Weekly Life-Study Reading
Message 7—The King's Antecedents and Status (7)
Message 8—The King's Anointing (1)
Week of May 22, 2023—Messages Seven and Eight
Message Seven
Scripture reading: Matt. 2:1-2, 9, 12, 22-23
Key footnotes: 2:2 n.2; 2:23 nn.1-3
How does Matthew’s record of Jesus’ hidden youth demonstrate that He was a kingly child?
Compare the religious people in the Holy Land and the wise men in the pagan land. What should those who seek the Lord depend on and be wary of in trying to find Christ? What is the way to find Christ and appreciate all that He is?
Message Eight
Scripture reading: Matt. 3:1-2, 3b-4, 6
Key footnotes: 3:1 n.2; 3:2 n.2; 3:4 n.1
Discuss the significance of the statement “In Matthew 3 John appeared as Samuel and Jesus appeared as David.” In your answer please discuss how John the Baptist was a genuine priest, not one formally or in shadow.
John’s function as the King’s recommender caused people to repent and to be brought into the kingdom. Discuss the intrinsic significance of John beginning his ministry with repentance (relate this to our entrance into the kingdom).
Week of May 15, 2023—Messages Five and Six
Message Five
Scripture reading: Matt. 1:18, 20, 21, 23
Key footnotes: 1:18 n.1, 1:21 n.1, 1:23 nn.2-3, 1:25 n.1
What are the four matters related to the birth of Christ? Why is each needed?
Why does the Bible say the Word became flesh and not man, and in what sense did He become flesh? What two things were accomplished in the birth of Christ?
Message Six
Scripture reading: Matt. 1:21, 25, 23
Key footnotes: 1:21 n.1, 1:23 nn.2-3, 1:25 n.1
What do the names Jesus and Emmanuel mean and how can they be used by us? Why does Satan hate the name of Jesus and try to overtake the land of Emmanuel?
How can we dwell on these two names?
Week of May 8, 2023—Messages Three and Four
Message Three
Scripture reading: Matt. 1:3b-7a Key footnotes: 1:5 nn.1, 3, 4; 1:6 nn.1-4
What is it to have the birthright? Describe the kind of person who enjoys the birthright of Christ.
What are David's two marriages? What is the significance and issue of David's second marriage?
Message Four
Scripture reading: Matt. 1:6-17 Key footnotes: 1:7 n.1; 1:11 n.2; 1:12 n.1; 1:16 nn.1-2 (review/study chart in the Recovery Version)
Consider the picture of the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah. What does it mean to be outside the line of Christ?
Using the chart, trace the pathway of the traveling Triune God from Abraham to the Christ. How is God's sovereignty seen in the fulfilling of prophecies and the arrangement of the generations?
Week of May 1, 2023—Messages One and Two
Message One
Scripture reading: Matt. 1:1–17
Key footnotes: 1:1 n.1
What is the general sketch and the central thought of the book of Matthew?
Who is Jesus? How is He portrayed in the book of Matthew?
What is the significance of the genealogy of Christ in Matthew? Which groups compose the generation of Christ?
Message Two
Scripture reading: Matt. 1:2–3a
Key footnotes: 1:2 nn.1–4
Why does Matthew's genealogy of Christ begin with Abraham? What are the attributes of the called race?
Explain how the genealogy of Christ is a matter of the birthright.
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