August 11, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew - John the Baptist

August 11, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – John the Baptist

August 11, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – John the Baptist

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.”

John the Baptist

•       Matthew 3:1-12

Who came into the wilderness of Judea?

What did he want people to do?

What reason did he give for that action?

   

What prophet did Matthew quote concerning him?

How did that prophet describe him?

What did that prophet say that John the Baptist would say?

What was distinct about John the Baptist’s clothes?

What was distinct about his diet?

Who went to see him?

What did the people who went to see him do?

Then what did John the Baptist do for them in the Jordan River?

What did he call the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to see him?

What question did he ask them?

What instruction did he give them?

Why did he say “And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’” (NIV)?

What will happen to the trees that do not produce good fruit?

In your opinion, why did he tell the Pharisees and Sadducees this?

What does John the Baptist demonstrate when he baptizes with water?

What will the one, “whose sandals I am not worthy to carry” (NIV) baptize with?

In your opinion, is there a connection between the baptism of Holy Spirit and the fire; and the winnowing fork gathering the wheat into the barn and the burning of the chaff?

         Isaiah 40:1-31

In your opinion, what does it mean to start out with “Comfort, comfort” (NIV)?

What three things are to be tenderly proclaimed to Jerusalem?

            1)

            2)

            3)

What is supposed to happen to valleys and mountains and rough ground and rugged places?

What will then be revealed?

In your opinion, what is being said about people and their faithfulness in verses 6, 7 and 8?

Why do you think that those who bring good news go up on a high mountain or shout?

How does the Sovereign LORD come?

How does He tend His flock?

In your opinion, what is Isaiah trying to convey in verses 12 through 17?

In your opinion, what is Isaiah trying to convey in verses 18 through 20?

In your opinion, what is Isaiah trying to convey in verses 21 through 26?

What happens in verse 27?

In your opinion, why does Isaiah discuss the grandeur of God after this?

What is the contrast between verse 29 and verse 30?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the passage in Matthew?

         Hebrews 12: 4-13

What are the Hebrew Christians (we) struggling against?

What kind of word that is given as a father to a son does Paul ask if the Hebrew Christians (we) have forgotten?

What is not to be made light of?

Who does the Lord discipline (chasten in KJV)?

In your opinion, why does Paul say to, “Endure hardship as discipline” (NIV)?

In your opinion, why does Paul say, “If you are not disciplined . . . then you are not legitimate”?

Why does God discipline us (verse 10)?

What does discipline, although painful, produce a harvest of?

What are we to strengthen?

In your opinion, what is meant by discipline (chasten in KJV) or (paideia in Greek)?

Why are we to make level paths?

In your opinion, is there a difference in the level paths to be made here by all Christians and the straight paths of Matthew?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the passage in Matthew?

         Revelation 20:11-12

What did John see?

In your opinion, who is seated on it?

What had the earth and the heavens done?

Who was standing before the throne?

In your opinion, what is in the books that are opened?

In your opinion, what is in the other book that is opened, the “book of life”?

What does it say happens to the dead?

What happens to death and Hades?

   

What is the lake of fire?

Who else is thrown into the lake of fire?

In your opinion, if someone’s name is in the book of life are they judged (see John 5:24)?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the passage in Matthew?

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             8) All Nations

               9) Obey Commandments

Next, back to Matthew 3:13

August 4, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew - The Escape and Return

August 4, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew - The Escape and Return

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.”

The Escape and Return

•       Matthew 2:13-23

When the magi left who appeared to Joseph?

What was Joseph to do?

Why was he to do it?

   

What did Joseph do?

How long did he stay in Egypt?

What was fulfilled?

What made Herod furious?

What did he order be done?

Why did he choose two years?

What was fulfilled by this?

When did the angel appear to Joseph in Egypt?

What was the angel’s message?

What did Joseph do?

Why did he not go to Judea?

Why did he go to Galilee?

         Hosea 11:1-11

Who did God love when they were a child?

Who was called out of Egypt?

What happened when God called more to them?

Who taught Ephraim (Israel) to walk?

What did Ephraim (Israel) not realize?

What joined God and Israel?

