Contents
Description
Welcome to Focus On The Message – the first component of our Following Jesus discipleship program. This web page contains the lessons for:
Unit 2: Matthew 1 – 3
Purpose
Follow this link for information about these key aspects of our training: Purpose, Goals, Habits, Ministries, and Assignments.
Unit 2: Matthew 1 – 3
Connect Jesus to the Old Testament
In this unit each chapter comprises multiple lessons. You should ideally cover one chapter (with all of its lessons) in a week, but please don’t let a week go by without completing at least one lesson.
Introduction
Lesson 1:
This section will include notes and resources related to each chapter that we will be reading
- The Gospel of Matthew continues the Bible story with Jesus’ ministry. | BibleProject™
- Matthew for Everyone, Part 1 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
- Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (The New Testament for Everyone) by Tom Wright – Amazon.com
- Tim Mackie: Matthew – YouTube
Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):
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- Read and watch the material in the Bible Project link above.
- Order the “Matthew for Everyone” commentators above.
- Discussion Questions:
Matthew 1
Matthew 2
Matthew 3
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