Matthew 8:1-22
Lesson 14
Lesson 14
Read both the "King James Bible" and the "New Living Translation."
In this lesson:
The Sermon on the Mount has ended.
Jesus has authority over disease and devils.
A leper is healed (8:1-4)
A Roman soldier's faith (8:5-13).
Peter's mother-in-law is cured (8:14-15).
Devils are cast out (8:16-17).
Foxes have holes; birds have nests (8:18-22).
Moses with the Ten Commandments.
by Dutch golden age painter Rembrandt Harmensz van_Rijn.
by Dutch golden age painter Rembrandt Harmensz van_Rijn.
Study Tip:
Find the truth in each Bible passage.
Ponder what that truth means to you.
Apply that truth to your life.
Find the truth in each Bible passage.
Ponder what that truth means to you.
Apply that truth to your life.
Who was -
Moses -
Moses was a Jewish prophet (Deuteronomy 34:10-12), the author of the first five books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch), and "the mediator of the old covenant." He was a revered Jewish icon, and a great leader, who, with God's help, led approximately 3.000,000 Israelites out of Egyptian bondage to form a new Jewish nation. The son of Amram and Jochebed (Exodus 6:20), Moses was born a Levite Jew in 1571 BC fin a time when the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt (Exodus 1:13-14). Fearful that the Jewish slaves would someday turn against their Egyptian masters (Exodus 1:10), Pharaoh Rameses ordered midwives to reduce the Jewish population by killing all male babies at birth (Exodus 1:15-16). When the midwives refused (Exodus 1:17), Pharaoh ordered all male babies to be "cast into the river" (Exodus 1:22). To save her son, Moses' mother, Jochebed hid him in a basket on the banks of the Nile River (Exodus 2:3). Pharaoh's daughter found Moses (Exodus 2:5-6) and raised him as her son. Growing up, he received an education (Acts 7:22) and all the advantages given to the son of a king. But at the age of forty, Moses killed an Egyptian he found mistreating a Hebrew (Exodus 2:11-12; Acts 7:23-24) and was forced to flee Egypt (Exodus 2:15). Moses fled to Midian, near Sinai, where he married Zipporah. For the next four decades, he lived the simple life of a Shepard (Exodus 3:1). After forty years (at the age of 80), God appeared to Moses in the form of a burning bush (Exodus 3:1-22; Acts 7:30-34). Following God's instructions, Moses returned to Egypt to liberate the Israelites. Following a series of ten miracles/plagues brought down on the Egyptians (Exodus 7:1-12:51) by God, Pharaoh allowed the enslaved Israelites to leave Egypt a free people. They wandered in the wilderness for the next forty years searching for the Promised Land (Canaan). Moses received the Mosaic Law (the First Covenant, the Ten Commandments) from God on Mount Sinai (Exodus 34:1-35), prophesied the coming of the Messiah (John 5:46), was likened to Christ (Deuteronomy 18:15; Acts 7:37), and appeared with Jesus during the transfiguration (Matthew 17:3-5; Mark 9:2-4; Luke 9:29-30). Moses lived to be one hundred and twenty years old (forty years in the royal palace, forty years as a fugitive in Midian, and forty years in the wilderness). Moses died on Mount Nebo in Moab (eight miles east of the mouth of the Jordan River) without seeing the Promised Land. In Jude 1:9, we see Satan arguing with Michael the archangel over Moses' body. Naturally, Satan lost the argument and God buried Moses (Deuteronomy 34:5-7). You can find the story of Moses in the Old Testament books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Moses -
Moses was a Jewish prophet (Deuteronomy 34:10-12), the author of the first five books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch), and "the mediator of the old covenant." He was a revered Jewish icon, and a great leader, who, with God's help, led approximately 3.000,000 Israelites out of Egyptian bondage to form a new Jewish nation. The son of Amram and Jochebed (Exodus 6:20), Moses was born a Levite Jew in 1571 BC fin a time when the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt (Exodus 1:13-14). Fearful that the Jewish slaves would someday turn against their Egyptian masters (Exodus 1:10), Pharaoh Rameses ordered midwives to reduce the Jewish population by killing all male babies at birth (Exodus 1:15-16). When the midwives refused (Exodus 1:17), Pharaoh ordered all male babies to be "cast into the river" (Exodus 1:22). To save her son, Moses' mother, Jochebed hid him in a basket on the banks of the Nile River (Exodus 2:3). Pharaoh's daughter found Moses (Exodus 2:5-6) and raised him as her son. Growing up, he received an education (Acts 7:22) and all the advantages given to the son of a king. But at the age of forty, Moses killed an Egyptian he found mistreating a Hebrew (Exodus 2:11-12; Acts 7:23-24) and was forced to flee Egypt (Exodus 2:15). Moses fled to Midian, near Sinai, where he married Zipporah. For the next four decades, he lived the simple life of a Shepard (Exodus 3:1). After forty years (at the age of 80), God appeared to Moses in the form of a burning bush (Exodus 3:1-22; Acts 7:30-34). Following God's instructions, Moses returned to Egypt to liberate the Israelites. Following a series of ten miracles/plagues brought down on the Egyptians (Exodus 7:1-12:51) by God, Pharaoh allowed the enslaved Israelites to leave Egypt a free people. They wandered in the wilderness for the next forty years searching for the Promised Land (Canaan). Moses received the Mosaic Law (the First Covenant, the Ten Commandments) from God on Mount Sinai (Exodus 34:1-35), prophesied the coming of the Messiah (John 5:46), was likened to Christ (Deuteronomy 18:15; Acts 7:37), and appeared with Jesus during the transfiguration (Matthew 17:3-5; Mark 9:2-4; Luke 9:29-30). Moses lived to be one hundred and twenty years old (forty years in the royal palace, forty years as a fugitive in Midian, and forty years in the wilderness). Moses died on Mount Nebo in Moab (eight miles east of the mouth of the Jordan River) without seeing the Promised Land. In Jude 1:9, we see Satan arguing with Michael the archangel over Moses' body. Naturally, Satan lost the argument and God buried Moses (Deuteronomy 34:5-7). You can find the story of Moses in the Old Testament books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.