11/3 Matthew 18

we applied some "Three Worlds" theory to Matthew 18 and the topic of "Who is great?"

As we study, apply as many literary world symbols as you can

A video on that chapter:

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Of LITERARY WORLD note:

• -This is the 4th of 5 teaching blocks in a parallelism.  Importance?
• In a chiasm,  this block is  related to the second.  How so?
• -Do you catch any chiasm?  (see below)
• -the 2 or 3 language hyprelinks to Deuteronomy 17:, 6, 15
• -There is a hyperlinked account in Matthew 16, there only Peter receives power to bind and loose, here all the disciples do
• -The parable hyperlinks to Luke 15, but with a different context/TTP
• Structurally, the last section of chapter 17 is connected
• Two inclusios place this section in the middle of a unit about taxes/rights  and children.  Implications---
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If you have your computer tonight, Scriblink some diagrams with me:

Of Historical World note:

• What did you learn about a millstone from this video clip?:
  
  
  
  
  
  

,Matthew 18 Outline

(by Greg Camp/Laura Roberts, FPU FACULTY):

1 Question #1: Who is Greatest?

2-17 Responses (each are counter proposals):

2-10 Response #1: Children

2-4 Counter Proposal: Accept children

5-9 Threat: If cause scandal

10 Show of force: Angels protect

12-14 Response #2: Sheep

12-14 Counter Proposal: Search for the 1 of 100 who is lost

15-17 Response #3: Brother who sins (counter proposal)

15a Hypothetical situation: If sin

15-17 Answer: Attempt to get brother to be reconciled

17b If fail: Put him out and start over

18-20 Statement: What you bind or loose

21-22 Question #2: How far do we go in forgiveness?

23-35 Response #1: Parable of the forgiving king/unforgiving servant

----------------Read verses 15-17 and then ask yourself:
"What did it mean in their historical world to treat  people like"tax collectors and sinners?"

Two answers

1)Don't allow them in your bounded set.

2)How did Jesus treat  tax collectors and sinners? In a centered set way. Tony Jones writes: 

but because anyone, including Trucker Frank, can speak freely in this  church, my seminary-trained eyes were opened to find a truth in the Bible that had previously eluded me.”...That truth emerged in a discussion of Matthew 18's "treat the unrepentant brother like a tax collector or sinner.":

"And how did Jesus treat tax collectors and pagans?" Frank asked aloud, pausing, "as of for a punchline he'd been waiting all his life to deliver,"....., "He welcomed them!""

-Tony Jones, The New Christians, p.92

More on Trucker Frank here; he can interrupt my sermons anytime..

NOTE: don't forget how bug CHIASMS can get.. see Genesis 6:

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Click links on "literary world" discussion of the passage:

• MATTHEW 17:24-18:35
• “WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER”:LITERARY STRUCTURE AS A KEY TO MEANING IN MATT 17:22–20:19 BY DAVID M C CLISTER
• EXAMINING THE CHIASM OF MATTHEW 17-2

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We might see the whole unit as a chiasm with inclusio.  See below (copied from here):

Jesus foretells His death: Matthew 17:22-23

A. Jesus speaks of giving freely/sacrificing self: Matthew 17:24-27

B. Little children are the essence of the kingdom: Matthew 18:1-7

C. Sacrifice the body for the sake of the kingdom: Matthew 18:8-9

D. Do not despise what God values: Matthew 18:10-14

E. Entreating a brother about sin or offense: Matthew 18:15-17

>>F.Agreement between Heaven and Earth:   Matthew 18:18-20

E. Entreating a brother about sin or offense: Matthew 18:21-35

D. Do not despise what God values: Matthew 19:1-9

C. Sacrifice the body for the sake of the kingdom: Matthew 19:10-12

B. Little children are the essence of the kingdom: Matthew 19:13-15

A. Jesus speaks of giving freely/sacrificing self: Matthew 19:16-20:16

Jesus foretells His death: Matthew 20:17-19

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