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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:

Unit 5: Matthew 14 – 18

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

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Unit 5: Matthew 14 – 18

In this unit each chapter comprises multiple lessons for a total of 4 altogether. You should ideally cover one chapter a week, but please don’t let a week go by without completing at least one lesson.

Matthew 14

Lesson 1: John the Baptist Beheaded

Main text and related passages:

• John the Baptist Beheaded – Matthew 14:1-12 – Bible Gateway
  • Mark 6:14-29

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

• • 22. Severed Heads and Hungry Crowds [Matthew] – Tim Mackie (The Bible Project) – YouTube

Lesson 2: Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

Main text and related passages:

• Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand – Matthew 14:13-21 – Bible Gateway
  • Mark 6:32-44
  • Luke 9:10-17
  • John 6:1-15

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

• • 22. Severed Heads and Hungry Crowds [Matthew] – Tim Mackie (The Bible Project) – YouTube

Lesson 3: Jesus Walks on the Water

Main text and related passages:

• Jesus Walks on the Water – Matthew 14:22-36 – Bible Gateway
  • Mark 6:45-56
  • John 6:16-24

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

Matthew 15

Lesson 4: Clean and Unclean

Main text and related passages:

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

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; Rev 21:8; 22:15
    • Matthew 15:
      • murder
      • adultery
      • sexual immorality
      • 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

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

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Advance to Unit 6: Matthew 19 – 25