Monday, February 16, 2009

Week 12, Sunday and Monday, February 15 & 16, 2009

The texts in our devotional guides for yesterday and and today are two sermons Jesus preached about the Kingdom of God. In Matthew, it was preached on a mountain side and is all about who will be blessed. In Luke, Jesus has come down from a mountain where he has been praying all night, and preaches on a "level place." In Matthew, he is preaching to a crowd, and in Luke, he is teaching his disciples as they stand in the midst of the crowd. Do you think these are different accounts of the same sermon, or are these two different events which same a similar message? Does the difference in audiences make any difference in how Jesus structured the content of his messages?

Engaging the scriptures with you,
Pastor Paul

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