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1.为学生提供马太福音的主题概述
2.帮助学生理解弥赛亚的含义，并看到耶稣在马太福音以及整本圣经中如何被呈现为弥赛亚
主题
跟随耶稣，认识耶稣
背诵经文
历代志上 17:11-12
开始祷告(5-10分钟)
团队建造(10分钟)
让学生把椅子围成一圈。然后，让他们想一想曾经承担的重要角色或工作。可以是运动队、青年团体、家庭、剧团等。给一些可能的提示以引导他们思考。思考一段时间后，让每个学生回答以下问题。
一般讨论：
1.你担任的特别角色或工作是什么？
2.被赋予这个角色时你有什么感受？
3.其他人是如何看待你这个角色的？
课堂起头(5分钟)
今天，我们将讨论马太福音如何向我们展示耶稣是弥赛亚。在看这个问题之前，我们需要了解“弥赛亚”是什么意思。问学生是否有人能告诉你“弥赛亚”这个词的含义。
“弥赛亚”来自希伯来语词“mashiach”，意为“受膏者”或“被选者”。“受膏者”是指有特殊、神所命定的使命的人。这个人拥有一个特殊且重要的角色，人们期待他们带领。耶稣出生时，神的子民已经等待弥赛亚来拯救他们很久了。在深入马太福音之前，我们先来看看为什么神的子民最初会等待弥赛亚。
深入学习(40分钟)
读 创世记3:1-15
讨论问题：
1.神告诉亚当和夏娃不做什么？（不要吃园中那棵树上的果子）
2.蛇告诉他们什么？（违背神的命令）
3.他们不顺从的后果是什么？（受诅咒，罪进入世界，死亡等）
4.神说蛇会有什么结局？（在第15节，神说女人将生出后裔，蛇会伤祂的脚跟，但最终后裔会伤蛇的头）
我们面临的问题是：谁是这个后裔？我们必须继续阅读。
读 创世记22:15-18
神选择了亚伯拉罕开始以色列的家族。以色列是神所拣选的百姓。
讨论问题：
1.神会给亚伯拉罕什么祝福？（家族，土地，财富等）
2.我们在这里学到了关于后裔的什么新信息？（后裔将祝福地上所有的民族）
3.到目前为止，我们对后裔有什么了解？（蛇会伤祂的脚跟，但后裔会伤蛇的头，地上所有民族都会通过后裔得福）
后来的以色列历史中，神任命大卫为王，并向他做出了一个承诺，我们将在以下内容中读到。
读 历代志上17:9-14
讨论问题：
1.神答应为大卫的后裔做什么？（建立他的国）
2.大卫的家族会在宝座上作王多久？（永远）
3.神与这个后裔将建立什么样的关系？（父与子）
4.这个后裔将在神的国度作王多久？（永远）
在诗篇和以赛亚书中有更多关于弥赛亚的经文，在进入马太福音前，让我们来回顾一下到目前为止看到的内容。
后裔将击败蛇
蛇会伤后裔的脚跟，但后裔会伤蛇的头
后裔将出自亚伯拉罕的家族
地上所有的族都会因后裔得福
后裔将出自大卫
神将是后裔的父亲，后裔将是神的儿子
后裔将永远在神的国度里作王；将建立一个永远的国度
读 马太福音1:1
讨论问题：
马太在这节经文中提到了哪两个名字？（亚伯拉罕和大卫）
为什么马太特别提到这两个名字？（为了展现耶稣描就是弥赛亚，亚伯拉罕和大卫的后裔）
读 马太福音1:16-17
注意再次提到大卫和亚伯拉罕。同时注意，马太称耶稣为“基督”。新约是用希腊语写的，旧约则主要用希伯来语写成。基督是希腊词，等同于希伯来语的“弥赛亚”。在马太福音的开篇，马太已经显示出耶稣就是弥赛亚，神的百姓所期待的那位后裔。
读 马太福音4:1-17
讨论问题：
1.当蛇诱惑亚当和夏娃时发生了什么？（他们犯了罪）
2.根据马太的叙述，当蛇诱惑耶稣时发生了什么？（耶稣没有犯罪）
3.马太在关于耶稣受试探的段落中说明了什么？（耶稣做了亚当和夏娃没有做到的事，祂打败了蛇）
4.在耶稣击败蛇之后，祂说什么现在已经来到？（神的国）
5.这对马太的叙事有何重要性？（旧约预言神将通过弥赛亚建立祂的国）
回顾耶稣的死和复活故事。
继续讨论问题：
6. 耶稣的死如何让我们想起伊甸园？（蛇会伤后裔的脚跟，钉十字架是撒旦试图阻止弥赛亚）
7. 耶稣的复活如何让我们想起伊甸园？（通过复活，耶稣最终击败了撒旦。这就是后裔伤蛇的头的画面。）
读 马太福音28:18-20
这是马太福音最后的几节经文。
讨论问题：
1.耶稣在第18节说了什么？（天上地下所有的权柄都交给我了）
2.这句话向我们展示了什么？（耶稣被赋予国度作王的权柄，就像旧约所说的那样）
3.耶稣在第20节说祂将作王多久？（祂永远作王，直到世界的终结）
4.大卫的后裔的国将持续多久？（永远）
在马太福音中还有许多其他描绘耶稣为弥赛亚的经文，但总体来说，我们看到耶稣是应验了对亚伯拉罕和大卫的应许。祂打败了撒旦，最终通过复活战胜了罪和死的权势。祂通过饶恕、救恩和与神永远同在，祝福了所有人。神通过耶稣建立了祂的国度，祂现在和永远都在作王。耶稣就是弥赛亚。这是马太福音的信息。
应用(10分钟)
一般讨论:
1.在创世记中，我们看到弥赛亚打败蛇。生活中需要耶稣帮助你与撒旦作斗争的领域是什么？
2.在亚伯拉罕的故事中，弥赛亚被描述为将祝福所有人的那位。耶稣如何祝福了你？
3.在大卫的故事中，有预言弥赛亚将在一个永远的国度里作王。你是否生活在耶稣在你的生命里作王的现实中？你是否活得像你是国度的一部分？怎么做？
4.弥赛亚在你生命中的意义是什么？
结束祷告(3分钟)
为学生祈祷，愿他们将耶稣放在生命的宝座上，愿祂在他们的生活中掌权。
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Gospel of Matthew
Lesson 3: Matthew and Messiah
LESSON OBJECTIVESGoals
