Teaching Missions: Growing in God’s Grace

Matthew 3:5-9 John warns the Jewish leaders to repent

John warns the Jewish leaders to repent, turning to God and showing true godliness rather than depend on their Jewish ancestry and religious rites.

Matthew 3:1-4 John preaches in the wilderness

John the Baptist fulfills the prophecy of the angel to Zachariah and the example of Elijah the prophet. He wears camel hair, eats locusts and honey, and preaches in the wilderness of Judea.

Matthew 2:12-23 Joseph flees Herod to Egypt with Jesus

Joseph, warned by God in a dream, flees with Mary and Jesus from Herod to Egypt and returns after Herod's death.

Matthew 2:12-23 Joseph flees from Herod to Egypt

Joseph, warned by God in a dream, flees from Herod to Egypt and returns after Herod's death.

Wise men come to worship Jesus

Wise men come to Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh

Matthew 2:1-11 Wise men come worship Jesus

Wise men come to Herod, find Jesus in Bethlehem, and worship him with gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 1:18-25 Joseph marries Mary

Mary is found pregnant, but not by Joseph. An angel instructs him in a dream that the baby is conceived by the Holy Spirit and to take Mary as his wife.

Matthew 3:13-17 John baptizes Jesus

Jesus walks to the Jordan river to be baptized by John the baptist. The Holy Spirit descends like a dove and God the Father announces his pleasure from heaven.

Matthew 1:1-17 Part II Women in Jesus ancestry

Four women are mentioned; all have something unsavory or a problem for them, but God is able to use them mightily in the line of the Messiah.

Matthew 1:1-17 Lineage of Jesus Christ

The ancestry of Jesus Christ is mentioned, especially Abraham and David. Forty-two names are given of the fathers, and four mothers are mentioned.