November 8, 2026 – A Study of Matthew – Lord Jesus

Lord Jesus

Psalm 110:1-7 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ The Lord says to my lord:

“Sit at my right hand
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”

² The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,
    “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
³ Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.

⁴ The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
    in the order of Melchizedek.”

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand;
    he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
⁶ He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
    and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
⁷ He will drink from a brook along the way,
    and so he will lift his head high.

Who said “to my lord: sit at my right hand” (verse 1)?

Where will the “mighty scepter” be extended from (verse 2)?

Who “will be willing on your day of battle” (verse 3)?

What will the Lord “not change his mind” about (verse 4)?

Who will the Lord crush (verse 5)?

Who will He judge (verse 6)?

How will He hold his head (verse 7)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Jesus as Lord?

Matthew 22:41-46 - New International Version (NIV)

⁴¹ While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, ⁴² “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”

“The son of David,” they replied.

⁴³ He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

⁴⁴ “‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
    under your feet.”’

⁴⁵ If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” ⁴⁶ No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Who were gathered together (verse 41)?

How did they answer the question, “Whose son is he?” (verse 42)?

What did Jesus say that David called the Messiah (verse 43)?

Who did the Lord tell to “sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet” (verse 44)?

What did Jesus ask them (verse 45)?

How did they respond (verse 46)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Jesus as Lord?

In your opinion, what do the verses that come after the part of Psalm 110 that Jesus quotes in Matthew 22:41-46 help us understand about the positions Jesus fills?

Acts 2:29-39 - New International Version (NIV)

²⁹ “Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. ³⁰ But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. ³¹ Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. ³² God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. ³³ Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. ³⁴ For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
³⁵ until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”’

³⁶ “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”

³⁷ When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

³⁸ Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

What of David’s, “is here to this day” (verse 29)?

What did David know (verse 30)?

Who was not going to be “abandoned to the realm of the dead” (verse 31)?

What had God done for Jesus (verse 32)?

What has Jesus “poured out” (verse 33)?

Where did David not ascend to (verse 34)?

Who was the Lord going to make “a footstool for your feet” (verses 34 and 35)?

What has God made Jesus (verse 36)?

How did the people respond (verse 37)?

What did Peter say the people should do (verse 38)?

Who was the promise for (verse 39)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Jesus as Lord?

In your opinion, what does Psalm 110 help us understand the titles of Lord and Messiah that Peter gives to Jesus in Acts 2:29-39?

In your opinion, why would the Pharisees in Matthew 22:41-46 respond to Jesus by not asking more questions, but the people in Acts 2:29-39 respond to Peter by saying “what shall we do?

Ephesians 1:15-23 - New International Version (NIV)

¹⁵ For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, ¹⁶ I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. ¹⁷ I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. ¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, ¹⁹ and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength ²⁰ he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. ²² And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

What had Paul “heard about” (verse 15)?

What had Paul not “stopped giving” (verse 16)?

Why was Paul asking for God to give them “the Spirit of wisdom and revelation” (verse 17)?

Why was Paul asking for the eyes of their hearts to “be enlightened” (verses 18 and 19)?

What has God’s “great power for us who believe” already done (verses 19 and 20)?

Where has Christ been raised to (verses 20 and 21)?

What has been placed us Christ’s feet (verse 22)?

What is the church (verses 22 and 23)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Jesus as Lord?

In your opinion, what does Ephesians 1:15-23 reveal about the people in the kingdom of the priest/king that David called “Lord” in Psalm 110:1-7?

In your opinion, what can we learn from the contrast of the fear to ask questions in Matthew 22:41-46 and the blessings that Paul is asking for those who believe in Ephesians 1:15-23?

In your opinion, how does Ephesians 1:15-23 show what comes after responding to the instruction in Acts 2:29-39 to “repent and be baptized”?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Psalms, Matthew, Acts, and Ephesians teach us about how to react to Lord Jesus?

In your opinion, what can we know Lord Jesus better today?

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