Unit 3 Jesus Mission and Teachings

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Unit 3Jesus Mission and Teachings
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Gospel Beginnings

• MT Geneology gt Infancy Narrative gt John the
  Baptist gt Jesus Baptism
• LK Prologue gt Birth of John the Baptistgt
  Infancy Narrative gt John the Baptist gt Jesus
  Baptism gt Geneology
• JN Trinity Image gt John the Baptist
• MK Jesus Baptism

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John the Baptist

• Read Lk 31-20.
• What was John teaching about?
• What did John foretell?
• Besides a baptizer, what title might you give
  John?
• PROPHET!

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John the Baptists Testimony

• Read Jn 129-34.
• What does John the Baptist claim?
• This passage is not included in any other Gospel.
  Can you think of why John the Evangelist
  included it?
• What is a disciple?
• FOLLOWER!

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Jesus Baptism/MKs Beginning

• Read Mk 11-13.
• Why do you think Mark begins his Gospel in this
  way?
• What happened at Jesus baptism?
• What religious truths do you learn from it?
• (Remember To find religious truth ask yourself,
  does this teach me about who I am (human nature),
  who God is (revelation), or how I am to live my
  life (morality)?

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Jesus Baptism Inspired Religious Truths

• God has a special mission for Jesus.
• The Holy Spirit is with Jesus.
• Jesus has a unique relationship with God.
• Others?

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Jesus Mission Statement

• Read Lk 414-30.
• What is Jesus Mission Statement?
• Where did He find these words?
• Why do you think Jesus begins His teaching with
  this passage?
• What does Jesus predict will happen and why does
  the town get upset?

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Jesus Mission Statement

• Bring glad tidings to the poor (Jesus calls the
  poor.)
• Proclaim liberty to the captives (especially our
  enslavement to sin)
• Recover sight to the blind (Jesus leads us to
  truth.)
• Let the oppressed go free (Heaven is opened for
  all!)
• Proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord(Jubilee)

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Jesus Temptation in the Desert

• Read Mt 4 1-11.
• Who visited Jesus?
• Why do you think it chose this time (right after
  Jesus baptism)?
• Generally, what three temptations did Jesus face?
• What did Jesus quote in His responses?

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Jesus Temptations

• Economic Power
• Examples of this today?
• Social Control
• Examples of this today?
• Political Power
• Examples of this today?
• Responses from Deuteronomy (From the TorahLaw!)

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Jesus Temptation in the Desert Inspired
Religious Truths

• 40 Days PreparationWill not fail (Moses and the
  Covenant)
• Jesus is fulfilling the Old Testament (Responding
  to the devil with the LAW!)
• Jesus denies the common expectations of Messiah
  (King, Warrior, Charismatic Religious Leader, etc)

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John the Baptists Death

• Read Mk 6 17-29.
• Why was John the Baptist imprisoned?
• Why did King Herod Antipas have him executed?
• REVIEW What is the relationship between
  Antipas, Herodias, and Solome? Who are the other
  King Herods?

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The 12 Apostles

• Apostle to send forth the 12 vs.
• Disciple follower (of Jesus)
• List the 12
• Read Mk 313-19 to complete your list
• Other stories of the 12
• Lk 51-11
• Mt 99-13
• Jn 1 43-50

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The 12 Apostles

• Peter (Fisher Andrews Brother also Cephas and
  Simon)
• Andrew (Fisher Peters Brother)
• James the Greater (Johns Brother son of
  Zebedee Boanerges Fisher)
• John (James Brother son of Zebedee Sons of
  Thunder Fisher)
• Phillip (From same town as Andrew and Simon Peter)

• Matthew (Levi tax collector)
• Bartholomew (Nathaniel Son of Tolemei)
• Thomas (Didymus)
• James the Lesser (son of Alphaeus)
• Simon the Zealot (Canaanite)
• Judas Thaddeus (Jude the Heart Lebbeus)
• Judas Iscariot (From Karioth) gambler, traitor

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Apostles Song(To the Tune of Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little Star)

• Peter, Andrew, James, and John
• Phillip, Matthew, Bart, and Tom
• Thaddeus is Jude the Heart
• Judas Iscariot is a lark
• Zealot Simon and James the Lesser
• Now we know our Apostles better

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Vocation of the Apostles

• Read Mk 66-13
• What is the call (vocare) of the Apostles?
• Read Lk 21 12-19
• What does Jesus foretell will happen to the
  Apostles?
• Does it happen?

