1. Read the article: Jesus as a Polarizing figure.

This article is on the back of your fill in the blanks that was handed out yesterday. Mrs. Hauck has copies of this for those of you that were missing yesterday.

Read this article and fill out the reading notes provided. After each section there is an opportunity for you to write a take away. A “take away” is just that. After reading the section, what is something you learned, understood better, something you want to learn more about, something that became clearer or more personal to you, etc.
2. Student Activity 5.4 on pages 75 and 76.

3. Work on scripture memory for Friday. John 5:17 and 18. (attached)

Reading Notes
5.3
Jesus as a Polarizing Figure
Introduction:
Define Polarizing:

What does Matthew’s gospel presentation provide proof of?

How is Matthew’s gospel presented?

What are the types of responses seen in the gospel?

A Physician to Heal the Sick

How did Matthew respond to Jesus’ Call to follow him and why?

Why did tax collectors have a bad reputation?

What was the Pharisees response to Jesus eating with tax collectors and why?

_________________ not ____________________ is God’s true way.

The Pharisees were _________________________ hypocrites. They didn’t think they had any
______________ for God to _____________ them.
Failing to show mercy was not just a ______________ it was ________________________
__________________________________________________________________________.

Write one take away for you from this paragraph.

The Bridegroom and the New Covenant

Why did the disciples of John question Jesus?

What had John’s disciples embraced?

What did they not understand?

What did Jesus further explain that His coming had brought?

He told them they shouldn’t try to fit His new ways into their ________________ ________________.

Define paradigm:

What two analogies does Jesus illustrate this with?

Jesus didn’t come to _________________ the law but to ______________________ its intended purpose.
Explain what this means.

Write one take away from this section.

The Great Object of Faith
Jesus ministry brought about responses of _____________________ ________________ and
_____________________ ____________________.

What has Jesus already shown His power over? What does He show even greater power by doing?

What did the zeal of the blind men lead them to do?

Jesus _________________ spread even more _____________________ , though few people
_________________________ His ______________________.

A Polarizing Figure

What does the concluding miracle climax with?

What was the powerful question that people had to answer after interpreting the evidence?

Write one take away from this section?

How does Matthew conclude His narrative?

What two analogies did Jesus use to make His point?

Memory Work
Due Friday, April 23
John 5: 17 and 18
Jesus said to them, “ My Father is always at His work to this very day, and I , too am working.” For this reason, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but He was calling God His own Father, making himself equal to God.

Jesus said to them, My ___________________ is always at His ________________ to this very ________, and I too am ________________________.” For this _______________, the ___________
Tried all the ____________________ to ________ Him; not only was he _______________ the
______________________, but He was calling God His ____________ Father, Making himself
_______________ to God.

______________ said to _____________, My _______________ is ___________________ at His
______________ to this ____________ day, and I too am ________________________.” For this
__________________, the ___________________ tried all the ____________________ to ___________
Him; not _________________ was he ______________________ the ______________________, but He
Was __________________________ God His own ________________, making ___________________
Equal to _____________.

Jesus __________________ to ___________________, “ My ________________ is always at His
________________ to this ________________ _____________, and I too, am __________________.”
_____________ this very _______________ the Jews _______________ all the ______________ to
____________ __________; Not only was He _______________________ the __________________;
But ____________ __________ even ___________________ God His own ___________________
Making himself ___________________ with God.

Write the verse 2 more times.

Matthew 8:27
But the men marvelled, saying, what manner of man is this, that even the winds and waves obey Him

Significance: Jesus was no ordinary man. Jesus had great power and authority even over nature. Jesus powerful displays would keep pointing the disciples to recognize His diety.

Matthew 8:27
Verse Activity

But the men ____________________, saying, What _________________ of man is ____________, that
Even the _________________ and the _______________ obey Him!

But the __________ marvelled, saying, ______________ manner of _______________ is this, that
________________ the _________________ and the _______________ ___________ Him!

_____________ the _________ marvelled, saying what ___________ of __________ is this,
_____________ ______________ the _______________ and _____________ obey _______!

Write the verse 2 times.

Significance: God was revealing through Jesus great ________________ and ______________.

He was no ___________________ man.

Jesus powerful display would keep pointing to His __________________.

Read section 5.2 and answer the following questions.

