Teaching Missions: Growing in God’s Grace

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.

John 21:20 Look to Jesus and follow only Him

Peter wanted to know the future for John. Jesus rebuked him and said to follow Him and not worry about others.

Matthew 2:1-11 Wise men come to worship Jesus

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

John 21:1 We need Jesus' power and forgiveness

Jesus meets 7 disciples on the shore. They had caught nothing, and now the net is full. He restores Peter to work after asking him to confess his love 3 times

John 21:1 We need Jesus' power and forgiveness

Peter fishes and catches nothing. Jesus instructs and they catch 153 fish. Jesus asks Peter if he loves HIm 3 times restoring him to service

John 20:24 Doubting Thomas turns believer

Doubting Thomas demands seeing Jesus wounds. Jesus shows them and Thomas believes that he is God.

John 20:11 Mary sees Jesus, then disciples see Him risen from the dead.

Mary sees Jesus and tells the disciples. Jesus appears later to 10 disciples; Thomas is missing