Following Jesus: Focus On The Message – Matthew 15

Last Updated on June 3, 2022 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 15

Purpose

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

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Matthew 15

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: Clean and Unclean

Main text and related passages:

• Clean and Unclean – Matthew 15:1-20 – Bible Gateway
  • Mark 7:1-23

Checkout the following:

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Topics to explore:

• • Bad behavior
    • Vice lists: Matthew 15:19-20; Mark 7:21-23; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Galatians 5:19-21; ; Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 3:5-6; 1 Peter 4:3; Revelation 21:8; 22:15
    • Matthew 15:
      • murder
      • adultery
      • sexual immorality – Leviticus 18 (NIV); Leviticus 20:10-21 (NIV)
      • theft
      • false testimony
      • slander
    • Mark 7: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly
    • 1 Corinthians 6: sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers
    • Galatians 5: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like
    • Ephesians 5: No immoral, impure or greedy person
    • Colossians 3: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry
    • 1 Peter 4: debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry
    • Revelation 21: cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars

Additional resources to check out:

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

Lesson 2: Faith of the Canaanite Woman

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 15:21-28 – Bible Gateway
  • Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30

Checkout the following:

• • “He will save his people from their sins” – Matthew 1:20-21
  • “Go only to the lost sheep of Israel” – Matthew 10:5-8
  • “Don’t give dogs what is sacred”: Matthew 7:6
  • Video: How to Read the Bible: The Gospel | BibleProject™ (00:05:38)
  • Watch: The Satan and Demons – Spiritual Beings Theme Video | BibleProject™ (00:06:20)

Topics to explore:

• • Why did Jesus say he was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel?
    • “He will save his people from their sins” – Matthew 1:20-21
    • “Go only to the lost sheep of Israel” – Matthew 10:5-8

Additional resources to check out:

• • 23. The Other Side of the Lake [Matthew] – Tim Mackie (The Bible Project) – YouTube
  • Life Church Counseling Page

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

Lesson 3: Jesus Heals the Sick and Feeds the Four Thousand

Main text and related passages:

• Matthew 15:29-39 – Bible Gateway
  • Matthew 15:29-39; Mark 7:31 – 8:10

Checkout the following:

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Topics to explore:

• • Jesus heals the sick
    • Jesus fulfills a prophecy – Isaiah 35
  • Jesus feeds the four thousand
    • The disciples seem unprepared even though they recently saw Jesus feed the five thousand. This may be because Jesus was in Gentile territory where they did not expect him to perform a comparable miracle.

Additional resources to check out:

• • 23. The Other Side of the Lake [Matthew] – Tim Mackie (The Bible Project) – YouTube
  • John Wimber’s Journey Into Healing
  • The 5 Step Healing Model – John Wimber

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

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Advance to Matthew 16