seen associating with. Jesus was seen with the lowest people such as the prostitutes which were seen as the sinners. Therefore, since Jesus had always been seen with these sinners, he would be seen as a sinner. In reality, Jesus was not associating with these people because he was full of vices, but because he was preaching the word to them. Jesus had the type of "I don't have to answer to anybody" kind of attitude.

Also, as seen in Chapter 10, the topic of power and how Jesus had attained it was brought up in chapter 17. In chapter 17, Nolan describes how the scribes explained the way that Jesus attained power and authority. The believed the way that Jesus came to this authority was only by the way he spoke to others. he spoke with such confidence and faith that other of his time could not help but to believe everything he had spoken to them about. Although the scribes give Jesus the credit for attaining so much power, in reality, the only authority that he had ever exercised was the power of faith. This faith was the type of faith which healed , cured and saved. This power of faith is seen in John: 16-21, Jesus Walks on Water. In this parable, Jesus uses his power of faith to enable him to walk on water to the middle of the sea. The reason Jesus was trying to walk on water was so he could reach these men on the sea during this terrible storm. These courageous acts which Jesus had constantly portrayed is what had gained him so much authority. Not only did he exemplify these acts, he spoke of them. Through physical examples and spoken word, Jesus gained his authority.