Jesus is Lord Over Both the Physical and Spiritual World
Section 5.2

1. What is Jesus capable of reversing?

2. What has the earth become since the fall?

3. Mankind faced __________________ from the _________________ world and

_____________________ __________________ from the _______________ world.

4. Define fiendish:

5. What has Matthew already shown?

6. What does this new passage show?

Calming the Storm

1. Calming the storm show Jesus’ power over nature. What is clear from the description of the boat and the storm?

2. Who led the disciples into the terrifying storm?

3. What can Jesus’ disciples trust?

4. What does James 1:2-3 tell us?

5. What proves that someone’s faith is genuine?

6. What comparison is made to a believer’s response to trials?

7. A right response to ____________________ shows that there’s life in ___________________.

8. Despite suffering believers get __________________________ and _____________________.

9. The way we handle trials demonstrates there is ________________ in us.

10. What actions did the disciples take during the storm?

11. What seemed right about their actions?

12. What question did Jesus ask?

13. Define rhetorical?

14. What point is Jesus making?

15. What did the disciples emotional state prove?

16. What was Jesus’ emotional state and what did it prove?

17. The state of _______________ did not honor Christ.

18. What did Jesus do next?

19. Writ 5 facts about Hurricane Katrina.

20. What does the calming of the storm powerfully illustrate?

21. What does the Old Testament say about the person who can calm the sea?

22. What does Psalm 107 seem to do?

23. What verb is used to describe what the disciples did when the sea became calm?

24. What question did they ask?

25. Jesus has just shown His ______________ _________________ over the most

____________________________ natural forces on earth.

26. What did He clearly reveal?

27. What does Jesus give a foretaste of in this story?

28. What will change with humanity when the curse is reversed?

Casting Out A Legion of Demons

1. What does Matthew 8: 28-34 present Jesus as?

2. What did Satan become after the fall?

3. What were fallen humans called?

4. How many demonic powers was Jesus confronted by?

5. Define Legion:

6. Describe 5 facts we know about the two demoniacs?

7. What two questions did the 2 demoniacs ask Jesus?

8. What did the 1st question reveal?

9. How many pigs were lost?

10. Why did people want Jesus to leave?

11. What does commentator Matthew Henry point out?

12. This account is about Christ’s mastery over a whole _____________ of ________________.
13. What will Christ do to our spiritual enemies?

14. Define abyss:

Responses to Jesus’ Miracles

1. What were the two responses to the miracles?

2. Believers run to ________________ when they’re __________________. Unbelievers ________ away.

3. Believers _________________ and __________________ at God’s _________________ and

_____________________________, but they put their faith in the God whose ____________
Serves His ________________ and the can rest assured in their ____________ _____________.

4. What might believers struggle with?

5. What will Christ ultimately do?

6. What should you trust?

Answer the Thinking It Through questions on the bottom of page 145.

Due today: March 26
Fill in blanks Bible verse activity ( attached below)
Final Assignment unit 4 (Attached below)

Final Assignment for Unit 4
Test Grade

1. State the big idea of Matthew 6 in Two sentences. Page 102 (10 Points)

2. State and explain the 6 request modeled in the Lord’s Prayer (30 points)

3. Why isn’t living in open sin the alternative to hypocrisy? What should you do if you are not sure you believe or know that you don’t believe? Page 113 (20 points)

4. Explain the 7 reasons why you should not worry in life. Section 4.4 (35 points)

5. Explain what Jesus did and did not mean when He said not to judge. (page 121) 20 points

6. Explain the 3 warnings that Jesus gave when He called for a decision in response to His sermon.

7. What does Jesus mean when He says you have to be known by the Father in order to be in God’s Kingdom? How do we know that is what He means?

8. In order to interpret a metaphor well, you need to figure out the point of comparison. How are false prophets like wolves? Matthew 7:15 (5 points)

9. What is the point of the parable of the laborers in the vineyard? Matthew 20:1-16) How does that point relate to seeking first the kingdom of God in Matthew 6? (10 points) Page 114

10. Explain why Matthew 7:21 isn’t teaching that good works result on salvation even though obedience is required for entrance into the kingdom of heaven?

