Gospel of Matthew
Lesson 1 – A Royal Pedigree
Lesson 1 – A Royal PedigreeRead Matthew 1 - www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.1.esvWho is Jesus? Does it matter? To answer this last question, we will find in lesson 16 of this study how Jesus Himself asked this question of the men who had been following…
Lesson 2 – A Royal Acknowledgement
Lesson 2 – A Royal AcknowledgementRead Matthew 2 - www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.2In chapter 1 we saw Jesus’ qualification to be King: He was born of the right human family, of royal bloodline just as had been promised and prophesied long before His co…
Lesson 3 – The King’s Introduction
Lesson 3 – The King’s IntroductionRead Matthew 3 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.3God foretold the coming of Jesus through prophecy written hundreds of years before in the Old Testament. But God doesn’t give us just one chance to hear His offer of forg…
Lesson 4 – The King Tested for Service
Lesson 4 – The King Tested for ServiceRead Matthew 4 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.4As with any leader we elect to office, we want to know if that leader is qualified to take the role he is wishing to take. In this chapter we see four tests of qualif…
Lesson 5 – The King’s Code of Behavior
Lesson 5 – The King’s Code of BehaviorRead Matthew 5 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.5In this chapter we look at Jesus the King’s code of behavior for people in His Kingdom. Many of us think of the 10 Commandments as being this code, but look at the di…
Lesson 6 – The King’s Code of Righteousness
Lesson 6 – The King’s Code of RighteousnessRead Matthew 6 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.6In this chapter Jesus teaches us the difference between righteousness that comes from us and His righteousness. He contrasts four areas of our lives: how we love…
Lesson 7 – The King’s Code of Justice
Lesson 7 – The King’s Code of JusticeRead Matthew 7 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.7In the last study we looked at the King’s code of righteousness. In this study we will look at the King’s code of justice. In chapter 7 we will see this code in the fo…
Lesson 8 – The King’s Power over Physical Problems
Lesson 8 – The King’s Power over Physical ProblemsRead Matthew 8 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.8For the next several lessons we will see Jesus’ power. In this lesson we will look at His power over physical problems.In the first four verses Jesus is…
Lesson 9 – The King’s Power over Sin
Lesson 9 – The King’s Power over SinRead Matthew 9 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.9In the chapter we study today, Matthew 9, we will see the King’s power over sin. In verses 1 through 8 we watch as Jesus heals a paralytic man. However, Jesus did not…
Lesson 10 – The King’s Power Delegated
Lesson 10 – The King’s Power DelegatedRead Matthew 10 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.10In this chapter we discover how the King not only had power over disease and evil, but how He gave that power to those who followed Him. In lesson 4 we saw how Jesu…
Lesson 11 – The King’s Answers to Questioners
Lesson 11 – The King’s Answers to QuestionersRead Matthew 11 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.11Every leader will have those who may doubt or have questions about the way their leadership is presented to others. For Jesus there were basically three kind…
Lesson 12 – The King’s Authority
Lesson 12 – The King’s AuthorityRead Matthew 12 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.12 In this chapter Jesus demonstrated the authority He, as King, has over His kingdom. First, in two events, He showed He had authority over the man-made rules they ha…
Lesson 13 – The King’s Kingdom Described
Lesson 13 – The King’s Kingdom DescribedRead Matthew 13 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.13 We who are humans, living with minds that cannot understand eternity, have no way of understanding God’s kingdom. So Jesus used a series of stories to tell us so…
Lesson 14 – The Kingdom’s Price
Lesson 14 – The Kingdom’s PriceRead Matthew 14 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.14 In the last chapter we saw how a great price is asked for the Kingdom of God – and in this chapter we see three events that describe what God asks of us as a price.In the…
Lesson 15 – The King’s Program Challenged
