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Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 16 or MMM16

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Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 47, Feb 16)

Passage Matthew Chapter Sixteen

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

  • Matthew 16
    • Mt 16:1-4 Signs
      • 4 A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Jesus then left them and went away.
      • Itty Bitty Bible Study on Jonah
    • Mt 16:5-12 Yeast discussions
      • 5 When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread. 6 “Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
      • 9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? 10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
      • 12 Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
    • Mt 16:13-17 The Son of Man
      • 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
      • 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
      • 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.
    • Mt 16:18-20 Peter and keys to kingdom
      • 18 And I tell you that you are Peter,[b] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades[c] will not overcome it.
        • see question below
      • 9 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be[d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[e] loosed in heaven.”
    • Mt 16:21-23 – Jesus reveals Jerusalem events
      • Jesus is going to be killed
      • Peter says no, never
      • 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
      • Poor Peter!
    • Mt 16:24-28
      • 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life[f] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
      • Jim Elliott – He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.

Mindful Meditating

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example: Matt 15:18
  4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

  • 9 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be[d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[e] loosed in heaven.”
  • I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
  • I WILL give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
  • I will GIVE you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
  • I will give YOU the keys of the kingdom of heaven

…and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Matthew Coloring Page by Ministry to Children  – though it can be good for adult meditating.

I’m sorry, no coloring pages for Who do you say that I am, or the yeast of the pharisees.

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

  1.  Is Peter the Rock or his confession the Rock?
    1. GotAnswers explains it this way.
    2. More on Peter from my Lent Story.
  2. To whom are the keys to the Kingdom given?
    1. Christianity.com sees it this way.
    2. GotQuestions discusses it as well.

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