Sunday, January 26, 2014

Passage Matthew 16

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Sign from Heaven - Pharisees & teachers request sign while Disciples reminded of signs receives warning of contamination (Matthew 16:1-12)

a. Pharisee and Teacher request sign from heaven (1)

b. Jesus challenge that they don’t interpret signs they have (2-4)

c. Disciples talk about bread while Jesus reminds of signs and warns of yeast (5-12)

Jesus asks for response to signs – Who is the Son of Man? (Matthew 16:13-20)

a. What do the people say Jesus is? (13-14)

b. Who does the disciples say Jesus is with Peter’s bold confession (15-16)

c. Jesus commends Simon’s bold confession and faith as foundation for Kingdom of Heaven (17-18)

d. Jesus gives authority to disciples to work for Him (19-20)

Jesus describes suffering to come and cost to Disciples and followers (Matthew 16:21-28)

a. Jesus explains suffering to come (21)

b. Peter rebuked for challenge to God’s course for Jesus (22-23)

c. Jesus describes priorities – Deny Self, take up cross and follow Jesus. (24-26)

d. Reward for those that follow based upon Kingdom accomplishments (27-28)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Division	Scripture
Sign from Heaven - Pharisees & teachers request sign while Disciples reminded of signs receives warning of contamination	Matthew 16:1-12
Jesus asks for response to signs – Who is the Son of Man?	Matthew 16:13-20
Jesus describes suffering to come and cost to Disciples and followers	Matthew 16:21-28

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Request for sign challenged, Jesus faith confession is foundation of Kingdom

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

To learn that followers of Jesus must recognize the signs of God and confess Jesus as Son of God and Lord.

Specific Application Questions

	1. What signs do you see from God that you ignore? What action should you take?
	2. Who do you say Jesus is? Have you made a commitment to Him?
	3. What are you doing personally to follow Jesus? What actions are you taking right now?

Principles to Remember

	God has shown the signs that lead to faith in Jesus.
	All are asked to take a step of faith and confess Jesus is Lord.
	We are asked to sacrifice and follow Jesus in difficult times.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Matthew 15; Lesson 16

John's study this week:

Content (Summarize 10 – 15 statements on the passage)

Matthew 15

1. Matthew 15:1 – 3 Pharisees question Jesus about His disciples breaking the law to which Jesus rebukes them with his classic quote, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

2. Matthew 15:4 – 6 Jesus teaches Pharisees using the commandment to honor father and mother and that it is not the Pharisees’ position to as Jesus said,’ nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.”
3. Matthew 15:7 – 9 Jesus quotes Isaiah’s prophesy:
"‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’”
4. Matthew 15:10 – 11 ^Jesus teaches the crowd listening to him saying, “Listen and understand. ¹¹What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth that is what defiles them.”
5. Matthew 15:12 – 14 When His disciples tell Jesus that Jesus statement offended the Pharisees, Jesus gives his parable about defilement: “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
6. Matthew 15:15 – 20 When Peter asks what He means, Jesus replies with a story about what goes into the body through the mouth does not defile, but what come out does. The same is true of what evil the heart may express outward through the mouth defiles. But eating without washing does not defile. Note: Jesus explicitly lists: evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
7. Matthew 15:21 – 23a Jesus then withdraws to the region of Tyre and Sidon where a Canaanite woman came to him crying out for Jesus to have mercy and heal her daughter of demon possession and suffering, to which Jesus initially does not reply.
8. Matthew 15:23b – 24 When the disciples urge Jesus to send her on her way, Jesus teaches them saying “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” which is controversial.
9. Matthew 15:25 - 28 When the woman came, knelt before Jesus as asked “Lord, help me,” Jesus uses the moment to teach asking “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” to which she replied, “Yes it is, Lord, Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table,” so which Jesus replied, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” and her daughter was healed at that moment.
10. Matthew 15:29 – 31 Jesus the traveled along the Sea of Galilee and nearby mountains healing people, amazing the crowds and all praising the God of Israel.
11. Matthew 15:32 – 36 Jesus demonstrates his compassion for people and wishing to feed them demonstrating again his sovereignty over our world, who after asking the crowd to sit, gave thanks and took the 7 loaves of bread and a few small fish and broke them, gave them to the disciples who in turn gave them to the people.
12. Matthew 15:37 – 38 After the four thousand men, besides women and kids, had eaten and were satisfied, the disciples up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
13. Matthew 15:39After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

Divisions (Two – three main summaries of passage being studied)

1. Matthew 15:1 – 20 Jesus corrects and denounces religiously held traditions as ‘truth’ as opposed to scriptural truth and the heart.

Application: How do we best prepare ourselves to discern truth from falsity and what is my response to be?

2. Matthew 15:21 - 28 Jesus answers a Canaanite women’s request

Application: How is your compassion demonstrated when facing the needs of someone you may feel may not be ‘worth my time’?