LEARNING FOR LIFE

1. Identify three religious work, other than prayer, fasting and giving that are genuinely good but that could be done with hypocritical motivations. Explain what you could do to avoid these hypocritical motivations. (30 points)

2. Describe one scenario that could be considered hypocritical judging. Describe another scenario that could be considered legitimate fruit examination.

Matthew 7:15
Beware of ___________________ prophets, which come to you in _______________ clothing, but
_____________________ are ______________________ wolves.

______________ of false _____________________, which ______________ to you in sheep’s

_____________________ but inwardly are __________________ ________________.

Beware of ___________________ __________________, which come to __________ in
___________________ ___________________ but ___________________________
Are ________________________ __________________.

Write the entire verse 2 times.

Matthew 7:21
Not every ________ that saith unto ____________ . _______________, _______________ shall
Enter into the __________________ of ________________; but he that _________________ the will
Of my _______________________ which is in ___________________.

Not every ________________ that _________________unto me, Lord, Lord shall ______________ the
Kingdom of ____________; but _____ that ________________ the _____________ of my Father which
is in __________________.

Not every one that ______________ unto __________, Lord, Lord shall enter the ___________________of _________________; but _________ that _______________ the __________
Of my _______________ which is in _____________________.
Write the verse 2 times.

Memory verses were due today. Page 177 and 178 Section 4,3 4.4 4.5

Think of one way each of the following people treat you that you do NOT like. Then write how you would like them to treat you instead.
Sibling, teacher , Parent, Friend, waitress or check-out person.

Read section 4.6 and fill out reading Notes

Two Ways ( part one)
Introduction
After hours of teaching, Jesus calls for a ________________.
What three warnings did Jesus give?

What will people who aren’t Kingdom Citizens eventually face?

Restricted Access to Salvation?
There is a way that leads to ______________ and another that leads to __________.
Why do most people take the easy way?
Who is the main character in Pilgrim’s Progress?

What are the names of the two people who followed him?

Look up the words obstinate and pliable and write the definitions.

Why did they follow him? What did both eventually end up doing?

What did Obstinate believe?

What does the word Wicket mean?

Better to Not Be Bitter
What do some coffee growers in Puerto Rico do to help their coffee crop?

What are the two kinds of Oranges called used in this analogy?

What is the point of this analogy?

What are two ways we should use to determine if someone is a false teacher?

Fruit takes time to grow. That’s why Jesus said, ____________________

Due Thursday- Read Christlikeness on pages 116 and 117 in textbook. Complete the Questions for Christlikeness.
Questions on Christlikeness- Pages 116-117

Be prepared for memory work on Friday, pages 177/178 Verses from section 4.3,4.4,4.5. Complete fill in blanks worksheet ( below)

Questions for Christlikeness

Identify the motive in Matthew 6:1-18 that should drive kingdom citizens to do good works. Matthew 6:4,6,18

Identify what should motivate your heart’s pursuits. Matthew 6:21, 24

Identify what should motivate your trust and dependence on God for earthly provisions. Matthew 6:33

Identify what motivates people to wrongly judge others. Matt. 7:5

Identify what should motivate you to ask, seek and knock. Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:11-13

Identify what should motivate you to do good to others. Matt. 22:35-40

Identify what motivates anything that could rightly be called good fruit or building your life on the Rock.

Identify the two kinds of people in Jesus’ concluding illustration Matthew 7:24-25

Describe the character of these two contrasting kinds of people in the Old Testament terms that Jesus’ s audience would have been familiar with? Psalm 53:1, Proverbs 9:10

What evidence shows which kind of person you are?

How does character relate to conduct?

Memory Work fill in blanks

Memory Work
Due Friday, March 19, 2021

No ______________ can serve two _________________: for either he will__________ the one, and love
the ________________; or else he will ___________ to the one
, and ______________ the other. Ye cannot _____________ God and mammon.

No man can _________________ two masters: for ________________ he will hate the one, and love the
___________; or else he will ____________ to the ____________ and despise the ___________. Ye
cannot _______________ God and _____________.

__________ man can serve ______ masters: for either _____will hate the _________ , and
_____________ the other; or ______________ he will _____________ to the ____________ , and
__________________ the other. Ye _______________ serve _________ and ____________.

Write Matthew 6:24

But seek ye ______________ the ________________ of _________, and His ____________________
And all these _________________ shall be ______________ unto you.

