Lesson 2, Activity 1

Overview and Objectives

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Lesson Objectives

When you complete this lesson, you should be able to:

  • Obtain satisfactory grades on the automatically graded activities of the lesson, demonstrating that you can identify major information about the background, structure and content, and major themes of the Gospel of Matthew.
  • Complete the questionnaire of the lesson and answer the application questions in the study guides, expressing your reaction to the way Jesus fulfills the Old Testament, and showing how you have applied the teachings of the lesson to your own life, especially that you have gained greater admiration for Jesus and that you are taking into account the way He fulfills the Old Testament when you interpret the New Testament. This includes the Essay Questions and Journal questions for students whose institutions have required them.

Personal Reflection

As you proceed through this lesson have the following question in mind.
How does knowing that Matthew is the author impact the way we read the Gospel of Matthew?