Gospel of Matthew Chapter 10

Finished up the Sermon on the Mount, Mat. Ch. 7

On judging others

On the healing ministry of the Christ

Leper cleansed

Centurian's servant

Peter's Mother-in-Law

A dead girl raised

Two blind men given sight

demons cast out

Paralized man restored

On domonic activity, is it real or a metaphor?

The calling of Matthew the tax collector

On the need for preachers to proclaim the gospel

As well as all Christians to live righteous lives

I am pleased to present our first special edition of the AthenaBible podcast!

 

In our previous bible study on August 24, we read from the Lord's famous Sermon on the Mount. A question was asked by one of the sisters there, "how do we lay up treasures in heaven?"

This refers to Matthew Ch. 6 vs. 19-23:

19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

 

I wish to make an effort to provide some practical answer to the question how do we do this? How do we lay up treasure in heaven?

 

To begin, I want to read from the Church Fathers. I want to read from the greatest preachers of the history of the church, the teachers of the faith that all christians have looked to and read from since their time. I am reading from 2 great Fathers, St. John Crysostom and St. Augustine. Their works are available online and I linked their commentaries on this passage under their names above.

 

Here I read these commentaries and provide a few thoughts of my own.

 

Justin Miller

Today we read from Gospel of Matthew Ch. 5 & 6.

These are very important verses, commonly known as the Sermon on the Mount. 

Beautiful but challenging teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ about how to live in His Kingdom while still on this earth. 

Here we learn what are the characteristics of the blessed, how to pray, fast and give alms.

To day we read Matthew Chapter 4. Linda and Helen were in attendance and asked several interesting questions. 

Topics discussed include:

the temptation of Christ

the two wills of Christ in His two natures

the meaning of repentence

the fall of man

why it’s hard to be good

the history of the church and why there are so many churches and messages

much more

it was an action packed hour!

We are excited and blessed to offer the Athena Center residents their own Bible Study podcast!