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Law of Love

• Read Mk 1228-34.
• What is the greatest command Jesus gives us?
• Read Deut 64-9.
• What does this Jewish law say?

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Kingdom of God is NOT

• A national or political kingship
• Geographic state or nation
• Violent or militarily run
• Simply a new philosophy, social reform movement,
  or a fad
• What gets in the way of living the Kingdom of God?

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Kingdom of God

• K of G Reality that happens when love become the
  most important thing (the number 1 priority) for
  everyone
• Love wanting goodness for others Agape
• Law of Love Greatest CommandmentGolden
  RuleLove God, Love your neighbor as yourself

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GOOD NEWS

• The Kingdom of God is Here!

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SIN

• Sin Any obstacle/barrier to the Kingdom of God
  disorder freely choosing to turn away from God
• Personal Sin Freely choosing to turn away from
  God (IntentionKnowledge Action)
• Ex Mortal and Venial Sins (Cain and Abel)

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Sin cont

• Communal (Social) Sin Accumulation of personal
  sin throughout generations so that the evil
  affects all people as part of one community
• Ex unjust laws, war, genocide, poverty,
  destruction of the environment (Tower of Babel)
• Natural Evil We are subject to the suffering
  nature causes due to the Fall
• Adam and Eve sinned and were subject to the world
  and death. (Gen 32, 14-19, 23)

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Paradox (Problem of Evil)

• Sin exists because of FREE WILL. Free will is a
  gift from God, given that we might choose to LOVE
  God. Because we sin, the Kingdom of God is not
  fully realized!
• PARADOX The Kingdom of God is here, but not yet
  realized! or The Kingdom of God is right now but
  not yet! EXPLAIN!

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Conversion (Metanoia)

• Read Pray It in your Bible on p. 1225.
• What conversion do you think is most needed in
  the world? Why?
• Why do bad things happen (especially to good
  people) if God is good?
• RepentanceTurning away from sin
• ConversionTurning back to God

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Sermon on the Mount

• Jesus lengthy sermon found in Mt 5-7
• Similar to Jesus Sermon on the Plain given in Lk
  617-49
• THESIS Jesus is giving us His Good News
• GOOD NEWS The Kingdom of God is here!
• What is the Kingdom of God? Well, Jesus is going
  to explain it to us throughout his public
  ministry! He begins with this sermon and this
  sermon begins with

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The Beatitudes

• BeatitudeUltimate Blessings
• Read Mt 51-12
• Jesus is blessing those who are
• Poor in Spirit
• Mourning
• Meek
• Hungry and Thirsty for Righteousness
• Merciful
• Pure in Heart
• Peacemakers
• Persecuted for the Sake of Righteousness

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The Beatitudes

• Religious Moral Truths
• If they are religious truths, then they would be
  true today!
• Why would we want to live them out?
• Goal of MoralityHAPPINESS!
• Where do you see the Beatitudes being lived out
  today?
• How can YOU live them out today?

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Focus on Mercy

• Jesus said Blessed are the merciful. How might
  I show mercy?
• Corporal Works of Mercy
• Spiritual Works of Mercy
• Scripture References
• Mt 2531-46
• Is 586-10
• Service Hour Requirement

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Jesus Image of God

• Read Lk 111-4.
• What has this teaching evolved to today?
• What intentions does this prayer ask of God?
• What image of God does Jesus have?
• Read text pp. 156-157.
• What is the Lords prayer essentially?
• Does Veggie Tales Snoodles Tale do a good job
  in sharing this image of God?

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Abba

• Jesus image of God is Daddy
• What in Veggie Tales Snoodles Tale shows us
  this image?
• This image of a God that intimately loves us was
  different from rabbis at Jesus time.
• God as Abba is critical to understanding Jesus
  vision of the Kingdom of God!

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Jesus View of the Law

• Letter of the Law (Legalism)
• Spirit of the Law
• Jewish religious leaders were always trying to
  trick Jesus into either breaking civil law (Rome)
  or religious law (Jewish Torah).