Mobile Ed: NT317 Book Study: The Gospel of Matthew in Its Greco-Roman Context (11 hour course)

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Course and the Speaker

Unit 1: The Great Commission

• Cross-Cultural Command
• Cross-Cultural Love
• Baptizing in the Name
• Discipleship by Grace

Unit 2: Ancestry and Infancy of Jesus

• The Genesis of Jesus (Matt 1:1–17)
• Unique Genealogy for Unique Purpose (Matt 1:1–17)
• Focus on Jesus’ Adoptive Father (Matt 1:18–25)
• Matthew’s Use of Isaiah 7:14 (Matt 2:22–23)
• The Magi and Herod the Great (Matt 2:1–18)
• Jewish-Pagan Role Reversal (Matt 2:1–18)
• Jesus and Egypt (Matt 2:13–21)
• The Massacre of the Innocents and Jesus’ Return (Matt 2:16–23)

Unit 3: Prepare the Way of the Lord

• John the Baptist: Lifestyle (Matt 3:1–6)
• John the Baptist: Mission (Matt 3:1–12)
• Baptism with Fire (Matt 3:10–12)
• Jesus’ Baptism and Divinity (Matt 3:13–17)
• Testing in the Wilderness Matt 4:1–11)
• The Power of Scripture
• Galilee and the Kingdom of God (Matt 4:12–17)
• Calling Fishers of People (Matt 4:18–22)
• Healing and Popularity (Matt 4:23–25)

Unit 4: Ethics of the Kingdom: Part 1

• Sermon on the Mount Overview (Matt 5–7)
• Sermon Rhetoric and Setting
• The Beatitudes (Matt 5:2–11)
• Disciples’ Character: Salt and Light (Matt 5:13–16)
• The Law of Moses (Matt 5:17–48)
• Law Limits Sin, Jesus Delivers from Sin (Matt 5:21–48)
• Divorce (Matt 5:31–32)
• Integrity and Surrender (Matt 5:33–42)

Unit 5: Ethics of the Kingdom: Part 2

• Love Your Enemy (Matt 5:43–48)
• Glorify God, Not Yourself (Matt 6:1–18)
• The Kingdom Prayer: Part 1 (Matt 6:9–10)
• The Kingdom Prayer: Part 2 (Matt 6:11–13)
• Fasting and Treasure (Matt 6:16–24)
• Trusting God for Our Needs (Matt 6:25–34)
• Judging and the Golden Rule (Matt 7:1–12)
• Present Claims versus Future Judgment (Matt 7:13–27)

Unit 6: Examples of Jesus’ Miracles

• Jesus’ Miracles: Sovereignty, Love, Mission (Matt 8:1–4)
• A Roman’s Expectation (Matt 8:5–13)
• Jesus the Healer (Matt 8:14–17)
• What Does It Mean to Follow Jesus? (Matt 8:18–22)
• Jesus’ Authority over Nature and Demons (Matt 8:23–34)
• Jesus’ Authority to Forgive Sins (Matt 9:1–8)
• Sinners Need a Physician (Matt 9:9–13)
• A Time for Everything (Matt 9:14–26)
• Cures for Disabilities (Matt 9:27–38)

Unit 7: Discipleship, Warnings, and the Sabbath

• All about Apostles (Matt 10:1–15)
• Judgment and Persecution (Matt 10:5–33)
• Unrivaled Devotion to Jesus (Matt 10:34–42)
• Miracles: Doubt versus Evidence
• The Blind See, the Lame Walk (Matt 11:1–6)
• The Deaf Hear, the Dead Are Raised (Matt 11:5)
• Deeper than Miracles (Matt 11:1–6)
• Elijah and Divine Wisdom (Matt 11:7–30)
• Lord of the Sabbath, Servant of God (Matt 12:1–21)
• Blaspheming, Judgment, and Kingdom Priorities (Matt 12:22–50)

Unit 8: Kingdom, Miracles, and Costs

• What Is a Parable?
• Sower, Soils, and Weeds (Matt 13:1–30)
• The Kingdom of Heaven (Matt 13:31–53)
• Herod and Herodias versus John the Baptist (Matt 14:1–12)
• Water and Tradition under Divine Authority (Matt 14:22–15:20)
• Bread and Leaven (Matt 15:10–16:12)
• Peter’s Confession of Christ (Matt 16:13–23)
• Jesus’ Transfiguration and the Spiritual World (Matt 16:18b–17:20)
• Anthropology, Psychiatry, and Demon Possession
• Tax Miracle (Matt 17:24–27)

Unit 9: Teaching and Triumph

• Humility and Church Discipline (Matt 18:1–5, 15–20)
• The King Settles Accounts (Matt 18:21–35)
• Grounds for Divorce and Welcoming Children (Matt 19:1–15)
• Cost of Discipleship and the Generosity of God (Matt 19:16–20:16)
• Path to Honor, Cleansing the Temple (Matt 20:20–21:32)
• Parable of the Murderous Tenants (Matt 21:33–46)
• Scorning the King’s Son (Matt 22:1–14)
• Conflicts with the Elite (Matt 22:15–46)

Unit 10: Signs, Watchfulness, and Judgment

• Hypocrisy and Universal Temptation
• Call to Humility (Matt 23:2–12)
• Woe to Human Religion (Matt 23:13–28)
• Scribes and Pharisees: Purity Challenged (Matt 23:24–28)
• Blood on a Generation (Matt 23:29–39)
• Temple Destruction Foretold (Matt 24:1–51)
• Jesus’ Instructions to Flee (Matt 24:15–20)
• Jesus’ Return (Matt 24:21–31)
• Parables of Jesus’ Return and Judgment (Matt 24:45–25:46)

Unit 11: Passion, Death, and Resurrection

• Jesus’ Worth (Matt 26:1–16)
• The Last Supper (Matt 26:17–30)
• Betrayal, Arrest, and Trial (Matt 26:31–68)
• Into the Jaws of Rome (Matt 26:69–27:37)
• Jesus’ Crucifixion (Matt 27:32–56)
• Guardians of Jesus’ Body (Matt 27:57–66)
• Jesus’ Resurrection (Matt 28:1–14)

Conclusion

• Discipleship and Multiplication (Matt 28:16–20)