The Gospel of Matthew
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Lesson OneOverview of Matthew (Matt 1, 18, 27–28)13 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Matt 1, 18, 27–28
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In | Workbook: Matthew’s Genealogy of Jesus
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In | Key Features and Patterns in Matthew
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In | Key Themes
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In | Matthew and the Church
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In | Workbook: Triadic Structure in Matthew
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In | Workbook: Judas and the Old Testament in Matthew - The Betrayal of Jesus and King David
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Behind | Gematria
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Behind | Midrash
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Behind | Jewish Liturgy
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In Front | The Importance of the OT for NT Believers
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoIsrael's Story and Mission (Matt 2–4, 11–15)15 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Matt 2–4, 11–15
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In | Workbook: Moses and Joseph in Egypt
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In | Typology
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In | Ties to the Old Testament
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In | Jesus as Fulfiller of the Mission of Israel
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In | The Kingdom and the Fulfillment of Israel's Mission
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In | Predictions, Prophecies, Promises and Foreshadow
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Behind | Bethlehem
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Behind | Jews and Gentiles
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Behind | Onsite: A Threatened King - Herod's Palace Outside Bethlehem
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Behind | Onsite: Judas and the Potter's Field - Echoes of Jeremiah
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Behind | 360 View: Fishers of Men
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In Front | O Little Town of Bethlehem
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeJesus and the Torah (Matt 5–7, 16–17, 23–25)18 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Matt 5–7, 16–17, 23–25
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In | Jesus, the Teacher of Righteousness
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In | Righteousness as Binding Community Value
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In | Five Blocks of Teaching in Matthew
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In | Walking in the Commandments
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Behind | Takkanot
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Behind | Alternate Views of Righteousness
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Behind | Workbook: The Evangelical Triangle Rejects Jesus
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Behind | Onsite: A Greater Righteousness - Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount
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Behind | Binding and Loosing: Dr. Atef Ghendi
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In Front | Exceeding the Righteousness of the Pharisees
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In Front | Nonviolence and Nonresistance in the Sermon on the Mount Fulfilled in Jesus Passion
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In Front | Workbook: Jesus Teaches Us to Pray
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In Front | Matthew 23 and 2 Chronicles 24: The Lament over Jerusalem
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In Front | Workbook: The Rhetorical Pattern of the Sermon on the Mount
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In Front | Workbook: Jesus and Jeremiah's Prophetic Indictment of the Temple
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson Four"The Kingdom of God is Like..."10 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Matt 8–10, 19–22
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In | A Kingdom for the Little, the Least and the Children
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In | Bible Project: Matthew 14–28
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In | Christianity Today: What You Probably Don’t Know about ‘The Least of These’
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Behind | Children in Antiquity
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Behind | Onsite: Moving a Mountain - Herod's Palace Fortress at Herodium
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Behind | Onsite: Gathering Disciples - Tax Collectors and Fishers of Men
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In Front | Childlike Faith
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveAuthor and Audience13 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Matthew review
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In | Workbook: Matthew the Tax Collector
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In | Authorship
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In | Workbook: Great Commission
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In | Bible Project: Heaven and Earth
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Behind | Matthew's Jewish and Gentile Audience
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Behind | Predictions, Prophecies, Promises and Foreshadow
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Behind | Matthew 24 and Dating Matthew
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In Front | Jews First, Gentiles Second
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In Front | "Church" for Jew and Gentile
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - Matthew
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-upCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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In Front | Workbook: Jesus Teaches Us to Pray
Grab your Workbook Journal!
[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]
The Christian moral code is unusually simple—although not necessarily easy. We are called to imitate Jesus. A great example of this can be seen in the Lord’s Prayer and the crisis that Jesus experiences in the Garden of Gethsemane.
When Jesus finds himself “deeply grieved, even unto death” in Matthew’s Gospel, he doesn’t call on angels to liberate him or play the trump card of his divinity. He simply prays like he taught his disciples to pray earlier in the Gospel. Walking alone in the garden, “He fell with his face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will’” (Matt 26:39, NIV). Note the parallels with the Lord’s Prayer in the chart below.
The Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6) | Gethsemane (Matt 26) |
Our Father in heaven … | My Father … |
… your will be done … | Yet not as I will, but as you will. |
And lead us not into temptation … | … may this cup be taken from me. |
Source: Dale C. Allison, Jr. Matthew: A shorter commentary, 2004, p. 480.
- The Lord’s Prayer is not always associated with dire circumstances. Read Matthew 6:9-13. Reflect in your workbook on how this prayer could be relevant to difficult situations in your own life.