1.Omaha Presbyterian School for Pastors Hastings 2012 Session 5

2. Saving theWorld 3. School for PastorsHear our prayer for the School forPastors, O Lord. 4. School for PastorsWe pray that you may grant, in accor-dance with the riches of your glory, thatwe may be strengthened in our innerbeing with power through your Spirit. 5. School for PastorsWe pray that you will dwell in ourhearts by faith, as we are establishedand grounded in your love. 6. School for PastorsWe pray that we may have the power tocomprehend, with all the saints, thebreadth and length and height anddepth of your love: to know this lovethat surpasses knowledge. 7. School for PastorsWe pray that we may be filled with allyour fullness, O God. 8. School for PastorsBy the power at work within us you areable to accomplish abundantly far morethan we can ask or imagine. 9. School for PastorsTo you be glory in the church and inChrist Jesus to all generations, foreverand ever. Amen. from Ephesians 3:16-21 10. Saving the WorldLuke 9:51When the days drew near for him to betaken up, he set his face to go toJerusalem. 11. Saving the WorldLuke 9:52And he sent messengers ahead of him.On their way they entered a village ofthe Samaritans to make ready for him; 12. Saving the WorldLuke 9:53But they did not receive him, becausehis face was set toward Jerusalem. 13. Saving the WorldLuke 9:54When his disciples James and Johnsaw it, they said, Lord, do you want usto command fire to come down fromheaven and consume them? 14. Saving the WorldLuke 9:55-56But he turned and rebuked them. Thenthey went on to another village. 15. Saving the WorldII Kings 1:9Then the king sent to him a captain offifty with his fifty men. 16. Saving the WorldII Kings 1:9He went up to Elijah, who was sittingon the top of a hill, and said to him, Oman of God, the king says, Comedown. 17. Saving the WorldII Kings 1:10But Elijah answered the captain of fifty,If I am a man of God, let fire comedown from heaven and consume youand your fifty. 18. Saving the WorldII Kings 1:10Then fire came down from heaven, andconsumed him and his fifty. 19. Saving the WorldII Kings 1:11Again the king sent to him anothercaptain of fifty with his fifty. 20. Saving the WorldII Kings 1:11He went up and said to him, O man ofGod, this is the kings order: Comedown quickly! 21. Saving the WorldII Kings 1:12But Elijah answered them, If I am aman of God, let fire come down fromheaven and consume you and yourfifty. 22. Saving the WorldII Kings 1:12Then the fire of God came down fromheaven and consumed him and hisfifty. 23. Saving the WorldLuke 9:54When his disciples James and Johnsaw it, they said, Lord, do you want usto command fire to come down fromheaven and consume them? 24. Saving the WorldWhy did James and John want to ask aquestion like this? 25. Saving the WorldPerhaps because they were deeplyoffended that this village did not showproper respect to Jesus, and believedeveryone there deserved to die? 26. Saving the WorldPerhaps they liked the idea that, ifJesus gave them permission, theycould exercise the power of God inspectacular judgment on these people? 27. Saving the WorldPerhaps to show that they really hadthe support of Jesus, to make it evidentthat they deserved to have the placesof honor at his right and left hand? 28. Saving the WorldLuke 9:55-56But he turned and rebuked them. Thenthey went on to another village.p45, p75, ,B, & many others 29. Saving the WorldLuke 9:55But he turned and rebuked them, andsaid, You do not know what spirit youare of, 30. Saving the WorldLuke 9:55But he turned and rebuked them, andsaid, You do not know what spirit youare of,D, Chrysostom, Epiphanius 31. Saving the WorldLuke 9:56for the Son of Man has not come todestroy the lives of human beings, butto save them. Then they went on toanother village. 