August 25, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of
Matthew – Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
August 25, 2013 - The
Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
The Great Commission – A Study of Matthew
Matthew 28 - New
International Version (NIV) – The Great Commission
18 Then
Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
• Matthew 4:1-4
Who led Jesus?
What was to happen to Jesus in the wilderness?
How long did Jesus fast?
What did the tempter ask Jesus?
How did Jesus answer?
Deuteronomy
8:1-20
What do the Israelites have to do to “line and increase and
may enter and possess the land the Lord promised” (NIV)?
What did God accomplish with the 40 years of
leading the Israelites in the dessert?
Why did God cause the Israelite people to hunger
and then feed them manna?
What was extraordinary about their clothes in
the 40 years of wandering?
Whose commands were the people to observe?
What kind of land is God bringing the people to?
When they have eaten and are satisfied, what are
the people to do?
What will happen if the people forget the Lord
God?
If the people forget God, what might they say to
themselves?
In your opinion, is this something that we need
to be concerned about also?
What does the Lord God give to the people?
What will happen if the Israelites (and we) forget the Lord
God?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us
about Matthew 4:1-4?
Matthew 4:5-7
Where did the devil take Jesus?
In your opinion, why does the devil’s questions
start with “If”?
What does the devil ask Jesus to do?
What does the devil quote?
How does Jesus respond?
Psalm
91:1-16 (The context of what the
devil quoted)
Who will “rest in the shadow of the Almighty”
(NIV)?
What does the psalmist say of the Lord?
How do the promises in verse 4 make you feel?
In verse 10 it says that “no harm will overtake
you” (NIV), but what does verse 9 say you should do?
In your opinion, how does having this right
before the passage the devil quoted influence your understand of that passage,
verses 11 and 12?
Who does verse 13 say that the person who has
the Lord as a refuge and the Most High as a dwelling will trample on?
In your opinion, is there any significance in
the fact that a serpent is mentioned here?
In verses 14, 15 and 16 are several promises and
also three things that will trigger the promises, what are the three things:
1)
2)
3)
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us
about Matthew 4:5-7?
Deuteronomy
6:13-19
How does verse 13 indicate the Israelites (we)
are to respond to God?
How are the Israelites (we) to respond to other
gods, verse 14?
In your opinion, is there any meaning in the fact that these
two verses are right in front of the passage Jesus quoted?
What does verse 17 instruct that the
Israelites (we) are to keep?
What does verse 18 say the
Israelites (we) are to do “in the Lord’s sight” (NIV)?
In your opinion, which is the harder verse to obey, 17 or 18?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us
about Matthew 4:5-7?
Matthew 4:8-11
Where does the devil take Jesus?
What does the devil show Jesus?
What does the devil ask of
Jesus?
How does Jesus respond?
Then what happened?
In your opinion, is there any significance to the order of the
temptations that Jesus underwent?
1 Deuteronomy 6:10-15 (we just saw part of
this)
Who is bringing the Israelites to the land?
How is the land described?
Who are the Israelites not to forget, verse 13?
How is Egypt described?
In your opinion, what is the meaning between the
contrasting descriptions of the promises land and Egypt?
In your opinion, are there similar comparisons
for us as Christians?
In your opinion, what is the significance of the
verse that Jesus quoted coming right after this discussion?
What is the specific instruction that follows
the verse that Jesus quoted, verse 14?
Why is that important, verse 15?
In your opinion, why is this an excellent response to the
devils request?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us
about Matthew 4:8-11?
So, what do all four passages lead us to understand about the Great
Commission?
So, what components of the Great Commission does
this illustrate?
1) Jesus
2) All authority in heaven and on
earth
3) Go and make disciples
4) Baptize them
5) Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit
6) Teaching them to obey
everything
7) I am with you always
8) All Nations
9) Obey Commandments
Next, back to Matthew 4:12-? -
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