Imperative: No imperative verbs are present.
Mat 4:23 And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.
Mat 4:24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
Mat 4:25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
Mat 4:25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
GREEK VERBS: No imperative verbs are present.
———————————————————————-
Reflection
1. General message: Repent.
2. Private invitation: follow me.
3. Responsive to needs brought: heal them. Draws a crowd.
2. Private invitation: follow me.
3. Responsive to needs brought: heal them. Draws a crowd.
SECOND, do this: sowing. Sow spiritual resolution of problems to gather interest.
Pentecostal.
Why are churches empty?
There is no longer belief among the unwashed that there is any value in what we offer.
People go where needs are met.
People are hungry; they will flock to food.
S.O.W. QUESTIONS
S. What does it say?
O. What does it say that I need to obey?
W. Who needs to hear this? Generally? Specifically?
DISCERNMENT QUESTIONS
What gets your attention?
What human needs or problems relate to the text?
What is it like to have that problem?
What other resources connect to this idea?
What is the solution suggested in the text, if there is one?
What would a camera see if the solution was implemented in my life, in my family’s life, or in my church or community?
What are the steps that I would take on Monday to implement that solution?
.
CONTEXTUALIZING QUESTIONS What does this say to my context as a ……. person?… follower of Jesus? … to a church? … to a community – my neighbors?
What gets your attention?
What human needs or problems relate to the text?
What is it like to have that problem?
What other resources connect to this idea?
What is the solution suggested in the text, if there is one?
What would a camera see if the solution was implemented in my life, in my family’s life, or in my church or community?
What are the steps that I would take on Monday to implement that solution?
.
CONTEXTUALIZING QUESTIONS What does this say to my context as a ……. person?… follower of Jesus? … to a church? … to a community – my neighbors?
RESOURCES
What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
Footnotes:
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
Footnotes:
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
All Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
This is an Anchor Post; it is intended to start a discussion. We believe that quoting an author’s own words is the best promotion and marketing for that author. A series of quotes and posts constitutes a review of that author’s work. Please see How and Why We Use Quotes.
A sermon was preached on this text:
Date … Audio Link … Slides Link.
Last post revision: 04/13/2021.
Date … Audio Link … Slides Link.
Last post revision: 04/13/2021.