Week 40: Reading the Bible in a Year with Pastor Schultz
Readings
10/2 - Matthew 5-6
10/3 - Matthew 7-8
10/4 - Matthew 9-11:1
10/5 - Matthew 11:2-12
10/6 - Matthew 13-17
10/7 - Matthew 18-19
10/8 - Matthew 20-21
We are coving a lot of ground this week in Matthew’s Gospel.
We begin the week with Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount. Take your time going through these first three chapters this week. The Bible is written very compactly. A lot is taught, and a lot happens in only a few verses. The Sermon on the Mount is beautiful, complex, and yet very straight forward.
By the end of the week, you’ll be seeing Jesus’ entrance to Jerusalem and the cleansing of the temple.
Here are some great notes about the Gospel of Matthew from my favorite study Bible, The Lutheran Study Bible.
Author - Matthew Levi the apostle
Date - Written c AD 50
Places - Galilee; Judea; Nazareth; Capernaum; Tyre and Sidon; Jerusalem; Jericho; Bethany; Jordan River; Mount of Olives; Gethsemane
People - Jesus; John the Baptist; the 12 apostles; Jesus’ family; scribes; Pharisees; Sadducees; Herod the Great; Herod Antipas; Mary Magdalene; Mary the mother of James and Joseph; the mother of James and John
Purpose - To proclaim that God’s end-times rule has come in the person and ministry of Jesus Christ
Law Themes - God’s rule in judgment; repentance; political and religious opposition; authoritative teaching; confronting a brother who sins
Gospel Themes - God’s rule in mercy; Gospel; Baptism; compassion; authoritative teaching; ransom; Lord’s Supper; forgiving a brother who sins
Memory Verses - Jesus’ birth (1:18–25); the Beatitudes (5:1–12); prayer and the Golden Rule (7:7–14); rest from Jesus (11:28–30); parable of the net interpreted (13:47–50); forgiveness and the Church (18:15–20); make disciples (28:18–20)
Edward A. Engelbrecht, The Lutheran Study Bible (St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2009), 1575.