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The Book of Matthew: A Study Guide

Dive into the powerful teachings of the Book of Matthew with this helpful study guide. Explore themes of hope, redemption, and the transformative power of faith. Designed by Claroruizvicente.

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The Book of Matthew: A Study Guide

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  1. Adult Bible Study Guide Apr • May • Jun 2016 powerpoint presentation designed by claroruizvicente http://clarovicente.weebly.com

  2. The Book of Matthew Andy Nash, Principal Contributor

  3. The Book of Matthew Our Goal Thoughhis audience was primarily Jews, Matthew’s message of hope and Redemption speakstous, as well; a people whoneed Someone to do for us what we never can do for ourselves. We do well to listen carefully each week

  4. The Book of Matthew Contents 1 Son of David 2 The Ministry Begins 3 The Sermon on the Mount 4 “Get Up and Walk!” Faith and Healing 5 The Seen and the Unseen War 6 Resting in Christ 7 Lord of Jews and Gentiles 8 Peter and the Rock 9 Idols of the Soul (and Other Lessons From Jesus) 10 Jesus in Jerusalem 11  Last Day Events 12  Jesus’ Last Days 13 Crucified and Risen

  5. The Book of Matthew Lesson 3, April 16 The Sermon on theMount

  6. The Sermon on the Mount Key Text Matthew 7:28, 29 NIV “When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.”

  7. The Sermon on the Mount Quick Look 1. Principles and Standards(Matthew 5:11, 12) 2. Grace and Law(Matthew 6:12, 14, 15) 3. Principles and Applications(Matthew 5:43-48)

  8. The Sermon on the Mount Initial Words TheSermon on the Mount is the most powerful sermon ever preached. His words have profoundly influenced not only its immediate listeners but all who would hear its life-changing messages down through the centuries and even to our time. And yet, we must not just listen to this sermon; we also must apply it.

  9. The Sermon on the Mount 1. Principles and Standards Matthew 5:11, 12 NKJV “ ‘Blessedare you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.’ ”

  10. 1. Principles and Standards Fleeting Versus Eternal Kingdom Different views on the Sermon: 1. Impossibly high moral standard that drives us to our knees and causes us to claim the righteousness of Jesus as our only hope of salvation. 2. A discourse in civil ethics, a call for pacifism. 3. Social gospel: a call to bring the king-domof God to earth by human effort.

  11. 1. Principles and Standards Fleeting Versus Eternal Kingdom “In the Sermon on the Mount He sought to undo the work that had been wrought by false education, and to give His hearers a right conception of His kingdom and of His own char- acter.... We no less than they need to learn the foundation principles of the kingdom of God.” —The Desire of Ages 299.

  12. 1. Principles and Standards Fleeting Versus Eternal Kingdom The Sermon on the Mount gives us the foundation principles of God’s kingdom; what God is like, as the ruler of His kingdom, and what God calls us to be like, as subjects of His kingdom. A call from the principles and standards of the fleeting kingdoms of this world to the principles and standards of the one kingdom that will exist forever.

  13. The Sermon on the Mount 2. Grace and Law Matthew 6:12, 14, 15 NKJV “ ‘AndForgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.’ ”

  14. 2. Grace and Law A New “Law of Christ”? SomeChristians view the Sermon on the Mount as a new “law of Christ,” one that replaced the “law of God.” They say that a system of legalism was now replaced with a system of grace, or that Jesus’ law differs from the law of God itself. These views are misconceptions about the Sermon on the Mount.

  15. 2. Grace and Law A New “Law of Christ”? The faith of Jesus Christ was not a new faith; it was the same faith from the Fall onward. The Sermon on the Mount wasn’t salvation by grace replacing salvation by works. It was always salvation by grace. The children of Israel were saved by grace at the Red Sea before they were asked to obey at Sinai (see Exod. 20:2).

  16. 2. Grace and Law A New “Law of Christ”? Though salvation has always been by faith, and though Judaism, as it should have been practiced, was always a system of grace, legalism did creep in, as it can in any religion that takes obedience seriously, such as Seventh-day Adventism.

  17. 2. Grace and Law A New “Law of Christ”? Mere outward forms, especially those that are man-made, have no power to change lives or transform character. The only true faith is that which works by love (Gal. 5:6); that alone is what makes outward actions acceptable in the sight of God.

  18. The Sermon on the Mount 3. Principles and Applications Matthew 5:43-48 NKJV “ ‘Youshall love your neighbor and hate you enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies.... For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? ... Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”

  19. 3. Principles and Applications Loving People Tobe as perfect as “your Father in heaven”? What does that mean? This isn’t the first time an idea like this is seen in the Bible. In Leviticus 19:2, the Lord says to His people, “ ‘ “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.” ’ ”In Luke 6:36, Jesus said: “ ‘Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.’ ”

  20. 3. Principles and Applications Loving People The whole context here, in Matthew 5:43–48, is not about an outward conformity to rules and standards, however important that may be. Instead, the whole focus on this section deals with loving people, not just those whom anyone could love but those whom, by the world’s standards, we would not generally love.

  21. 3. Principles and Applications Loving People The important thing to remember here is that God does not ask of us anything that He cannot accomplish in us. If left to ourselves, if dominated by our sinful and selfish hearts, who would love their enemies? What greater work could God do in us than to get us, in our own sphere, to love as He loves us?

  22. The Sermon on the Mount Final Words Inthe parables of Matthew 13:44–46, the men found something of great value. Given the context, what they found was the truth, the truth that leads to eternal life. The message of these parables is that not only does truth exist but that truth will make a difference for eternity in every human life.

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