But __________ ye ______________ the kingdom of God, and __________ righteousness; and _____
These things __________________be ___________________ unto you.

________ seek ye first the ______________________ _____ _________, and His _________________
______ all these ______________ shall be added ____________ you.

Write Matthew 6:33

Write Matthew 7:12 three times.
Do unto others what you would like them to do for you.

Assignments due March 8th.
Reading notes for section 4.2
Fill in the blanks for Memory work. The Lord’s Prayer. Page 110 in your student workbooks. This is due Thursday, March 10

Praying The Way Jesus Taught Us To Pray
Section 4.2
INTRODUCTION

List all the Big ideas of the Lord’s Prayer.

Putting things First.
List 5 reasons why God should come first in the prayer.

Make Your Name Sacred
Define Hallowed-

What does it mean to pray that God’s name would be hallowed?

How are we supposed to pray that others would view God?

Rule Over All
What are we praying when Him to bring in Your Kingdom?

What will it be like when Jesus returns to rule the earth?

What else are we asking for when we pray for God’s kingdom to come?

Let your Plan Be Carried Out.

Doing ____________ is hard work even if God is the one _______________ you the
___________________ and ______________ to do it.

When you pray, thy will be done, what are you asking for?

God wants to gives us ______________________ in response to our __________________.
True Christians ________________ that they ________________ completely on ___________.

What advice does Ran Hummel give to teenagers?

The First Three Petitions
The great desire of all Christians is what?

What was God’s main goal in creating the world?

What has God always intended for Humans?

___________________ humans don’t bring God’s _________________.

Provide What We Need Today
What is the first petition that focuses on people?

What should this petition prompt you to think about?

What would happen if God removed His hand?

Cancel Our Debt
What is the second petition focused on people?

What does the wording imply?

Feeling _______________ toward something or ________________ a _______________ will cost you
something you cannot ___________________ to ____________.

What do we need to let sink in regarding forgiveness?

The Sermon on the Mount is not how to live right so we can get to heaven but about_______________

___________________________________________________________________________________.

Protect Us from Sin
What is every true citizen of God’s Kingdom a part of?

What does every member of the New Covenant have living inside of them?

What will the Spirit inside you do for you?

The Lord’s Prayer Before High School
Summarize the information in this section.

Our Father who art in _____________,
______________ be thy name.
Thy ____________come.
Thy will be ________ on __________, as it is in heaven.
Give us this _____ our daily___________,
and ______________ us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who _____________ against us,
and ________ us not into temptation,
but _______________ us from evil. For thine is the
________________ and the _______________ and the glory
forever. AMEN

______ Father who _____ in heaven,
___________by thy name. Thy __________________ come
Thy ______ be done on ________, as it is in ___________.
______ us this _____ our daily ___________. ______
forgive us our __________________,
as we ________those who trespass __________ us,
and ________ us not into _________________,
but _________________ us from evil. For thine is the
_________________ and the _______________ and the
________________ for ever.
_______________.

Our ________ who ___________ in Heaven,
_________________be ______ name.
_______ Kingdom come.
Thy ______ be _____ on earth, as it is ____ heaven.
______us this ____ our _______ bread,
and ________ us our _____________,
as we forgive those who _____________ against us,
and _______ us_____ into temptation,
but ______________ ______ from evil.
For thine is the ________________ and the ___________ and
the_____________. For _____________
______________.

Everyone will write the memory work assigned last Thursday on Friday, March 5th. Matthew 5:22(section 3.4) on page 175 in student activity book.

Introduction to Section 4 The Sermon On The Mount (Part 2)

Try to write the Lord’s Prayer from memory. NO HELP FROM ANYONE OR ANYTHING. Save a copy for me.

Write what is the best prayer you have heard/ worst? What made them good or bad?
Sometimes we use repetitive prayers. Memories of bad or good?
What would you define prayer as?

Complete Prayer Journal 4.1 By Friday, March 5th
Read pages 100-106 in textbook and complete reading notes for Friday, March 5h

Motives For Doing Good
Section 4.1
Reading Notes

Introduction
1. How does the introduction define the Beatitudes?

