Matthew-5

THE LIFE OF CHRIST
Based on the NT Book of Matthew

Lesson Five
Chapter 13 (cont.): A Chapter of Parables

DAY ONE:

VERSE 41�� The weeds of mankind are those who cause ________ and do ____________.

VERSE 33�� How has the kingdom of heaven developed on earth like yeast? _________________________________ __________________________________________

VERSE 42�� What do you think Jesus is describing as the destination of those who do evil?� __________________________

�� Since all have sinned (see Romans 3:23), are we all condemned (see Acts 2:38)? _____________________

VERSE 43�� Only when the evil ones are separated from those trying to follow the Father will they be able to __________________________________ like the ________________________.

VERSE 47-50� What would happen to the good fish if the bad fish were not thrown away?� ________________________________� What do you think heaven would be like if those who refused to obey God were there?� _____________________

VERSE 55�� Did the people say Jesus WAS the son of the carpenter or IS the son of the carpenter?_______________� Look at John 6:42.� Did they say they KNEW Joseph or KNOW Joseph?� ___________________.�

�� NOTE:� Joseph was still alive the first year of Jesus' ministry, but apparently dead by the time of his crucifixion when he asked John to take his mother, Mary, into his home.� We have no evidence Jesus performed a miracle to save Joseph's life.� Considering the glorious life in heaven, do you think he would have been doing Joseph a favor to keep him from heaven?� ___________________

�� Who were Jesus' brothers?� ____________________________________________________________

VERSE 56�� They also referred to __________ his sisters, indicating he had more than one or two.

Chapter 14: John the Baptist Executed

DAY TWO:

VERSE 1�� Who was the tetrarch (governor) at the time of Jesus?� ________________________

�� NOTE:� Herod was the family name.� His father, Herod the Great, is the one who killed the babies in Bethlehem and who died while Jesus was being hidden in Egypt.

VERSE 3-4�� Whose wife had Herod married?� _____________________________________________________

VERSE 6-8�� The daughter of _________________________ danced at Herod's __________________ party.� Her mother told her to ask for the _______________________ of __________________________________ as a payment for her dancing.

VERSE 9�� Even though he did not want to, Herod agreed because he had given his _________________.� Do people today tend to honor their own word?� ______________

VERSE 13�� Why did Jesus withdraw to a solitary place?� _____________________________________________

VERSE 14-15� The crowd desperately followed Jesus as soon as they spotted him, without going home first to get some ______________ to take along.

VERSE 17�� In the entire crowd, the apostles were able to find only ___________________________________ and _______________________________________________

DAY THREE:

VERSE 20�� How much of the bread and fish was left over?� ___________________________________________

VERSE 21�� How many families did Jesus feed?� ______________________

VERSE 22�� Why do you think Jesus had to make his disciples get into the boat?� (Hint:� Look at verse 24.) ________

�� ________________________________________________________

VERSE 23�� Why did Jesus go into the mountain alone?� (Remember verse 13 above.) __________________________

VERSE 25�� If the first watch of the night started at 6:00 PM and each watch lasted four hours, what time was it now?� __________________________________

VERSE 24�� After all this time, how far out into the Sea of Galilee were they (see John 6:19)?� __________________________

VERSE 25�� Jesus came to them _____________________ on the ____________________.� (NOTE:� Since he walked so far and no one could see him, do you think he was having fun riding the waves?� Do you think the human side of Jesus liked to have fun?)

VERSE 30�� When Peter took his eyes off Jesus and began noticing the wind, he was ___________________ and began to _______________________.

VERSE 31-32� Even though Jesus told Peter, "You of little __________________," how did his faith compare with the other men who stayed on the boat?� ________________________________________________________

Chapter 15: Jesus Escapes to a Foreign Country

DAY FOUR:

VERSE 1�� Even though Jesus was in the northern province of Galilee by the Sea of Galilee, religious leaders came to question him all the way from the southern province of Judea and the capitol city of ___________________________.

VERSE 2�� These religious leaders acted as though it was a sin to break the ____________________________ of the religious elders.� Do today's religious leaders sometimes call things sin that are not in the Bible?� _____________________

VERSE 3�� Jesus answered their question with a question.� "Why do you break the _______________ of ______________ for the sake of the ____________________________?"� Which is more important?� The traditions of the church of the commands of God?� _________________________________________

VERSE 4-6�� In Jesus' day, the religious leaders were telling people not to help support their __________________ and _________________, but devote the money to God.� By putting such traditions first, they were ___________________________________________ the word of God.

VERSE 8�� Such people honor God with their ________________, but not their ____________________.

DAY FIVE:

VERSE 9�� "They ________________________________ me in _________________ because they follow

�� ____________________ taught by ____________________."

VERSE 14�� Jesus said that these religious leaders were ______________________ leaders of _________________.

VERSE 19�� Notice theft, lying, and slander are in the same sin category with murder, adultery, and other sexual sins.� Do we have a tendency to talk about little sins and big sins?� ___________

VERSE 21�� A couple days after hearing John the Baptist was executed, Jesus ________________ that place and withdrew to _______________________________________, cities in Lebanon where Herod did not have jurisdiction.

VERSE 25�� In desperation, the woman knelt and begged, "____________________________________________."

VERSE 28�� Jesus had just been condemning the religious leaders of his own country, and here is a foreign woman to whom he says, "You have _______________________________________________."

VERSE 29-31� Back by the Sea of Galilee, Jesus did what?� ____________________________________________

DAY SIX:

VERSE 32�� So desperate were people to be with Jesus, they stayed with him how long without eating?� ______________

�� Do we demonstrate that much desire to be with Jesus today?� ___________

VERSE 34�� This time, Jesus' disciples collected _____________ loaves and a few ______________ to feed everyone.

VERSE 35-37� How much was left after everyone ate?� _________________________________________________

VERSE 38�� How many families did Jesus feed this time?� __________________________________________

Chapter 16: Jesus Escapes to Another Foreign Country

VERSE 1�� Even though Jesus had just fed perhaps 15,000 people miraculously, the stubborn religious leaders refused to acknowledge it and still demanded to see a ______________ from the sky.

VERSE 4�� Jesus repeated what he'd told them the last time they demanded a sign, the sign of Jonah.� What was the sign to be (see chapter 12, verse 40)? ________________________________________________

VERSE 5-6�� Then Jesus' own disciples seemed to tempt him by "forgetting" to take along ___________________ on their next trip across the lake.� Jesus warned them not to be unduly influenced by the _____________________who demanded a sign.

VERSE 12�� Jesus used yeast as a sign of false teachings of the __________________________________________.

�� NOTE:� 1 Corinthians 5:5 says our _________________ nature is represented by yeast.� Verse 8, it says yeast represents __________________________ and _____________________________.� This explains the significance of using unleavened bread in the holy communion/Lord's Supper.

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