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Week02 TheLayOfTheLand

This document provides an overview and analysis of the Sermon on the Mount passage from the Gospel of Matthew. It discusses how Matthew portrays Jesus as a rabbi with s'mikah, or rabbinic ordination, drawing parallels between Jesus and Moses. The document also analyzes the structure of the Sermon on the Mount, comparing it to the shape of a mountain, and how Jesus calls his followers to a deeper holiness than the Pharisees. Several questions are also posed about impressions of the sermon and its purpose.

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Week02 TheLayOfTheLand

This document provides an overview and analysis of the Sermon on the Mount passage from the Gospel of Matthew. It discusses how Matthew portrays Jesus as a rabbi with s'mikah, or rabbinic ordination, drawing parallels between Jesus and Moses. The document also analyzes the structure of the Sermon on the Mount, comparing it to the shape of a mountain, and how Jesus calls his followers to a deeper holiness than the Pharisees. Several questions are also posed about impressions of the sermon and its purpose.

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Sermon on the Mount

Week 02: The “Lay of the Land”

Last week we looked into the idea that Jesus is a Rabbi with s’mikah and that the Sermon on the Mount comprised
the core of his yoke.

This week I want us to get a 20,000 foot overview of the lay of the land.

Questions:
1. What were your first impressions on the Sermon on the Mount as you read it with the fresh eyes of it
being Jesus’ yoke?
2. As you continued to read throughout the week, how did those impressions change or how were they
reinforced?
3. What were the Key Words of the passage?
4. What would you say is the Key Verse or main thought of the sermon?
5. How would you describe the Emotional Tone of the sermon?
6. If this is indeed Jesus’ yoke, what would you expect to see in the sermon that you do not see?

7. What did you find in the sermon that surprised you?
 The model prayer. Why does Jesus need to teach a bunch of first century Jews how to pray?

My impressions:
This “sermon” is recorded by Matthew who wrote primarily to a Jewish audience. He goes to great lengths to
solidify Jesus as a rabbi with s’mikah.

First, he ensures to show the Jesus is of the line of Judah, specifically a descendant of King David.

Secondly, he wants parallel Jesus’ with Moses, the “traditional” first Rabbi with s’mikah. So, like Moses was
supposed to be killed as infant, Matthew tells the story of Herod seeking to kill Jesus as an infant.

Later, just as Moses came out of Egypt, Matthew tells us that Jesus came out of Egypt.

He tells of the baptism of Jesus where we see that Jesus is given his s’mikah directly from God, just as Moses got
his.

Then, Jesus goes to the wilderness for 40 days and nights which mirrors the 40 days and nights that Moses spent
on Mount Sinai.

We see Jesus turn tradition on its head by calling his disciples instead of having his disciples come find him. This
does show, though, that Jesus is s’mikah rabbi with disciples and not just a Torah rabbi.

Many commentators try to pinpoint which “mountain” that Jesus spoke from for the Sermon on the Mount.
However, I think they miss the point. I think Matthew places him on a mountain as a literary device to connect him
to Moses giving out the Ten Commandments and the Law on Mount Sinai. The Sermon on the Mount is as
significant as Moses giving out the Ten Commandments.

I used the Book Survey Bible Study Method to try and get a good idea how the sermon is structured. Look there
for the structure where it looks like a mountain. We see that Jesus climbs to the “Peak of Piety” by showing how
the Old Law has been compromised. He calls his followers to a deeper, more radical holiness that that of the
Pharisees (5:20) by showing the law requires an internal conformity to righteousness, not mere external
compliance. He then descends the mountain to give His new Law.

1. What was the purpose of the Law? What is the purpose of Jesus’ new law?

It acts like a mirror.

Go over the outline from the Book Survey form

Honor and Shame in the Book of Matthew

Cultural acceptance of Divorce, Murder, Oaths’ etc…..

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