Lesson 15 – The King’s Program ChallengedRead Matthew 15 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.15 In this chapter Jesus answers some questions from the leaders showing how He was directly opposed to some of their traditions and religious practices. He demons…
Lesson 16 – The King’s Identity Declared
Lesson 16 – The King’s Identity DeclaredRead Matthew 16 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.16 The religious leaders now openly tested Jesus with questions with which they hoped to show He was inferior to their own knowledge or wisdom. They asked Him for…
Lesson 17 – The King’s Identity Displayed
Lesson 17 – The King’s Identity DisplayedRead Matthew 17 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.17 We see Jesus showing people clearly who He was in this chapter. The first incident is where He showed 3 of His disciples His true glory. He had taken them up on…
Lesson 18 – The King’s Government Revealed
Lesson 18 – The King’s Government RevealedRead Matthew 18 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.18 Perhaps because of the things that had happened in chapter 17, the disciples began to wonder what it took to be great in this Kingdom Jesus had been preaching.…
Lesson 19 – The King’s Judgment Challenged
Lesson 19 – The King’s Judgment ChallengedRead Matthew 19 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.19 The religious leaders understood Jesus’ words about His kingdom very well! But they had not challenged Him based on the most personal elements of the people’s…
Lesson 20 – The King’s Justice Challenged
Lesson 20 – The King’s Justice ChallengedRead Matthew 20 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.20.esvIn chapter 19 the religious leaders had challenged Jesus’ right to judge them, and He continues His answers to that challenge in this chapter by showing them…
Lesson 21 – The Kingdom Offered and Refused
Lesson 21 – The Kingdom Offered and RefusedRead Matthew 21 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.21.esvIn Matthew 21, Jesus offers Himself to the nation of Israel as their King. It is a public offer so all can see, understand, and either accept or reject Him…
Lesson 22 – The King’s Kingdom Defined
Lesson 22 – The King’s Kingdom DefinedRead Matthew 22 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.22.esvAfter Jesus’ offer of His kingdom to the people, Jesus now spent a bit of time explaining this kingdom both to the people and to His disciples.The first parable…
Lesson 23 – The King’s Servants Defined
Lesson 23 – The King’s Servants DefinedRead Matthew 23 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.23.esvJesus, now in the last few days of His earthly life, spends most of His time giving final details of His Kingdom. In this chapter He tells the crowds what He…
Lesson 24 – The Kingdom’s Future Described
Lesson 24 – The Kingdom’s Future DescribedRead Matthew 24 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.24.esvIn chapter 24 Jesus answers some questions His disciples have about the future. The first question, in verses 1 and 2, is about the Temple they are all prou…
Lesson 25 – The King’s Future Judgment Described
Lesson 25 – The King’s Future Judgment DescribedRead Matthew 25 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.25.esvIn chapter 25, Jesus tells three very important things about His – the King’s – future judgment of mankind.The first parable (verses 1-13) is about 10…
Lesson 26 – The King’s Farewell and Betrayal
Lesson 26 – The King’s Farewell and BetrayalRead Matthew 26 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.26.esvJesus knew He had come to this world to die. Many hundreds of years before, as we see in Exodus and Leviticus, He had given the people of Israel a place…
Lesson 27 – The King’s Trial and Sentence
Lesson 27 – The King’s Trial and SentenceRead Matthew 27 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.27.esvMatthew chapter 27 describes Jesus in front of the Roman authorities for sentencing. But starting in verse 3 we read an interesting description of what happe…
Lesson 28 – The King’s Victory
Lesson 28 – The King’s VictoryRead Matthew 28 – www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.28.esvIn this 28th chapter of Matthew, we see the King’s victory in three wonderful ways. The first is victory over death – verses 1-10. He paid the price for our sin on the…
Matthew Bible Study
MATTHEW BIBLE STUDY - LESSON CHARACTER COUNT Lesson 1 – A Royal Pedigree 2,575 Lesson 2 – A Royal Acknowledgement 2,407 Lesson 3 – The King’s Introduction 2,489 Lesson 4 – The King Tested for Service 2,764 Lesson 5 – The King’s Code of Behavior 2,63…