1. To give students an overview of the themes in Matthew
2. To help students understand the meaning of Messiah and how Jesus is presented in Matthew (and throughout the narrative in the scriptures) as the Messiah
Topics
Following Jesus, Knowing Jesus
Scripture Memorization
1 Chronicles 17:11-12
OPENING PRAYER (5 to 10 minutes)
GROUP BUILDING (10 minutes)
Have the students arrange their chairs in a circle. Then, ask them to think about an important job or role they have been given. It could be on a sports team, in the youth group, in their family, in theater, etc. Give them some possible ideas in order to get them thinking in the right direction. After they have had some time to think, go around the circle and have each student answer the following questions.
General Discussion:
• What was your special role/job?
• How did it make you feel to be given that position?
• How did others look at you because you had that role?
GETTING STARTED (5 minutes)
Today, we will discuss how Matthew shows us that Jesus is the Messiah. However, before we can look at that, we need to know what “Messiah” means. Ask your students if anyone can tell you what the word Messiah means.
Messiah comes from the Hebrew word mashiach and means “anointed one” or “chosen one.” An “anointed one” was someone with a special, God-ordained purpose. They had been given a special and important role and the people looked to them for leadership. When Jesus was born, God’s people had been waiting for a Messiah to come and save them for a very long time. Before we look in Matthew, we are going to look at why God’s people were waiting for a Messiah in the first place.
DIGGING IN (40 minutes)
Read Genesis 3:1-15
Discussion Questions:
1. What did God tell Adam and Eve not to do? (Do not to eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden.)
2. What does the serpent tell them? (To disobey God.)
3. What happens as a result of their disobedience? (Curses, sin enters the world, death, etc.)
4. What does God say will happen to the serpent? (In verse 15, He says that the woman will bear an offspring. The serpent will strike his heel, but ultimately the offspring will crush the serpent’s head.)
We are left with the question: Who is the offspring? We must read on.
Read Genesis 22:15-18
God chose Abraham to begin the family of Israel. These were God’s chosen people.
