Matthew-8

THE LIFE OF CHRIST
Based on the NT Book of Matthew

Lesson Eight
Chapter 22 (Cont.): Jesus' Showdown with Religious Hierarchy

DAY ONE:

VERSE 20-21� Jesus asked for a coin when challenged whether they should pay taxes to the foreign occupation government.� (If he said yes, he'd make the Jews mad; if he said no, he'd make Rome mad.)� He then asked whose portrait and name were on it.� They replied ______________________.� So he said, "Give to ________________ what is ______________, and to ___________ what is ____________."

VERSE 23�� The Sadducee religious sect believed there is no _____________________, so tried their own entrapment question.

VERSE 24-28� They asked him that if a woman married _______________ times, who would she be married to in heaven.

VERSE 29�� Jesus answered that in heaven people will not __________________, but be as the _______________.

VERSE 31-32� Then he went on to correct their false believe that we are not resurrected after we die.� He cited in the Old Testament that God said, "I _______ the God of _________________________________________."

�� God is not the God of the ________________ but the ____________________.

VERSE 34-38� Now it is the Pharisees turn again.� So they asked him to show favouritism for one of the Laws of Moses.� He did not mention any of the Ten Commandments.� Instead, he said, "__________________ the Lord your God with all your _______________________, all your _________________, and all your ________________."

VERSE 39�� He said the second greatest commandment is "________ your __________________ as _______________."

VERSE 40�� Every one of the approximately 600 laws in the Old Testament are summed up in these ______ commandments.

VERSE 41-44� Jesus now matches the intelligence of the religious scholars by putting a theological question to them:� According to many prophecies, the Christ was to be the son of ______________________.

�� Yet, David in one of his psalms said, "________ Lord said to _______ Lord, sit at my ________________."

VERSE 45�� Then he asks them how he can be David's son and his Lord at the same time?� They knew he was a descendant of David.� But they did not want to admit he was also the son of _______________.

Chapter 23: Jesus Condemns Hypocrite Religious Leaders

DAY TWO:

VERSE 1-3�� Jesus then told the crowd they had to obey what the religious leaders say, but warned them not to _____ what they _____, because they do not ____________________________ what they ____________________.

VERSE 4�� The religious hierarchy was putting heavy loads of minute rules and regulations which they themselves were not willing to __________________ a __________________ to help with.

VERSE 5�� Everything the religious hierarchy was doing was for men to _______.� That including tying little boxes (phylacteries) on their foreheads containing scriptures.

VERSE 6�� They loved the places of _____________ and the most important _________________.

VERSE 7�� They insisted on being called by the title ____________________.

VERSE 8�� Jesus told the people not to give religious titles to religious leaders because ultimately they all have one Savior and are all ________________________________.

VERSE 9�� He also told them not to call anyone on earth ___________________ in a religious sense, for we have only ________ Father and he is in ____________________________.

VERSE 10�� Nor were they to call anyone by the title _____________________ in a religious sense, because their only true Teacher is ___________________________.

DAY THREE:

VERSE 12�� If we _________________ ourselves, we will ultimately be ____________________.� If we

�� ___________________________ ourselves, we will ultimately be ______________________.

VERSE 13-14� Jesus accused the religious hierarchy of shutting the __________________________ of _________________

�� in people's _________________.� They did not want to do what was necessary to enter the church, and they did not want anyone else to either.

VERSE 15�� Even though they were religious teachers, he said they were _______________ of hell.� Pretty strong language.� It was his last effort to get them to acknowledge it and ask for forgiveness and change their ways.� Some did, but not very many.� Name one who did (see John 3:1 & 5 ):� _____________________

VERSE 23�� They insisted people tithe even the smallest seeds.� Yet they neglected ___________________, _________

�� and __________________________________.

VERSE 25�� Jesus said they insisted on clean dishes, but inside they were full of ___________________ and

�� _______________________________________________.

DAY FOUR:

VERSE 27-28� Jesus said the religious hierarchy was like _________________________________________________.

�� They were beautiful on the outside, but inside were ________________________________________.

�� In other words, they appeared to be ___________________________, but inside were just _________________.

