Please read Chapters 1-14 of the Gospel of Matthew. Concentrate especially on Chapters 5-7, the Sermon on the Mount. Please pick a key verse from the assigned chapters and do one of the following:1. Explain why you think this verse the key to understanding what the selection is about.
2. Explain why you think this verse is the best/most memorable in the assigned reading.
3. Explain why you think this verse is the most difficult/hard to understand in the assigned chapters.
4. Reply to any other student comment on this post.
After reading over the Chapters assigned, I thought that question 2 is the one I would answer. One of my favorite passages is within these Chapters and it is Matthew 6:34, "So don't worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
ReplyDeleteMaking this verse the most memorable from the Sermon on the Mount might not be everyones first answer, but it certainly is one I like a lot because when you don't worry about tomorrow and realize God has your next step, you are trusting His process and His will. Jesus teaches so many great things up on the mountaintop though that it is honestly a very hard question to answer which part of this is the best. Its all very good!
Great verse! This is a very helpful verse I would say for someone trying to get motivated and get their life on the right track. Needing to know every day will not be perfect and tomorrow may not be, but don't let the possiblilty of tomorrows failure ruin your present
DeleteI wanted to share this one and talk about it but I didn't want to copy you. This was also one of my favorite verses because this is how i live my life everyday because i want to live each day the best i can. You explained it really well with how God will guide you and help you.
DeleteAfter reading Matthew 1-7 I decided to go with Question 2 for my response.
ReplyDeleteMy personal favorite or believed to be the best quote from this section would be the line of Matthew 5:44, it states "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you"
This is a powerful message from Christ as he is letting the people know in his Sermon that regardless of feeling, class, or hatred, you must learn to love, regardless of the situation. This needs to be applied in todays world more than ever. We need to see everyone as what they are which is a child of god, so we are all equal.
And not only love them, but bless and pray for them. I've found that praying for those people I have struggled to love, actually helps me love them more. I can't change them, but my heart can change as I pray for them, and I start to want good things to happen to them, including that they have a better relationship with God.
DeleteWhen reading the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:17 stood out to me as a verse that is a key part of understanding the passage. Jesus states, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law of the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."
ReplyDeleteIt might not seem so important to us today, but at the time it was extremely important that any Jew who was listening to him knew Jesus was not inventing a new doctrine.
Jesus made a series of "new" statements, statements that might leave Jews wondering "why should we listen to you?" Was it because Jesus came to start a new religious cult that could contradict all the old laws and do away with Judaism? No, he came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets. He was the one prophesied to come. And Matthew showed that the entire Law and Prophets pointed to an anticipation of his arrival, where he would finally complete the law, and be revealed as the Messiah they had all been waiting for.
Reading the Chapters of Matthew I found many quotes that were good to read and to think about. One in particular was Matthew 7:1 "Judge not, that you be not judge. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with measure you use it will be measured to you."
ReplyDeleteI think that this was one of the ones i remembered and most memorable to me because its truly how you treat others and you have to expect that from others you can't expect other people to be nice to you. Art talks about the story of cheating and treating your spouse wrongfully how can you expect or treat others around you any different. It's not the same but its along the same lines and it reminded me of it.
While reading the chapters of Mathew, one verse really stuck out to me: "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?" (Mathew 6:26).
ReplyDeleteThis one was one of my favorites from the Sermon on the Mount because Jesus is explaining to the crowd that they should not worry about the future because God always has a plan for them, so they should not worry for what is to come. Later in the chapter, he says that being anxious is useless and will not contribute to anything in your life. Jesus tells people to have faith in God even when they are hopeless and anxious.
I agree, it is certainly easy to get nervous or anxious about things that don't matter. This verse reminds us that we truly get scared over very small things sometimes and that we should trust Gods will.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading Matthew i found the verse of Matthew 11 and 12. 11“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
This is a memorable verse to me because it shows you that the earthly ideas in this earth mean nothing to God. I think this is memorable to me is because it shows that the earthly ideals that. are present in this world don't line up with god all the time.
After reading the assigned chapters I found Mathew 5:38-39 to be the most memorable. “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also." Responding to hatred with more hatred creates a viscous cycle. I believe it is meant to resist anger or violence instead of bringing more of it. It is not meant to just accept evil but create less of it through forgiveness and love for those who have wronged us.
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