32. Saving the WorldLuke 9:56for the Son of Man has not come todestroy the lives of human beings, butto save them. Then they went on toanother village.Marcion , Ambrose, Diatessaron 33. Saving the WorldLate first / early second centurypreacher writing a sermon notedrawing from: 34. Saving the WorldLuke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek outand to save the lost. 35. Saving the WorldJohn 3:17God did not send the Son into theworld to condemn the world, but inorder that the world might be savedthrough him. 36. Saving the WorldMatthew 18:11For the Son of Man came to seek and tosave the lost.D K W X Diatessaron Hilary & others 37. Saving the WorldWhen James and John expressed thedesire to bring the fire of God down onjudgment on this village, Jesusrebuked them. Why did he do that? 38. Saving the WorldEarly twenty-first century preacherwould draw fromLuke 19:10; John 3:17 39. Saving the WorldDo we believe that Jesus came to seekand to save the lost? 40. Saving the WorldDo we believe that God sent his soninto the world, not to condemn theworld, but to save the world throughhim? 41. Saving the WorldJames and John stand as exemplars ofthe human desire to be instruments ofGods judgment on the unrighteous. 42. Saving the WorldIt was clear to the brothers that it wasright for this village to be blotted out bythe judgment of God, 43. Saving the Worldand that they themselves should be theones to pray the prayer that would calldown the fire of God to do it. 44. Saving the WorldBut Jesus rebuked their desire to calldown judgment. 45. Saving the WorldDo we believe that the desire to calldown judgment needs to be rebuked? 46. Saving the WorldMatthew 7:1Do not judge, so that you may not bejudged. 47. Saving the WorldMatthew 7:2For with the judgment you make youwill be judged, and the measure yougive will be the measure you get. 48. Saving the WorldMatthew 7:3Why do you see the speck in yourneighbors eye, but do not notice thelog in your own eye? 49. Saving the WorldMatthew 7:4Or how can you say to your neighbor,Let me take the speck out of youreye, while the log is in your eye? 50. Saving the WorldMatthew 7:5You hypocrite, first take the log out ofyour own eye, and then you will seeclearly to take the speck out of yourneighbors eye. 51. Saving the WorldThree part sequence 52. Saving the WorldThree part sequenceCommand: do not judge 53. Saving the WorldPredeciding the answer, based on acommand: 54. Saving the WorldPredeciding the answer, based on acommand:Do not commit adultery 55. Saving the WorldPredeciding the answer, based on acommand:Do not covet 56. Saving the WorldPredeciding the answer, based on acommand:Do not judge 57. Saving the WorldThree part sequenceCommand: do not judgeWarning: youll be judged 58. Saving the WorldWhat goes around comes around 59. Saving the WorldIts karma, baby 60. Saving the WorldGalatians 6:7You reap what you sow. 61. Saving the WorldThree part sequenceCommand: do not judgeWarning: youll be judgedHyperbole: a log in your eye! 62. Saving the WorldAll sin is the same, separating us fromGod, and from one another. 63. Saving the WorldBut Jesus does not say, Your sin isjust as bad as your neighbors, so youshould think about that. 64. Saving the WorldJesus proposes that my sin is huge,compared to my neighbors, and totallydisqualifies me from judging. 65. Saving the WorldThree part sequenceCommand: do not judgeWarning: youll be judgedHyperbole: a log in your eye! 66. Saving the WorldFour part sequence!Command: do not judgeWarning: youll be judgedHyperbole: a log in your eye!Sarcasm: pearls of wisdom 67. Saving the WorldMatthew 7:6Do not give what is holy to dogs, anddo not throw your pearls before swine,or they will trample them under footand turn and maul you. 68. Saving the WorldNew section?Matthew 7:1-5 on judgingMatthew 7:6 on profaning the holy 69. Saving the WorldOdd juxtaposition 70. Saving the WorldOdd juxtapositionMatthew 7:1-5: do not judge x 3 71. Saving the WorldOdd juxtapositionMatthew 7:1-5: do not judge x 3Matthew 7:6: well, some people aredogs and pigs, judge em all you like 72. Saving the WorldJohn Calvin on Matthew 7:6 73. Saving the World 74. Saving the WorldJohn Calvin on Matthew 7:6 75. Saving the WorldTwo objections to this view 76. Saving the World1. If proclaiming the gospel to theunreceptive counts as casting pearlsbefore swine, 77. Saving the WorldJesus does not propose that we shouldtry our best to make it work until wecome to the point of realizing that wewill not succeed; 78. Saving the Worldinstead, he gives us no permission todo it even once. 79. Saving the World2. The text warns us about a danger weface, in casting pearls before swine; 80. Saving the Worldbut that danger is not that we willbecome frustrated because after all oureffort we have nothing to show for it; 81. Saving the Worldinstead, the risk is that these peoplewill trample and bite or claw us. 82. Saving the WorldWhat tone of voice might Jesus havebeen using? 