Discussion Questions:
1. What blessing will God give Abraham? (Family, land, possessions, etc.)
2. What new thing do we learn about the offspring? (The offspring will bless all the nations of earth.)
3. What do we know about the offspring at this point? (The serpent will strike it, but the offspring will crush the serpent’s head. All people of the earth will be blessed through the offspring.)
Later on in the story of Israel, God appoints David to be king. He makes a promise to David that we will read about.
Read 1 Chronicles 17: 9-14
Discussion Questions:
1. What does God promise to do for David’s offspring? (Establish His kingdom.)
2. How long will David’s family reign on the throne? (Forever.)
3. What kind of relationship will God have with this offspring? Father and son.)
4. How long will this offspring rule the kingdom of God? (Forever.)
There are many more passages about the Messiah we could read, especially in Psalms and Isaiah, but as we move to Matthew, let’s recap what we have seen so far.
• The offspring will defeat the serpent
• The serpent will strike the offspring’s heel, but he will crush the serpent’s head
• The offspring will come from the family of Abraham
• All people of the earth will be blessed through the offspring
• The offspring will come from the line of David
• God will be the father of the offspring and the offspring will be the son of God
• The offspring will rule over the Kingdom of God forever; He will establish a never-ending Kingdom.
Read Matthew 1:1
Discussion Questions:
1. What are the two names Matthew mentions in this verse? (Abraham and David.)
2. Why would Matthew make it a point to mention these names? (To paint Jesus as the Messiah; offspring of Abraham and David.)
Read Matthew 1:16-17
Notice the mention of David and Abraham again. Also notice that Matthew calls Jesus the Christ. The New Testament was written in Greek and the Old Testament was mainly written in Hebrew. Christ is the Greek term for the Hebrew word Messiah. Already, in the opening chapter of Matthew, he is showing that Jesus is this Messiah, the offspring that the people of God have been waiting for.
Read Matthew 4:1-17
Discussion Questions:
1. What happens when the serpent tempts Adam and Eve? (They sin.)
2. According to Matthew, what happens when the serpent tempts Jesus? (He does not sin.)
3. What is Matthew saying about Jesus in the temptation passage? (Jesus does what Adam and Eve did not do. He defeats the serpent.)
4. After Jesus defeats the serpent, what does he say is now here? (The Kingdom of God.)
5 Why is this important for Matthew’s narrative? (The Old Testament predicted that God would use the Messiah to establish His kingdom.)
Recap the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Discussion Questions (Continued):
6. How does the death of Jesus remind us of the Garden of Eden? (The serpent would strike the heel of the offspring. The crucifixion was Satan’s attempt at stopping the Messiah.)
7. How does the resurrection of Jesus remind us of the Garden of Eden? (Through raising from the dead, Jesus ultimately defeats Satan. This is the picture of the offspring crushing the serpent’s head.)
Read Matthew 28:18-20
These are the very last verses of the book of Matthew.
Discussion Questions
1. What does Jesus say in verse 18? (All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to Me.)
2. What does this statement show us? (Jesus has been put in charge to rule the kingdom, just as the Old Testament said the offspring would.)
3. How long does Jesus say He will rule in verse 20? (Always, until the very end of the age, that is, forever.)
4. How long will David's offspring’s kingdom last? (Forever.)
There are so many more passages in Matthew we did not have time to read, that paint Jesus as the Messiah. Overall, we see that Jesus is the one who fulfills the promises to Abraham and David. He defeats Satan and ultimately defeats the powers of sin and death through His resurrection. He brings blessing to all people by offering forgiveness, salvation, and the possibility to spend eternity with God in Heaven. God has established His Kingdom on earth through Jesus, and He reigns now and forever. He is the Messiah. This is the message of Matthew.
MAKING IT REAL (10 minutes)
General Discussion:
1. In Genesis, we see the Messiah defeating the serpent. What is an area in your life where you need Jesus help you fight against Satan?
2. In the story of Abraham, the Messiah is presented as someone who will bless all people. How has Jesus blessed you?
3. In the story of David, it is promised that the Messiah will rule a kingdom that will last forever. Are you living as if Jesus rules your life? Are you living like you are part of the Kingdom? How so?
4. What does it mean for Jesus to be Messiah in your life?
CLOSING PRAYER (3 minutes)
Close your group in prayer.
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