{"id":928,"date":"2019-05-12T23:37:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T22:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pbthomas.com\/blog\/?p=928"},"modified":"2019-05-12T23:37:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T22:37:49","slug":"the-teaching-of-jesus-radical-inclusion-and-table-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pbthomas.com\/blog\/?p=928","title":{"rendered":"The Teaching of Jesus: Radical Inclusion and Table Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"

These were the notes for this evening’s topic.<\/p>\n

1.1\tThe Nazareth Manifesto Luke 4:16-30
\n1.1.1\tThe Anointed Deliverer Isaiah 61:1-3 but with a difference!
\n1.1.2\tThe widow of Zaraphath (1 Kings 17:7-25); Naaman the Syrian (2 Kings 5:1-19)<\/p>\n

1.2\tJesus Eating with Sinners Luke 5:27- 32
\n1.2.1\tCalling Levi\/Matthew
\n1.2.2\tThe significance of Table Fellowship in the time of Jesus \u2013 reconciliation
\n1.2.3\tLuke 7:34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, \u201cHere is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.\u201d<\/p>\n

1.3\tJesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman Luke 7:36-50
\n1.3.1\tThe scandal of the anointing
\n1.3.2\tThe parable of the two debtors
\n1.3.3\tJesus forgives the woman\u2019s sins<\/p>\n

1.4\tThe Parable of the Great Banquet Luke 14:15-22; Matthew 22:1-14 \u2013 see ESSAY E<\/p>\n

1.5\tParables of the Lost Luke 15:1-32
\n1.5.1\tThe Parable of the Lost Sheep (vv1-7)
\n1.5.2\tThe Parable of the Lost Coin (vv8-10)
\n1.5.3\tThe Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Older Brother (vv11-32)<\/p>\n

1.6\tJesus and Zacchaeus Luke 19:1-10
\n1.6.1
\n1.6.2\tFor the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.\u2019 (Luke 19:10)<\/p>\n

1.7\tThe Significance of Table Fellowship in Jesus\u2019s Ministry
\n1.7.1\tOld Testament prophecies of God\u2019s inclusive Kingdom Isaiah 2:2-3; 56:3-7; 42:6-7; 49:6-7; 60:1-6; Psalm 86:8-10 \u2013 See also ESSAY A and the Nunc Dimittis.
\n1.7.2\tAnticipation of the Messianic Banquet Isaiah 25:6\u20138; Isaiah 55:1-6; Luke 13:29; Matthew 8:10-12; Luke 14:15.
\n1.7.3\t Jesus is intentionally creating a new inclusive community.
\n1.7.4\tJesus declared all foods clean Mark 7:18-23<\/p>\n

1.8\tAre there conditions for inclusion? Accepting the invitation.
\n1.8.1\tThe Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax-Collector Luke 18:9-14
\n1.8.2\tThe call to repentance Luke 5:32, 15:7, 15:10
\n1.8.3\tThe need for faith \u2013 see UNIT 6 Responding to the Kingdom.
\n1.8.4\tThe call to discipleship \u201cFollow me\u201d (16x); \u201ctake up the cross\u201d Luke 9:23; 14:27; \u201cbecome a servant\u201d Mark 10:43-45; \u201center through the narrow gate\u201d Luke 13:22-30. See also ESSAY D and UNIT 6.
\n1.8.5\tThen neither do I condemn you.\u2019 \u2018Go now and leave your life of sin.\u2019 (John 8:11)<\/p>\n

Luke 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance
\nLuke 15:7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who do not need to repent.
\nLuke 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
\nLuke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.\u2019<\/p>\n

READING FOR UNIT 9
\nBartchy, S. S. (1992). Table Fellowship. In J. B. Green & S. McKnight (Eds.), Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (pp. 796\u2013800). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
\nK.E. Bailey Poet and Peasant & Through Peasant Eyes Sections on the relevant parables.
\nCommentaries especially on Luke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These were the notes for this evening’s topic. 1.1 The Nazareth Manifesto Luke 4:16-30 1.1.1 The Anointed Deliverer Isaiah 61:1-3 but with a difference!…<\/span><\/p>\n