83. Saving the WorldWhat tone of voice might Jesus havebeen using?Suppose his tone was sarcastic? 84. Saving the WorldHow does sarcasm work? 85. Saving the WorldMatthew 7:6Do not give what you think of as holy tothose you think are dogs, nor cast whatyou think are pearls before those youthink are swine. 86. Saving the WorldWhat are these things I think of as holy,as pearls? 87. Saving the WorldWhat are these things I think of as holy,as pearls?The context of Matthew 7:1-5 wouldsuggest: they are my judgments 88. Saving the WorldBy comparison with yourself you thinkyour neighbors are like dogs or pigs, 89. Saving the Worldand then you imagine that theyre goingto be so grateful when you offer themyour holy judgments, your preciouspearls? 90. Saving the WorldNope. Theyre going to trample yourpearls, and then theyre going totrample you. 91. Saving the World 92. Saving the WorldRomans 14:10Why do you pass judgment on yourbrother or sister? Or you, why do youdespise your brother or sister? For wewill all stand before the judgment seatof God. 93. Saving the WorldRomans 14:11For it is written, As I live, says theLord, every knee shall bow to me, andevery tongue shall give praise to God. 94. Saving the WorldRomans 14:12So then, each of us will be accountableto God. 95. Saving the WorldRomans 14:13Let us therefore no longer passjudgment on one another, but resolveinstead never to put a stumbling blockor hindrance in the way of another. 96. Saving the WorldRomans 14:4Who are you to pass judgment onservants of another? It is before theirown lord that they stand or fall. 97. Saving the WorldRomans 14:4And they will be upheld, for the Lord isable to make them stand. 98. Saving the WorldJudgment belongs to God.Jesus Christ is the judge of the livingand the dead. 99. Saving the WorldMatthew 25:31When the Son of Man comes in hisglory, and all the angels with him, thenhe will sit on the throne of his glory. 100. Saving the WorldMatthew 25:32All the nations will be gathered beforehim, and he will separate people fromone another as a shepherd separatesthe sheep and the goats, 101. Saving the WorldMatthew 25:33and he will put the sheep at his righthand and the goats at the left. 102. Saving the WorldActs 10:34Then Peter began to speak[to Cornelius and his family] 103. Saving the WorldActs 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazarethwith the Holy Spirit and with power;how he went about doing good andhealing all who were oppressed by thedevil, for God was with him. 104. Saving the WorldActs 10:39We are witnesses to all that he did bothin Judea and in Jerusalem. They puthim to death by hanging him on a tree; 105. Saving the WorldActs 10:40but God raised him on the third day andallowed him to appear, 106. Saving the WorldActs 10:41not to all the people but to us who werechosen by God as witnesses, and whoate and drank with him after he rosefrom the dead. 107. Saving the WorldActs 10:42He commanded us to preach to thepeople and to testify that he is the oneordained by God as judge of the livingand the dead. 108. Saving the WorldActs 10:43All the prophets testify about him thateveryone who believes in him receivesforgiveness of sins through his name. 109. Saving the WorldBasic information Cornelius needs toknow about Jesus:God has ordained Jesus as judge of theliving and the dead 110. Saving the WorldMatthew and Acts provide this basicaffirmation, without making theapplication as to what it means. 111. Saving the WorldII Timothy 4:1In the presence of God and of ChristJesus, who is to judge the living andthe dead, and in view of his appearingand his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: 112. Saving the WorldII Timothy 4:2proclaim the message; be persistentwhether the time is favorable orunfavorable; convince, rebuke, andencourage, with the utmost patience inteaching. 113. Saving the WorldIf Jesus is judge of the living and thedead, if he is to appear in his kingdom,what does this mean for Timothysministry? 