I quit watching when they had Jesus studying the night before the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus is Almighty God, He knows everything. He never has to study. Unbiblical stuff all over the place. Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confress, that Jesus Christ is Lord.
I thought that was pretty weak as well.
I was enjoying the series until then but that did put a damper on it for me as well.
Jesus was also human. He worked to get things right.
But as a Bible teacher, I catch many errors in most depiction about Jesus. I have the most difficulty teaching about the Sabbath and Christmas and Easter. I keep giving them chapter and verse and read it with them and they still insist what Grandma taught them is correct. Most people have never even finished the whole Bible and attend church less than 10 times a year. Jesus never observed Easter or Christmas and God specifically said these days are an abomination in Eze 8 and Jer 10 :3-4 about trees in the house.I left a church because the pastor said Jesus stopped at the woman at the well because He was tired and didn't know He would meet the woman there. I said He was God, and he said He was a man.... (get this!) AT THAT TIME. Jesus took the route through Samaria in order to have the conversation with the woman so it would be written in Scripture for our learning. The Holy Spirit Jesus had speaking to Him is the same Spirit that speaks to us Christians. He doesn't have to practice.
That is a fair criticism of the show, however have you considered that scene being more about Jesus teaching Mathew to use his God given talent.
Assume you have children if you don’t.
As a homeschool family I spent many hours with my kids having then “Teach” me how to add/subject/multiply/divide.. was it because I needed their help to teach me this skill or was it more about them demonstrating or dare I say practice their skills for THEIR benefit?
I partially agree. Didn’t see Season 2 but I felt the Sermon on the Mount had a more commercial feel than it should have. I strongly suspect it was a sermon Jesus repeated, in whole and in parts, many times. I’m sure he PRAYED about it, but I don’t believe he studied for it.
Still, I think it is an honest attempt to portray what happens in the scripture. Lots of stuff gets added or you wouldn’t have a series, but (unlike Rings of Power) they are trying to stay true to the source material.
Even if I disagree with what someone says in a sermon, the disagreement itself makes me think more deeply about the issue. In that sense I really like The Chosen. I hope it motivates people to reread and actually THINK about the Gospels. I honestly think the average sermon misses the point by a larger margin then this TV series does. The Jesus of the Gospels is NOT the simpering self-help guru too many modern preachers pretend!