THRESHOLD BIBLE STUDY

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MAKING SENSE OF THE BIBLE IN CATHOLIC TRADITION

• Dates: 1/4/17 - 2/9/17
• Wednesday
• Time 1:00 - 3:00 pm (2 hr)
• 6 weeks
• Cost: $42.49 (Books)

THRESHOLD BIBLE STUDY

OVERVIEW: GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

• First Book NT
• First of Four Gospels
• Author: Matthew, tax collector, apostle
• Date Written: 80 - 90 AD
• Audience: mostly Jewish Christians
• Five "Books": narrative followed by discourse

FIVE DISCOURSES

• Sermon on the Mount
• Mission Discourse
• Parables Discourse
• Church Community Discourse
• Last Judgment Discourse

THE BEATITUDES ON THE MOUNTAIN

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BEATITUDES: BLESSINGS AND PROMISES

• Face of Christ
• Blueprint for holiness
• Directions for finding the right path
• Cultivated in lifelong process of discipleship

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" Matthew 5:3

Total dependence on God
Trust in God

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." Matthew 5:4

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5

Humility

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." Matthew 5:6

Live according to the will of God

Blessed on the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the pure "in heart, for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8

Act with integrity
Serve God unselfishly

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God." Matthew 5:9

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10

Live the values taught by Jesus
Live by faith

GOD CARES FOR ALL OF YOUR NEEDS

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:25

Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Matthew 6:26

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"...how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
Matthew 6:28-29

"...your Heavenly Father knows that you need all these things."
Matthew 6:32

But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33

"So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today."…

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HAVE MERCY ON US, SON OF DAVID

THE CALL OF MATTHEW

HEALING OF TWO BLIND MEN

A SHORT STORY THAT TEACHES A MORAL LESSON

PARABLE OF THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT

PARABLE OF THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT

• King represents God
• King slaves represent God's people
• 10,000 talents/6,000 denarii = incalculable debt
• 100 denarii=minor debt

MERCY AND JUSTICE

JESUS IS MOVED WITH COMPASSION

PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER

"Kyrie eleison-Lord have mercy."



Prayer for healing and forgiveness in liturgy.
"Eleos" God' infinite ocean of mercy

THE LAST JUDGMENT (MATTHEW 25:31-46)

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

THE BLESSED AND THE ACCURSED

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"Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me."
Matthew 25:45

LESSON 18

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SHELTER THE HOMELESS

VISIT THE SICK

VISIT THE IMPRISONED

BURY THE DEAD

Corporal Works of Mercy:
The body of Jesus "in distressing disguise"

BASIC TRUTHS

• Last Judgment at end of time
• Christ identifies himself with everyone in need
• Eternal reward or punishment

WHO ARE THE LEAST?

• Christian disciples being persecuted or
• anyone being persecuted or anyone in need?

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