No meeting for the Gathering next week, no bible study either.
Inductive method for Amanda’s Bible Study.
Songs
Matthew, the Beatitudes 5:_______
The story about Jesus and the centurion’s servant.
“I am not worthy, only speak the word and he will be healed...”
Series on Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount
Speaker: Doug ______
The parables and the SotM include Jesus central/core themes.
“A steep and difficult climb”
Deitcirch bonnhofer, ______,
The teachings are so brief,
What do I think about this passage? Which opinion do I agree with more?
SotM, snippets of teaching.
More an overture than an oratorical, or a symphony.
More An abstract, less a book
A series of these.....
A bunch of brushstrokes, not the whole canvas.
It serves to give you a glimpse, a summary of things to come.
Stories of people’s encounters with Jesus; parables.
Those who mourn.... - jeras daughter, or Lazarus
Those who hunger - the motif of the persistent widow
The merciful - the unforgiving servant
The lure in heart - nathanial, the Israelite in whom there is no guile
The peacemakers - parable of the Good Samaritan
...probably not a great sermon, if someone delivered it in homiletics, there is too much there. But grade as an abrstact abstract, A++
Reading into the beatitudes
Jesus is on a mountainside, in Luke he was on the plains
Maybe he is repeating his teaching
Maybe there is subtext, Matthew places him in the mountain for a reason. Israel has a history with mountains
Moses received commandments
Noah’s ark came to rest on
Holy of holies,
Mountains are where god shows up
It is Matthews shorthand for god showing up.
Each time there is an identification of Jesus is god on the mountain
Thesis statement;
Story about his family.
His aunt gives him the keys to her, Chrysler New Yorker,
It was a very fancy car.
Not just a stereo, an experience.
I understood that I was poor, in my car.
Chevette vs New Yorker
He was the cook in his 5 person apartment.
Story about bar Bar exam in Ottawa
The cook prepares a diffeeent meal,
He understood that he was poor in eating,
Thinking back to the centurion,
The centurion understood that he was poor in authority
When I compare myself to Jesus,
I actually understand what it means to be poor in spirit
Discussion: whatever you all feel like
That’s all for now
