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Lesson OneThe Context of the Beatitudes3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoMajor Approaches3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeReversals for the Unfortunate3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourRewards for the Virtuous3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveLuke's Blessings and Woes3 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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What did you learn about the Sermon on the Mount and/or Matthew’s gospel that you didn’t know prior to taking this lesson?
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I didn’t know that he had a specific structure (5 parts) to reflect the structure of Moses’ previously established law.
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I didn’t know about the neat structure of the Sermon, which incorporates 9 beatitudes, 2 illustrations of missional living, 1 thesis, 6 antitheses, 3 examples of piety, 3 examples of attitudes towards money, 3 examples of how to treat people, and 3 illustrations. To me, this organization is tacit evidence of the inspiration of Scripture.
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That Matthew’s Gospel was written in a way that readers would grasp how Jesus taught with Authority.
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I did not know that the Gospel of Matthew was written in 5 specific parts and that it had been compared to the 5 books of Moses.
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I never considered them as the instructor phrased it, as the “ethical teachings of Jesus.” This way of marking these teachings creates within me a new expectation in reading/studying them–that apart from learning of the nature of the “upside down kingdom,” I may press into them to gain wisdom about how to treat with daily matters of living well with others.
