10/5 Quiz 3/ NOOO TTP/Sermon on Mount part 3 /Amish Grace

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Mr, Bill usually says
"\OH NOOOOOO.."

We'll use the phrase:
NOOO

to suggest that no matter what BIBLE BASHERS may say, the gospels

do not contain contradictions, errrors, mistakes..and are not OOO (Out Of Order), even they appeat to be so chronologically.

N.O.O.O.=Not Out Of Order
We looked at the four versions of the Temple tantrum.  Matt, Mark and Luke place it at the end of Jesus' ministry.  John places it at the very end.

We looked at
 Matthew's Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount  (Mt 6)

vs.
Luke's Beatudes and "Becursitudes in the Sermon on the Plain.   (Lk 6)

Matthew doesn't seem to include the woes/curses.  Or does he?  See Matt, 23.


What do you remember from class about how we deal with these differences?

px;"> Those of us who believe in divine inspiration at heart want to push the "reliability" of the gospel documents over the top..ELEVEN on a scale from one to to ten.  But maybe the way we do that it by recognizing the historical/literary world of the day didn't look at biography/chronology the same way, and that is not lying or inaccurate..but just the way God chose the Bible to be inspired.  Eleven out of ten on the inspiration level.   (: See this classic clip from "Spinal Tap"

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What an amazing field trip we took to illustate all this.  If you had  to miss vclass today, be sure to ask someone what happened when we ran into former JCC students.  we found out bt expoerinece that..

People remember/emphasize diferently and from different dimesions (Anthony's helpful  term) the same evebts.

What else did we learn?
Remember how some "witnesses" remembered a prostitue encounter?
Remember someone who smoked a whole pack of cigarettes?
ETC.
What did we learn about ORAL TRADIITION?

Read Hauer and  Young pp, 240-243

One amazing coincidence: On a trip to talk about how gospels are NOOO (Not Out Of Order), we went to a place where there happend to be a sign ("a sign from God?" that said "Out Of Order"

One other thing  from  field trip: those who were there on the trip can only  try to explain it fully to those who weren't.  The basic ideas may come across, but in the end:

"Well, you really had to be there."  Those who were literally there now have to do the  best they can to explain and interpret.........kind of like writers of the Bible.

What is the real difference between those who experineced the trip and those who just heard about it?

The main difference was that I used lots of WORDS on the trip, I just told stories....but I also used backdrops, images,  parables, WORD-PICTURES....words become flesh..... That combination as larger than the sum of the parts, and embeds the experience in your memory.  Which is why when I ask on the final exam (as I will), "Talk about anything you remember from the class field trip," no one has a problem answering that question.

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Twice, Matthew makes almost identical statements, which might lead us to draw aninclusio around them:

And he went throughout all Galilee,
teaching            in their synagogues and
preaching         the gospel of the kingdom and
healing             every disease and every affliction among the people. 
(Matt. 4:23)


AND

And Jesus went through all the towns and villages,
teaching            in their synagogues,
preaching          the good news of the kingdom and
healing              every disease and sickness.  
(Matt 9:35) 
Maybe Jesus only did three things in this section.
 Q>Who is Jesus in Matthew?  
              A>The one who teaches, preaches and heals.

Notice 11:1 says he went around "teaching and preaching," but :healing is not included.  It seems we are to place special emphasis on healing in the division from 4:23-9:35.
Question:
-why healings highlighted in this section? (stay tuned..think about possible answers
-Is this a hemistiche?
-Since this threefold ministry is so intentionally signaled, might it not mean that in other places in Matthew
that when one or two of the three is mentioned, the third is implied, hidden somewhere, or conspicuous by its absence?

How about 11:1?:


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How about  15: 29-30:
Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he
went up on a mountainside and sat down (implies teaching ).
Great crowds came to him (so now you expect to see him teaching, but he is healing instead...or is healing a firm of teaching here?)
bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.
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For some helpful commentary on the "literary world" implications of Jesus' three activities...

teaching
preaching     
healing 

.....click to read these sections of David Bauer's commentary.
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One writer comments:

• These three activities were his chief occupations in public ministry. Think of what Jesus did:
• He was teaching in their synagogues. What was a synagogue service like? We have some insight in two New Testament passages: Luke 4:16-21, where Jesus began to teach about his own ministry. We also have Acts 13:15ff, where Paul used the invitation to speak as an opportunity to preach the gospel based upon the history of Israel. In the service, a reading from the Law and the Prophets, which followed prayers, would be followed by a distinguished Rabbi, either resident or visiting, being invited to teach concerning a point of the Law or the Prophets. He would read a text and explain and apply it. This is what Jesus evidently did. And the traditions of the synagogue required that the teacher be attractive in his appearance and presentation, as well as intelligent and godly. Interestingly enough, such a teacher did not have to be ordained. And his message was to be tactful and not too personal. That Jesus taught often in the synagogues of the land, tells us that he was a welcome teacher and respected. No wonder he was referred to as "Rabbi."
• The text tells us that he also was actively preaching the Gospel/good news of the Kingdom. You are of course aware that the word, gospel, means good news. And the substance of the gospel is given in verse 22, to wit that the Kingdom of Heaven was near. It is referred to elsewhere as the gospel of peace (Rom 10:15), the gospel of Jesus Christ (2 Cor 9:13), and its message was simply that the Kingdom of Heaven had come. To the Jews this would be good news, as it would mean that the Lord was announcing the reign of Messiah (Isa 9:6,7) and peace between Himself and Israel (Isa 52:7). God had come to rule and thus to show his love and concern for his people. And that is the essence of the gospel.
• We want to be careful not to distinguish too closely between teaching and preaching, though, because he did both at the same time, cf. the next three chapters. Teaching would emphasize a systematic presentation of the truth. Preaching or proclamation would emphasize declaration of the truth, as opposed to giving a systematic presentation of it. In his teaching he gave the details of what the Kingdom of Heaven is like.
• Finally, and this is what usually catches our attention most in this passage, hehealed the sick. The text says, he healed (literally) all chronic diseases and all occasional sicknesses among the people. The word, all, would place him in different category from other healers that were also going about the land. Perhaps the word would best be translated as the NIV does, every, because not all in the nation were healed. These other healers did not heal every case. They had their successes and their failures, but Jesus healed every diseasehe came into contact with, with no failures. The question needs to be asked, though, why? ..
• Notice how these three ministries are tied together. What ties them together is the Kingdom of Heaven. The public teaching of Jesus focused upon the grace of God in coming to rule over his people and show his love and concern for them as their King. The healings were a tangible, easy to understand demonstration of the truth and power of the Kingdom. Jesus did not simply heal for the sake of making people feel better or improve their quality of life. Rather, those who were healed had an obligation to worship and serve the Lord, even to repent-cf. John 5:1-14. That is why, when Jesus preached he proclaimed the message that he did, Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near. This is an important point, one that is missed by some in the healing movement in Pentecostal Church circles. We are mistaken if we separate healing from the gospel's message and focus on it or any other miraculous part of the gospel instead of on the Kingdom of God.  -Link

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