Following Jesus: Focus On The Message – Matthew 2

 

Last Updated on February 11, 2024 by Rocklyn Clarke

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Welcome to Focus On The Message – the first component of our Following Jesus discipleship program. This web page contains the lessons for:

Matthew 2

Purpose

Follow this link for information about these key aspects of our training: Purpose, Goals, Habits, Ministries, and Assignments.


Matthew 2

This chapter has 3 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.

Lesson 1: The Visit of the Magi

Main text and related passages:

  • Matthew 2:1-12 NIV – The Visit of the Magi
  • Micah 5:2 – (click on “read full chapter” in Bible Gateway to see this verse in its context)

Checkout the following:

Topics to explore:

    • How many Magi were there?

Additional resources to check out:

Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

    • Read the main passage and related passages above.
    • Watch the “God With Us” video from the Tim Mackie series on Matthew above.

Lesson 2: The Escape to Egypt

Main text and related passages:

  • Matthew 2:13-18 NIV – The Escape to Egypt
  • Hosea 11:1 NIV – (click on “read full chapter” in Bible Gateway to see this verse in its context)
  • Jeremiah 31:15 NIV – (click on “read full chapter” in Bible Gateway to see this verse in its context)

Checkout the following:

This passage is the first murder recorded in the New Testament. Checkout the first murder recorded in the Old Testament: 

Topics to explore:

    • Where is God when tough circumstances happened to Jesus’ family?
    • Can you imagine anything more tragic than the death of an innocent child? Why does God allow tragedies to take place?
    • “Out of Egypt” – redoing Israel’s history the right way.

Additional resources to check out:

Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

    • Read the main passage and related passages above.
    • Read the context of Hosea 11:1. How does God feel about his “son” that he called out of Egypt in this passage? Is Matthew quoting Hosea 11:1 as a parallel or as a contrast?
    • If you haven’t already, watch the “God With Us” video from the Tim Mackie series on Matthew above.

Lesson 3: The Return to Nazareth

Main text and related passages:

Topics to explore:

    • “Out of Egypt” – redoing Israel’s history the right way.

Additional resources to check out:

Training assignment (do this yourself, and use it to help train someone else):

    • Read the main passage and related passages above.
    • If you haven’t already, watch the “God With Us” video from the Tim Mackie series on Matthew above.
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Last Updated on February 11, 2024 by Rocklyn Clarke

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