Extra resources to accompany Lessons 1-4 of the BSF study of Matthew
Study Suggestions:
Scripture readings
Lesson 1:
Matthew 1:1-17
Tamar – Genesis 38
Rahab – Joshua 2; 6:17
Ruth – Ruth 1; 4:13-17
“Wife of Uriah” – 2 Samuel 11; 12:15, 18, 24
Mary – Luke 1:26-56
Matthew 1:18-25
John 3:17
Acts 4:12
Romans 10:9
Luke 1:26-38
Job 33:4
Matthew 1:20, 23
Luke 1:35
Matthew 1:1-25
Lesson 2:
Matthew 2:1-8
Matthew 2:9-12
Matthew 2:13-18
Matthew 2:19-23
Lesson 3:
Matthew 3:1-4
– Malachi 4:5-6
– Luke 1:17
– 2 Kings 1:8
– Mark 1:6
– Matthew 17:9-13
– Isaiah 40:1-5
Matthew 3:5-10
– Acts 3:19
– Acts 20:21
– Acts 26:20
– James 5:16
– 1 John 1:9
– Joel 2:13
– Matthew 3:8
– Acts 26:20
– Romans 2:4
– 2 Corinthians 7:10-11
Matthew 3:11-12
– John 15:26
– John 16:13-14
– Romans 8:9
– 2 Corinthians 13:14
– Galatians 4:6
– Ezekiel 36:25-27
– John 7:37-39
– John 16:13
– Acts 1:5
– Acts 7-8
Matthew 3:13-17
– John 1:32-34
– Luke 3:21-22
Memory Verses
Matthew 1:21
Matthew 2:2
Matthew 3:2
Matthew 4:10
Music
- Sussex Carol
- Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
- Mary, Did You Know
- Mary’s Boy Child
- Mary’s Magnificant
- Mary’s Magnificant (Contemporary)
- For Unto Us – from the Messiah
- For Unto Us – from the Messiah – a different version
- Unto Us – Contemporary Version
- There is Room In My Heart Lord Jesus
- On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry
- On Jordan’s Stormy Banks
- Come To The Water
- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Shall We Gather At The River
- O The Deep Deep Love of Jesus
Further Reading
- Harmony of the Gospels
- Messianic Expectations – Article from Christianity Today
Regarding Jesus’ Baptism:
Consider: Jesus’ decision for baptism fulfills all righteousness, says Luther, in the sense that it is Jesus’ decision to begin his life of identification with sinners, ‘as if Christ wanted to say Although I am not myself a sinner, yet nevertheless I now bring with me the sin of the whole world, so that I am now only a sinner and the greatest sinner of the whole world.’ Jesus is baptized not because he shares our need but in order to share it.“











