Bible Book Studies · Foundations · ABOUT 190 MINUTES
Walk through Matthew’s portrait of Jesus, kingdom teaching, discipleship, conflict, cross, resurrection, and mission
Primary passage: Matthew 1:23
Read Matthew 1:23 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on emmanuel and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Matthew 5:3
Read Matthew 5:3 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on kingdom teaching and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Matthew 16:16
Read Matthew 16:16 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on peter’s confession and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Matthew 28:19
Read Matthew 28:19 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on the great commission and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
