Matthew Study Notes, Sessions One, Two, & Three
Accompanying study notes for the Matthew Bible Study, the Son reveals the Father in words and lessons, sessions 1-3.
Session 3: Matthew 5
Matthew Chapter 5: Sermon on the Mount, Part 1: the ‘beatitudes’, salt and light and teachings on the law written on our hearts
Session 2: Matthew 3-4
These two chapters of Matthew include an introduction of John’s work in the wilderness, Jesus’s baptism and testing in the wilderness. It then moves into the beginning of Jesus’s ministry and calling of disciples.
Tips for Memorizing Scripture
6 tips for memorizing scripture, to do as we are exhorted in 1 Timothy 4:7 and train ourselves up in godly ways.
Matthew Bible Study Session 1: Ch 1-2
Matthew Bible Study Session 1: The Son Reveals the Father. Read and discuss chapters 1 and 2 of Matthew.
Matthew: Bible Study Introduction
This study looks at the Gospel of Matthew, paying particular attention to the words and lessons and is designed for individual or small group study, with 10-12 sessions.
2021 The Son Reveals the Father
Do you struggle with understanding how God in the Old Testament is the same, the exact representation (Hebrews 1:3), as Jesus in the New Testament, like I do?
Paul as Peacemaker – a Free Bible Study
Philemon: A Bible Study FREE Download. Paul as Peacemaker – a Free study of the book of Philemon. Download today!
Freedom begins in community 2 Cor 3:17
Freedom begins in community, as a personal joy, but we are called to share it. Freedom cannot be boxed up and contained within us.
Three feasts with Jesus
I have really enjoyed thinking about the times that Jesus spends at table. It is so much more than learning from Jesus, it is a reminder of how Jesus was also human and needed to share in fellowship and food. I have also heard it said that Jesus often found trouble when he was at table, never escaping from teaching others through the ‘trouble’ they faced.
Make the most of your Bible reading time (downloadable)
With 24 hours in a day, roughly divided into 100 segments, giving our tithe of 10% means that we (should?) give Him 14.4 minutes per day.
Loving as He first loved us. Reflections on 1 Corinthians 13
But Jesus left the 99 for the 1. He did not consider his own personal safety or the pain to himself – He just does.
Certain gradual transformation. 1 Corinthians 13: 8-13
This is not about lovable or unlovable. This is not about what I feel like. This is about putting on the cloak of Christ and choosing to set aside self and live as He lived, love as He loved.
All you need is love. 1 Corinthians 13: 1-7
Ah… the standard line of ‘All you need is Love’ – the Beatles sang about it, the flower power movement chanted it and a Harvard study in 2009 even agreed it – all we need is love. Yet, just because the secular world has claimed it for their own, does not mean that God’s truth has stopped being truth. There is something very powerful about God’s intentions, how could there not be worldwide ‘love’ movement?