114. Saving the WorldBold in his proclamation, when peoplewant to listen and when they dont 115. Saving the WorldJesus is judge does not precludestrong rebukes from Timothy 116. Saving the WorldJesus is judge does not precludestrong rebukes from Timothy but he would need to practice theutmost patience in his teaching 117. Saving the WorldJesus Christ is the judge of the livingand the dead. 118. Saving the WorldJesus Christ is the judge of the livingand the dead.There is no indication that he needs usto take over this project for him. 119. Saving the WorldJesus Christ is the judge of the livingand the dead.He has in fact given us an explicitcommand, forbidding us to join in. 120. Saving the WorldJesus Christ is the judge of the livingand the dead.We may well need to teach theunlearned, or rebuke the stubborn. 121. Saving the WorldJesus Christ is the judge of the livingand the dead.But with great patience, and with theconviction that we may not judge. 122. Saving the WorldGalatians 6:1My friends, if anyone is detected in atransgression, you who have receivedthe Spirit should restore such a one ina spirit of gentleness. Take care thatyou yourselves are not tempted. 123. Saving the WorldI John 2:1My little children, I am writing thesethings to you so that you may not sin. 124. Saving the WorldI John 2:1But if anyone does sin, we have anadvocate with the Father, Jesus Christthe righteous; 125. Saving the WorldI John 2:2and he is the atoning sacrifice for oursins, and not for ours only but also forthe sins of the whole world. 126. Saving the WorldDo we believe that Jesus has offeredthe atoning sacrifice for the sins of thewhole world? 127. Saving the WorldII Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow about his promise,as some think of slowness, but ispatient with you, not wanting any toperish, but all to come to repentance. 128. Saving the WorldDo we believe that God wants none toperish, but all to come to repentance? 129. Saving the WorldDo we want that, too? Do we, like God,want none to perish, but all to come torepentance? 130. Saving the WorldExcursus: Funny About Love (1990)Gene Wilder, Mary Stuart MastersonYou gotta know what you want. 131. Saving the World 132. Saving the WorldDo we want to be part of Gods plan forthe redemption of the world? 133. Saving the WorldWhat about all the warnings about hell? 134. Saving the WorldLuke 10:13Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you,Bethsaida! 135. Saving the WorldLuke 10:13For if the deeds of power done in youhad been done in Tyre and Sidon, theywould have repented long ago, sittingin sackcloth and ashes. 136. Saving the WorldLuke 10:14But at the judgment it will be moretolerable for Tyre and Sidon than foryou. 137. Saving the WorldLuke 10:15And you, Capernaum, will you beexalted to heaven? No, you will bebrought down to Hades. 138. Saving the WorldDo we believe that, as a plain statementof fact, the people of Capernaum arenot going to heaven, theyre going tohell? 139. Saving the WorldDo we believe that Jesus is offering adeclaratory judgment, so that thepeople of Capernaum can know, inadvance, that theyre going to hell? 140. Saving the WorldDo we believe that, as a plain statementof fact, Tyre and Sidon might do OK onjudgment day, but Chorazin andBethsaida will stand condemned? 141. Saving the WorldDo we believe that Jesus is offering adeclaratory judgment, so that thepeople of Bethsaida and Chorazin canknow, in advance, that theyre going tohell? 142. Saving the WorldOr do we believe that Jesus was givinga warning: a statement of what mightbe, rather than what must be? 143. Saving the WorldProphecy as telling about the future: declarative prophecy self-fulfilling prophecy intentional counterfactual prophecy 144. Saving the WorldThe nature of warnings:intentional counterfactual prophecy 145. Saving the WorldWhat happens if Capernaum heeds thewarning, and instead of being lost anddestroyed, they turn back to God, andturn out to be redeemed? 146. Saving the World(What happens if Nineveh heeds thewarning, and instead of being lost anddestroyed, they turn back to God, andturn out to be redeemed?) 147. Saving the WorldWould Jesus be happy about theredemption of Capernaum, or would hebe disappointed that what he stated astheir destiny turned out not to be true? 148. Saving the WorldIs Jesus like Jonah, proclaiming thedestruction of Capernaum because helongs for their destruction; hed be sodisappointed if they were pardoned? 