Why will they return to Egypt and why will Assyria rule over them?

What will flash in the cities and destroy the false prophets and their plans?

In your opinion, what causes people to turn from God while calling Him the Most High?

What question does God ask when His compassion is aroused?

In your opinion, why does verse 9 say that God will not carry out His fierce anger because, “I am God, and not man” (NIV)?

What is God going to do?

When he does this, what will His children do?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the passage in Matthew?

         Jeremiah 31:15

What kind of voice is heard in Ramah?

Why is Rachel weeping?

What is the instruction from the Lord?

In your opinion, what work do you think will be rewarded?

In your opinion, who will return?

What is Ephraim moaning?

What does Ephraim ask God to do?

What did Ephraim do after straying?

What did Ephraim do after, “I came to understand”(NIV)?

How does God think of Ephraim?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the passage in Matthew?

         Hebrews 12:18-24

What kind of mountain does Paul say that we have not come to?

In your opinion, what is scary about the darkness, gloom and storm; the trumpet blast; of the voice?

What mountain have we come to?

What kind of assembly do the thousands and thousands of angels have?

What kind of church are we coming to?

How is God described?

In your opinion, what does it mean to say, “spirits of the righteous made perfect” (NIV)?

How is Jesus described?

   

In your opinion, how does the sprinkled blood speak a better word that the blood of Abel?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about today’s passage in Matthew?

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                              1)  Jesus

2               2) All authority in heaven and on earth

3               3) Go and make disciples

4               4) Baptize them

5               5) Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

6               6) Teaching them to obey everything

7               7) I am with you always

8               8) All Nations

9               9) Obey Commandments

Next, back to Matthew 3

July 28, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew - The Magi

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.”

The Magi

•       Matthew 2:1-12

Where was Jesus born?

Who reigned when he was born?

Who came to Jerusalem at that time?

In your opinion, why did they go to Jerusalem and to King Herod?

What did they ask about?

How did King Herod feel about their question?

In your opinion, why did he feel that way?

Who did King Herod call together?

What question did he ask them?

How did they answer King Herod?

What did they base their answer on?

When King Herod met with the wise men, what did he learn from them?

What did King Herod instruct them to do?

How did the wise men respond to the star:

                What was their action?

                What was their emotion?

How did the wise men respond to the child and his mother?

Why did they return home another way?

·         Micah 5:1-4

Who is surrounding Jerusalem?

What are they doing to the leader of Israel?

In your opinion, what does that mean?

How is Bethlehem described?

Who will come from Bethlehem?

Where are the origins of this person?

In your opinion, what does it mean when it says the people of Israel will be abandoned?

In your opinion, what is the time when the woman in labor gives birth to the son?

In your opinion, who are the countrymen or brothers who are returning from exile?

Who will stand to shepherd or lead his flock?

In whose strength and majesty will he shepherd and lead?

How will his people live?

·         Micah 5:5-15

What will the ruler born in Bethlehem be a source of?

Will the fact that this ruler has been born stop the Assyrians?

In your opinion, when Micah speaks about the Assyrians is he talking only about the people from Assyria?

In your opinion, if not just people from Assyria then who is being talked about?

What will happen when the Assyrians invade?

What will the few, remnant, left in Israel do?

Will they be successful?

In your opinion, will this occur in the same way as the Assyrian invasion, with troops?

In the day – or at the time – that the people of Israel triumph, what will God do:

With weapons?

           With walls and defenses?

           With witchcraft?

 

           With idols?

           With shrines?

           What will be poured out?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about the passage in Matthew?

·         1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

How will the day of the Lord come?

What will people be saying when it comes?

What will happen to the people saying these things?

What is different about the brothers and sisters to whom the letter is written?

What are the brothers and sisters children of?

Which means they are not children of or belong to what?

How are they to be?

What is night a time for?

How are those who live in the light to behave?

What are they to be protected by?

What did God decide to do for us?

Through whom did he accomplish that?

How did God make it possible for us to live with him forever?

Does it matter if we are dead or alive when he returns?

How are we to respond to what God has done?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about today’s passage in Matthew?

So, what do the Magi and the Scriptures 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 2:13