Matthew Chapter 4 (The trials of Christ) Intro: We saw last Sunday in Chapter 3 of Matthew John, and John living in the wilderness around the Jordan River, eating on locusts and wild honey, preaching to the people. Different groups from all around gathered toward John to hear him preach the true gospel…

Matthew Chapter 3 (John the Baptist) Intro: We studied in the last chapter, Matthew Chapter 2, Christ being born, and the wise men coming to meet him, and how king Herod naturally was angry because they were referring to Christ as king of the Jews, James went over how the star appeared and God divinely…

Matthew 2 Matthew continues his narrative of Jesus’ birth by introducing the wise men from the east and their appearance in Jerusalem. Upon hearing about their arrival, Herod questions them to get information about the Christ child. Now when Jesus was born in Beth-lehem of Judaea in the days of Herod…

Matthew Chapter 1 (The Generations of Christ from Joseph) Intro Last Sunday we wrapped up the book of Genesis. The first book of the bible. The first book of the Old Testament Now we are starting the book of Matthew. The first book of the New Testament. In Matthew we are going to see the beginning and…

Genesis 50 : The Passing of Jacob and Joseph It has taken us since the last week of December to reach this point, but finally, we’ve arrived at Genesis chapter 50 — the last chapter in the book of Genesis, the end of the book of beginnings. Here we see the conclusion of the story of the Patriarchs. The…

Genesis Chapter 49 (The Blessings of Jacob) Intro : We saw last chapter Jacob passing his blessings to Ephraim and Manasseh, Remember Ephraim, and Manasseh were the grandsons of Jacob, The sons of Joseph and how Ephraim would become the more noteworthy of the two tribe and inherit the birthright and…

Genesis 48 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Ephraim (e’-fra-im) = Two fold increase; very fruitful Manasseh (ma-nas’-seh) = One who causes to forget; forgetting; forgetfulness And one told…

Genesis Chapter 47 (Jacob Settles in Goshen) Intro: We ended chapter 46 with Jacob and their family entering Goshen in Egypt. We saw in the early part the lineages of Israel or Jacob, and how God let him know not to fear going into Egypt, that it was God’s plan for this to all take place. Then Joseph…

Genesis 46 : The Journey To Egypt In Chapter 45 we saw that Joseph could no longer hold back his emotions. Moved by Judah’s plea for Benjamin’s release and for the life of his father Jacob, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers. Joseph embraced them—particularly Benjamin—and explained that God…

Genesis Chapter 45 (Joseph’s Reveal) Intro: Joseph’s brothers have came back unto Egypt to get more grain during the famine, and this time they have come with Benjamin, Josephs full brother by Rachel. And as James went over last chapter, These brothers show great example of repentance and willing to…