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Matthew 2:13-23 — Liberation Theology (pastoral)

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Matthew 2:13-23 16:19-31 comforts the crushed: God is not distant from your struggle; He is present as deliverer.

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Matthew 2:13-23

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Matthew 2:13-23 — Missional (edgy)

Matthew 2:13-23 2 Timothy 2:8-15 never moves you outward, you may be reading it for information, not transformation.

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Matthew 2:13-23 50:1-8, 22-23 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.

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Psalm 36:5-10 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.

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Matthew 2:13-23 — Liberation Theology (pastoral)

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