2. REVIEW
• MATTHEW’S CHURCH= NEW CHRISTIANS
• FRESH OUT OF SYNAGOGUE
• EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIVES HAS CHANGED- LIKE OURS
• STRUGGLING WITH IDENTITY AND LIFESTYLE
• TRYING TO INCORPORATE THE OLD WITH THE NEW
3. WHOSE MATTHEW?
• MATTHEW MEANS “GIFT OF GOD” AND IS VERY CLOSE TO THE GREEK WORD FOR
“DISCIPLE”
• DON’T KNOW WHO THIS GUY WAS BUT MATTHEW IS MENTIONED TWICE IN THE
TEXT ITSELF: (LOOK THESE UP)- MATTHEW 9:9, 10:3
• MEANT TO WRITE IT AS A BIOGRAPHY
• DON’T FORGET THE AUDIENCE…
4. CHAPTER 2:1-6
• QUESTION: WHAT IS MENTIONED IN THIS TEXT THAT CONNECTS US BACK TO
THE OLD TESTAMENT AGAIN?
• SOMEONE FIND AND READ MICAH 5:2 (IN THE OLD TESTAMENT)
• WHAT ELSE IN THIS TEXT WOULD HELP A ONCE JEWISH PERSON TRANSITIONING
INTO A CHRISTIAN?
5. CHAPTER 2: 7-12
• PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD TEXT
• ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PART?
6. CHAPTER 2:13-15
• WHAT IS ANOTHER REFERENCE TO THE OLD TESTAMENT HERE? YOU SHOULD BE
USED TO THIS BY NOW!
• WHO IS ANOTHER JOSEPH MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE? (GEN 46)
• RULES EGYPT WITH PHARAOH, FAMINE HAPPENS, ALL COME TO EGYPT
• GO BACK TO EXODUS 1-15 AND SKIM THE CHAPTERS.
• GOD’S DELIVERANCE OF HIS PEOPLE (THE JEWS) FROM EGYPTIAN SLAVERY
• “OUT OF EGYPT I HAVE CALLED MY SON”
7. CHAPTER 2:16-18
• WHO DOES KING HEROD REMIND YOU OF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT?
• GO BACK THROUGH EXODUS 1-2
• PHARAOH’S ACTIONS BACK IN EGYPT- HAD BABY BOYS KILLED DUE TO THREAT OF
POWER
9. HERE IS A SECRET….
• MATTHEW IS THE ONLY ONE WHO TELLS THIS STORY OF THE THREE WISE MEN
OUT OF ALL THE GOSPELS..
• WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS?
• SO DID THIS EVENT REALLY HAPPEN?
10. THE MESSAGE
• WHETHER OR NOT IT DID OR DIDN’T, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE COULD WE
LEARN FROM THIS EVENT?
• COMING TO GOD IN DIFFERENT WAYS
• SHOWING THE HATRED JESUS WOULD FACE EARLY ON
• SHOWS A THEME OF OPPOSITES WHICH IS KEY IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW (PUSH AND
PULL)
• LOVE AND HATE
• DISCIPLE VS. MURDERER
11. IF IT DID HAPPEN, WHY WASN’T IT IN THE
OTHER GOSPELS?
• AUDIENCE
• IMPORTANCE
12. RECAP!
• WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT MATTHEW TODAY?
• REALLY KNEW HIS AUDIENCE
• FOUND IT IMPORTANT TO HELP THEM BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN JUDAISM AND
CHRISTIANITY
• WANTED TO HELP NEW CHRISTIANS UNDERSTAND NEW FAITH
• FOUND STORY OF WISE MEN COMING TO SEE JESUS/KING HEROD’S ROLE
IMPORTANT:
• HELPED BRIDGE GAP
• SHOWED HATRED JESUS WOULD FACE
