Who Do You Think You Are? (2 of 9)
Series: Holy Semikah!
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 5:13-16
Last week, we started a series on what many have declared to be the greatest sermon ever preached - the SOTM. W/out question, when Jesus spoke these words on a hillside near the Sea of Galilee, He was offering a completely new viewpoint of the Law/Prophets the people had never understood - and it rocked their faith.
I can only imagine what the people were thinking that afternoon in Galilee. Jesus’ words had completely contradicted every teaching they’d ever heard - sending shockwaves thru their religion. They’d never heard such teaching - and little did they know that thru-out Jesus’ ministry, He’d turn every tenet of their beliefs inside-out/right-side up!
For me, the verse that caught my attention was at the end of the SOTM, but not actually a part of the SOTM - but a (2) verses commentary at the end of it.
When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, b/c He taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the Law. Matthew 7:28-29
He taught as one who had authority. What does this phrase mean and what is Matthew referring to? I believe the people recognized that Jesus was a teacher who had a God-given anointing called - semikhah.
Semikhah was a special anointing given to a select group of men thru-out Israel’s history (tracing back to Moses) that empowered them w/ the ability/authority to interpret/teach the Law/Prophets as they saw fit.
SEE - a regular rabbi, or teacher of the Law, could only teach what their mentor had taught them during their 15 yr apprenticeship to become a rabbi. Thus, they had no ability/authority to teach anything different. But a rabbi w/ semikhah, he was granted great latitude due to his anointing/imbued authority to teach/interpret the Law/Prophets as he desired.
Of course, when Jesus arrived on the scene, it’d been over 400+ years since the Israelites had seen or he ...
Series: Holy Semikah!
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 5:13-16
Last week, we started a series on what many have declared to be the greatest sermon ever preached - the SOTM. W/out question, when Jesus spoke these words on a hillside near the Sea of Galilee, He was offering a completely new viewpoint of the Law/Prophets the people had never understood - and it rocked their faith.
I can only imagine what the people were thinking that afternoon in Galilee. Jesus’ words had completely contradicted every teaching they’d ever heard - sending shockwaves thru their religion. They’d never heard such teaching - and little did they know that thru-out Jesus’ ministry, He’d turn every tenet of their beliefs inside-out/right-side up!
For me, the verse that caught my attention was at the end of the SOTM, but not actually a part of the SOTM - but a (2) verses commentary at the end of it.
When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, b/c He taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the Law. Matthew 7:28-29
He taught as one who had authority. What does this phrase mean and what is Matthew referring to? I believe the people recognized that Jesus was a teacher who had a God-given anointing called - semikhah.
Semikhah was a special anointing given to a select group of men thru-out Israel’s history (tracing back to Moses) that empowered them w/ the ability/authority to interpret/teach the Law/Prophets as they saw fit.
SEE - a regular rabbi, or teacher of the Law, could only teach what their mentor had taught them during their 15 yr apprenticeship to become a rabbi. Thus, they had no ability/authority to teach anything different. But a rabbi w/ semikhah, he was granted great latitude due to his anointing/imbued authority to teach/interpret the Law/Prophets as he desired.
Of course, when Jesus arrived on the scene, it’d been over 400+ years since the Israelites had seen or he ...
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