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MIDTERM
COVERAGE
 LESSON 3

The Church’s mission is

patterned on Jesus’
mission
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 PROCESSING
Experience of “Liberation” is
different from person to person.

Since, each individual has their

own authentic situations and
contexts.

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A movement from one
“negative” situation to a
better one.

It focuses on change and

most likely it was a well-
fought for.
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Luke 4: 18-20

“Jesus’ Speech in the Synagogue”

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Context:
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has
anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the
oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s
favor.” 20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to
the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in
the synagogue were fastened on him.
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Context:
Luke 4 starts with the Temptation
of the devil in the desert (1-13)

Luke 4 in the middle is when

Jesus was rejected in Nazareth
(14-30)

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Important notes:
• It highlighted Jesus’ vocation as a
prophet.
• Prophets = speaking in God’s
behalf.
• Liberation from any form of
enslavement.
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The inspired word implies that the

Mission of the Church or individual
Christians is to be a PROPHET
centered on the ministry of Jesus.

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Jesus’ ministry was:
1. Liberating
• Liberation is one of his central
themes

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• It was seen in his teachings
(Parables, sayings, critiques)

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• Prophetic character – experience
of encounter, confrontation, and
challenge

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2. Hope-bearing
• These practices and
teachings are source of
hope for the suffering
and the marginalized.
(e.g. the beatitudes)

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3. Inclusive
• Boundary-shattering
• Reaches out
Examples: The parable of the good
Samaritan, Parable of the kingdom,
healing the sick, dining with
outcasts.
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1. Lending a helping hand to a
classmate or a friend who is
going through a rough situation;
2. The practice of inclusion where
one respects and seeks to
understand perspectives that
are different from his/hers; and
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3. Being critical and observant as
regards to reasoning that
promotes lies as truth and corrupt
as righteous.

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 Lesson 4

THE MISSION GOAL:

KINGDOM OF GOD

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 CONTEXT
From the Activity:

Rationale: The blind maze is like

the church trying to follow God’s
teaching towards the Kingdom of
God.

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From the Activity:
Walls: obstacles
Guide: teachings
Participant: Us, practicing freedom.
Freedom to interpret and move.

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Matthew 13: 33

“Parable of the Leaven”

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Matthew 13: 33

33 He told them still another parable:

“The kingdom of heaven is like yeast
that a woman took and mixed into
about sixty pounds of flour until it
worked all through the dough.”

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Important
notes:
• The reign of
God is
transformativ
e like leaven
on dough.
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Kingdom of God

• The core of Jesus’ ministry

• As seen in his parables and

actions

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 Church teaching
Description of the
Kingdoms:
1. Holistic:
includes the socio-
political and
economic; the
material and
spiritual
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2. Present and
Future:
Concerned
about the here
and now. Not
just the
afterlife
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3. Gift and Task
– God makes
the kingdom a
reality but we
are instruments
for the
realization of
the kingdom.
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 Missionary response
1. Willingly forgiving those who
hurt us and asking forgiveness
from those we hurt, and taking the
initiative to restore good
relationships with others

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2. Joining groups that work for
social justice, peace, and the
alleviation of poverty

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3. Obeying rules and regulations
intended for the common good; and

4. Refusing to join in the

perpetuation of lies and hatred
through the different forms of mass
media, especially the internet.
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