VERSE 29-32� Jesus said they decorated the tombs of the ____________________, and said they wouldn't have killed them had they lived then, but they are just like them.� (He knew they were about to kill him too.)

VERSE 33�� Then Jesus told them outright that they were all going to _____________.

VERSE 37-39� As Jesus left the Temple (which is the highest part of Jerusalem) he said of the city that he'd longed to ______

�� ______________________ as a __________________________________________, but they refused.

Chapter 24: Jesus Predicts Destruction of Temple and of World

DAY FIVE:

VERSE 1-2�� As he was leaving, Jesus' twelve disciples commented on the huge Temple, the size of Temple and its grounds, some 1000 feet square, or approximately 1/5 of a mile square.� Jesus predicted that not one _________ would be left on another.�

�� NOTE:� This prediction came true 37 years later in AD 70 under the Roman Titus Caesar.

VERSE 3�� Jesus' apostles asked them the following questions:

�� (1)� When will this (destruction of Temple) _______________.

�� (2)� What will be the sign of your __________________ and the end of the age?

�� NOTE:� Jesus will answer question one in verses 4-29.

��He will answer question two in verses 30-51.

VERSE 4-5�� First, there will be many men in Palestine claiming, "______________________."�

�� NOTE:� The Christ was a Jewish expectation, so people of other nations would not be interested in claiming to be the Christ.� Josephus, the famous Jewish historian, wrote about 100 AD about all the men around Palestine claiming to be the Christ.

VERSE 6-8�� Second, there will be rumors of ________________, and there will be _______________ and __________

�� in various places.

�� NOTE:� When Jesus died, there was an earthquake.� There was another one the morning he rose from the dead.� (See Matthew 27:51 and 28:2) .

VERSE 9�� Third, his disciples will be _________________________ and put to _____________.

�� NOTE:� The first of his twelve disciples was put to death eleven years later in AD 44 (see Acts 12:2).

VERSE 11�� Fourth, many _______________________________________________ will appear.

�� NOTE:� This was acknowledged several times after this.� One example is 1 John 4:1.

VERSE 14�� Fifth, the gospel will be preached to the whole world.

�� NOTE:� This was accomplished in about twenty years.� See Colossians 1:23.

VERSE 15�� Sixth, an abomination will stand in the most _________________ __________________ of the Temple.

�� NOTE:� Josephus said that the Roman General Titus, soon to become the next Caesar, went into the Holy of Holies of the Temple, a place forbidden to everyone but the High Priest, and then only once a year.

DAY SIX:

VERSE 20�� Jesus said they should pray this does not occur in the __________________________ or on the holy _____

�� day.

VERSE 23�� Still the false Christs will appear.

VERSE 29�� After the Temple is burned, all of Jerusalem will be burned, thus causing the sun to be __________________

�� and the moon to not give its ___________________.� (An eye-witness description of what happened is available, written by Josephus, the famous Jewish historian.

�� As a lead-in to the sign of the end of time, Jesus talks about the ______________ falling.

�� NOTE:� Josephus said that after the Temple was burned, "Thus there was a star resembling a sword, which stood over the city, and a comet, that continued a whole year."

VERSE 30�� Now Jesus discusses their second question regarding the sign when Jesus will return.

�� First, everyone throughout the world will _______________ Jesus coming on the __________________.

VERSE 31�� Second, Jesus will send his _____________________ with a loud _______________ call, and they will gather his ________________.� Who are God's elect (see 2 Timothy 2:8-11)?� _____________________

VERSE 32-35� For some reason, Jesus reverts to the destruction of the Temple, for he says this generation will __________ pass away until all these things have happened.

VERSE 36�� Now he is back to talking about the end of the world.� Even though people today are predicting it will be in the year 2000, Jesus said, "________________ knows about that _____ or _______________, not even the _______________ in heaven, nor the ____________, but only the _______________ knows."

VERSE 44�� Jesus will return at an hour when we ___________________________________________________.

VERSE 47-51� But the servant that beats his fellow servants will be assigned a place with the ____________________

�� where there is ________________________ and _________________________ of teeth.

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