149. Saving the WorldOr does he long for their redemption,so that he would be delighted if Caper-naum heeded his warning, and likeNineveh turned out to be forgiven? 150. Saving the WorldWhen Jesus predicts the upcomingdenials of Peter, does he long to seePeter fall; hed be so disappointed ifPeter stands firm in his loyalty? 151. Saving the WorldOr does he long for Peter to remainfaithful, even though it will mean thathis prediction will turn out to bemistaken? 152. Saving the WorldSuppose all the warnings about hell areindeed warnings: intentional counter-factual prophecies, told in the hope thatthey would come false? 153. Saving the WorldColossians 1:21For in Jesus all the fullness of God waspleased to dwell, 154. Saving the WorldColossians 1:22and through him God was pleased toreconcile to himself all things, whetheron earth or in heaven, by making peacethrough the blood of his cross. 155. Saving the WorldIsaiah 49:5And now the Lord says, who formed mein the womb to be his servant, to bringJacob back to him, and that Israelmight be gathered to him, 156. Saving the WorldIsaiah 49:5for I am honored in the sight of theLord, and my God has become mystrength 157. Saving the WorldIsaiah 49:6he says, It is too small a thing that youshould be my servant to raise up thetribes of Jacob and to restore thesurvivors of Israel; 158. Saving the WorldIsaiah 49:6I will give you as a light to the nations,that my salvation may reach to the endof the earth. 159. Saving the WorldPsalm 100:1Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all theearth, 160. Saving the WorldPsalm 100:2Worship the Lord with gladness, comeinto his presence with singing. 161. Saving the WorldGenesis 12:3 and in you all the families of theearth shall be blessed. 162. Saving the WorldTitus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared toall, bringing salvation 163. Saving the WorldTitus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared toall, bringing salvationFor the grace of God has appeared,bringing salvation to all 164. Saving the WorldTitus 2:11 165. Saving the WorldTitus 2:11 166. Saving the WorldJohn 12:32And when I am lifted up from theearth, I will draw all people to myself. 167. Saving the WorldJohn 12:33He said this to indicate the kind ofdeath he was to die. 168. Saving the WorldJohn 12:47I do not judge anyone who hears mywords and does not keep them, for Icame not to judge the world, but tosave the world. 169. Saving the WorldDo we get to believe that Jesus, theJudge of the living and the dead, camewith the purpose not of judging theworld but of saving the world? 170. Saving the WorldDoes this mean everyone is saved? 171. Saving the WorldDoes this mean everyone is saved?No. 172. Saving the WorldDoes this mean everyone is saved?No.But would that be such a bad thing? 173. Saving the WorldThe characters in the middle of thestory dont know how the story is goingto come out. 174. Saving the WorldIn the end, will the will of God for theredemption of all things be fulfilled, orwill it be frustrated? 175. Saving the WorldIn the end, will the will of God for theredemption of all things be fulfilled, orwill it be frustrated?I dont get to know that yet. 176. Saving the WorldAs a character in the midst of the story,I can decide its OK not to know whatJesus says I dont get to know: 177. Saving the WorldBut I do get to know that our Lord lovesand wants to save the world: Goddoesnt want anybody to be left out. 178. Saving the WorldAnd I get to decide that I want the graceof God to reach to all the world, too: Idont want anybody to be left out. 179. Saving the WorldAnd I get to trust in God, to work outhow that all happens. 180. Saving the WorldWhat do we learn, about God and aboutourselves, from the story of Jesusrebuking James and Johns desire todestroy the Samaritan village? 181. Saving the WorldWhat do we learn, about God and aboutourselves, from the stories that tell usJesus is the judge of the living and thedead? 182. Saving the WorldWhat do we learn, about God and aboutourselves, from the story of Gods lovefor and desire for the redemption of allthings?