3. Mathew 14:29 – 39 Jesus and disciples feed the 4000.

Application: 4000 or 7 billion, Jesus’ compassion is for all people. How is your compassion playing out here in the Silicon Valley?

Subject Sentence (Ten words or less)

Jesus corrects Pharisees, ministers to Gentiles and feeds the 4000.

AIM (Single / main point of teaching for the passage)

TCTATS that Jesus ‘s desire is to reach others with the truth will meet people where they are at, at church, on the street, even at outdoor revivals.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Matthew 14; Lesson 15

Chuck's Study this week:

Lesson 15

Passage Matthew 14

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Jesus miraculous is known to Herod and revives guilt for killing John the Baptist (Matthew 14:1-12)

a. Confusion thinking Jesus must be Jesus risen from dead (1-2)

b. Herod’s sin with brother’s wife and reluctance to kill John(3-5)

c. Herodias evil request as reward for daughter’s dance (6-12)

Jesus miraculous power demonstrates compassion to crowds with healing and feeding of 5000 (Matthew 14:13-21)

a. Jesus withdraws and crowds follow to see compassionate healing (13-14)

b. 5000 feed demonstrating miraculous powers (15-19)

c. Abundance demonstrated as fish and loaves gathered (20-21)

Jesus miraculous power is visible to disciples bringing faith identifying Jesus as Son of God (Matthew 14:22-36)

a. Jesus sends disciples ahead and He prays alone (22-23)

b. Disciples buffeted in boat during storm (24)

c. Jesus walks on water and disciples terrified (25-27)

d. Peter demonstrates “little faith” allowing Jesus salvation in time of need and calming storm (28-31)

e. Disciples recognized Jesus as Son of God (32-33)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Division	Scripture
Jesus miraculous power is known to Herod and revives guilt for killing John the Baptist	Matthew 14:1-12
Jesus miraculous power demonstrates compassion to crowds with healing and feeding of 5000	Matthew 14:13-21
Jesus miraculous power is visible to disciples bringing faith and identifying Jesus as Son of God	Matthew 14:22-36

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Jesus mighty power highlights Herod’s guilt, healing and water-walking

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

To learn that to prayer is the source of comfort and strength as we deal with life’s challenges. Jesus found comfort talking to His Heavenly Father and it illustrates what we gain through our daily prayer time.

Specific Application Questions

	1. What things do you have guilt, and have you taken these to God and asked for forgiveness?
	2. How do you demonstrate compassion to those you see in need?
	3. How are you demonstrating the faith in Jesus and trusting Him in your circumstances?

Principles to Remember

	Knowledge of sin brings guilt
	Compassion is demonstrated in action
	Jesus is the Son of God; faith is required in our daily walk.

Matthew 13:31 - 35, 44 - 58; Lesson 14

John's study this week:

Content (Summarize 10 – 15 statements on the passage)

Matthew 13:31-35

1. Matthew 13:31 - 32 Jesus gives us the parable of the kingdom of heaven being like a mustard seed planted and grows in the garden to become a tree and give support to birds who come and rest in it.

2. Matthew 13:33 – 33 Jesus gives us the parable of the kingdom of heaven being like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
3. Matthew 13: 34 – 35 Jesus spoke of many things, always in parables thus fulfilling the prophesy: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”

Matthew 13:44-58

4. Matthew 13:44 - 44 Jesus gives us a parable of the kingdom of heaven being like treasure hidden in a field which when a man finds it, hides it again then sells all he has and buys the land where he hid it.

5. Matthew 13:45 – 46 Jesus gives us the parable of the kingdom of heaven like a merchant looking for fine pearls, who when he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
6. Matthew 13:47 – 48 Jesus gives us the parable of the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish, and when it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore, then sat down and collected the good fish in baskets and threw the bad away.
7. Matthew 13:49 – 51 Jesus then added and confirmed that we understand that this last parable speaks of the end of the age when angels will separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
8. Matthew 13:52 – 52 Jesus then teaches that every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.
9. Matthew 13:53 – 57 Jesus then taught in his home town where He taught people who marveled at his wisdom and questioned where he got his power taking offense in their unbelief to which Jesus said to them “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.”
10. Matthew 13:58 – 58 Jesus did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.

Divisions (Two – three main summaries of passage being studied)

Matthew 13:31 – 32 Jesus teaches us prophetically that the church will grow from its humble beginning to a church that will reach the world for Christ.

Application: What are you doing to promote the growth of the church and the shelter it offers?

Matthew 13:33 – 35 Jesus teaches us that corruption (leavening) or worldly influence in the church is inevitable and will weaken the message of the Gospel.
Application: Cling to Jesus and His truth; do not stand for the corruption that may easily ensnare others.

Mathew 13:44 – 58 Jesus teaches us that He seeks to have us as His treasure or pearl, and values us to have us at any cost, to the point of his sacrificial death.

Application: How do you see yourself, as a treasure or pearl to Jesus? Remember not to hang on to guilt or past wrongs as you have been forgiven and the past forgotten.