That's not to say that there might be a time and a situation in which we were called upon to follow these words to the letter. Ghandi demonstrated the tremendous power of passive resistance. Generations to come will remember and applaud him for the way he turned the other cheek. Most of us have enough inner strength to turn the other cheek. The Second danger in our response to these verses is that we can consign them to some future Millennium so that they have no impact on us today.
Legalism always looks for a way to postpone personal responsibility.
When that happens we lose our attractiveness to the world. Until the unbelieving world sees a practical demonstration of these verses, they will never believe the resurrection happened. These verses are the only credentials that count with Jesus and the world. The socialists want to force these verses into reality through legislation. The communists tried imposing this charity through the barrel of a gun.