2. What must Jesus’s followers be in the world?

3. Jesus’ true followers have a righteousness that _________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.

4. What is the big idea?

Welcome to Matthew 6
1. Why do Scribes and Pharisees do righteous things?

2. What does genuine righteousness seek?

3. What are the 5 ideas Jesus gives for those who seek a heavenly reward?

Genuinely Generous

1. What extreme did some go to when giving to the poor?

2. What is the temptation for all of us when we give?

Morally Motivated
1. What should our motivation be in giving to others?
2. What is one thing you can do to show you are giving for the right reason?

Not Praying The Way the Gentiles Do

1. What does Jesus give us to show us how to pray?

2. How should we pray?

No Faking

1. Public prayers can be _____________________________. Human hearts are bent in the wrong
______________________________., and they can take any good thing and ___________________
It for evil ____________________.

No prattling
1. What is Jesus second warning?

2. Give two examples of prayers that are full of meaningless, repetitive words.

3. How should we talk to God?

4. What pattern did Jesus provide?

5. How should we view this pattern?

6. The Lord’s Prayer gives us _____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________.

7. What is the warning against rosaries, long prayers and prayer wheels?

8. What are some truths about prayer for a child of God?

Complete the Scripture Activity by Monday, March 8th.

Our Father who art in __________________.
______________ be thy name.
Thy ____________come.
Thy will be ________ on __________, as it is in heaven.
Give us this _____ our daily___________,
and ______________ us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who _____________ against us,
and ________ us not into temptation,
but _______________ us from evil. For thine is the
________________ and the _______________ and the glory
forever. AMEN

______ Father who _____ in heaven,
___________by thy name. Thy __________________ come
Thy ______ be done on ________, as it is in ___________.
______ us this _____ our daily ___________. ______
forgive us our __________________,
as we ________those who trespass __________ us,
and ________ us not into _________________,
but _________________ us from evil. For thine is the
_________________ and the _______________ and the
________________ for ever.
_______________.

Our ________ who ___________ in Heaven,
_________________be ______ name.
_______ Kingdom come.
Thy ______ be _____ on earth, as it is ____ heaven.
______us this ____ our _______ bread,
and ________ us our _____________,
as we forgive those who _____________ against us,
and _______ us_____ into temptation,
but ______________ ______ from evil.
For thine is the ________________ and the ___________ and
the_____________. For _____________
______________.

Here is the Bible Review due Friday, March 5

BIBLE REVIEW
SECTION THREE

1. In general, what is the Sermon on the Mount about? (Page 72)

2. Explain the characteristics of the people who are called blessed in four out of the eight Beatitudes. Pages 73-77

3. What was God’s original intent for mankind? Page 72

4. What does it mean to be blessed? Page 73

5. What does it mean to be pure in heart? Page 77

6. How do you make peace in a world that refuses to submit to God? Page 77

7. Why should followers of Jesus be like salt? Light? Page 82

8. What does it mean that Jesus fulfilled the Law? Page 83

9. Describe the kind of righteousness Jesus demands? Page 84

10. What does Jesus mean in saying we must be perfect? Page 85

11. What promise did God make to enable His followers (people) to become perfect? Page 85

12. What is always at the heart of murder? Page 86

13. What should you do if somebody else is angry with you? What can’t you do if you are angry with somebody else? Page 87

14. What did Jesus really mean when He talked about gouging out your eye or cutting off your hand? Page 88

15. What was the intended and original purpose of the Old Testament law about an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth? Page 92

16. Describe how we are to apply with wisdom Jesus’ teachings about getting even? Use other scripture to defend your answer. Page 92

17. Since Old Testament Scripture commanded that we ought to love our neighbor, what wrong conclusion had many people jumped to? Page 93

18. List three ways and briefly explain each one, on how you can follow Jesus” teachings about how to respond to enemies. Page 93

19. Describe God’s standards and expectations for His followers? Page 95

20. What does the Father provide even for people who hate Him? Page 93.

Learning for Life
1. Describe two scenarios in which you could live out the Beatitudes as you attempt to be salt and light in your home, church, school or community. 20 points

2. Differentiate between hypocritical and genuine righteousness in three of the six areas of the law that Jesus addressed. Identify patterns that need to change and how you plan to change.
The six areas are discussed in Matthew 5: 12-48 and in your textbook on pages 86-95.
30 points