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Matthew‘s Good News: Chapters 1-4a Jesus is the King promised in the Old Testament 5 Teaching Books of Jesus Book 1 Ch. 4b-7 Life in the Kingdom Book 2 Ch. 8-10 Authority in the Kingdom
1st Book of Jesus’ Teaching: CHAPTERS 4-7 Life in the Kingdom
2nd Book of Jesus’ Teaching: CHAPTERS 8-10 Authority in the Kingdom PATTERN: 3 sets of 3 miracles “Follow me!” sandwiched between them
2nd Book of Jesus’ Teaching: 1st Triad: Authority over disease and physical ailments and invitation to “Follow me!”
2nd Book of Jesus’ Teaching: 2nd Triad: Authority over physical world, demons & sin/forgiveness and invitation to “Follow me!”
Matthew 9:14-17 Pg. 681-82 New Results demand New Methods
please raise your hand and one will be brought Matthew 9:18-10:41 Pg. 681-82 If you need a Bible, please raise your hand and one will be brought to you.
Matthew 9:20-22 2nd Miracle Story (an interruption) Pg. 681
Matthew 9:23-26 1st Miracle Story (return) Pg. 681
Matthew 9:27-31 3rd Miracle Story Pg. 681
Matthew 9:32-34 4th Miracle Story Pg. 681
Matthew 9:35-10:41 JESUS’ NOW WHAT? Pg. 681-822
John 14:12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
Matthew 10:5-41 JESUS’ NOW WHAT? Pg. 681-822
Following the NOW WHAT???
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.