{"id":251,"date":"2019-06-24T19:17:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.local.net\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2019-06-24T19:17:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:17:37","slug":"matthew-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/?page_id=251","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Read together Isaiah 53. Reflect on the time and setting for this chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew 1:1-17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the point of this verse section?<\/li><li>What is different about this genealogy?<\/li><li>Read Ruth together<\/li><li>Read together 2 Samuel 11-12:24<\/li><li>Read together Genesis 38.<\/li><li>Why would Matthew use these as highlights of Jesus genealogy?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew 1:17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is significant about this verse to you?<\/li><li>How many generations are there really between Abraham and David, David to Babylon.<\/li><li>Read the following passages: <ul><li>God&#8217;s promise to Abraham: #Ge 12:3; 22:18<\/li><li>God&#8217;s promise to David: #2Sa 7:12; Ps 89:3; 132:11-12<\/li><li>Isaiah prophecy from David 9:6-7 <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>How are these passages relevant? What do they mean to you?<\/li><li>What doctrine is shown here?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew 1:18-25<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Discuss Joseph&#8217;s relationship to Mary. (What would that relationship look like today?)<\/li><li>Why was Joseph willing to divorce Mary? What was he considering? <ul><li>Is this the same perspective that you would have?<\/li><li>What would you think if your betrothed came to you saying she was pregnant with the Lord&#8217;s child? <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What did it take to change Joseph&#8217;s mind?<\/li><li>Read Isaiah 7:14 &#8212; Translate Emmanuel.<\/li><li>What was Joseph&#8217;s response to the Angel&#8217;s instructions?<\/li><li>Name three spiritual truths that might describe this passage.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read together Isaiah 53. Reflect on the time and setting for this chapter. Matthew 1:1-17 What is the point of this verse section? What is different about this genealogy? Read Ruth together Read together 2 Samuel 11-12:24 Read together Genesis 38. Why would Matthew use these as highlights of Jesus genealogy? Matthew 1:17 What is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":248,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}