2024-2025 Bible Study 

Women’s and Children’s Bible Study beginning Thursday, September 5, 2024

We will turn to the first gospel in the New Testament for a 30-week-study of a book whose purpose is to prove that Jesus is the Messiah, the eternal King, promised

by the prophets. The One for whom they have been waiting. Beginning with a

genealogy of Jesus, the gospel according to Matthew, one of the twelve disciples Christ called first to follow Him, begins right away with the clear message -- God

intends to make all things new through His Son! The gospel, targeted to the Jews, is filled with messianic language including 53 Old Testament quotes and 76 other

references from the Old Testament. As we study, we will be convinced of God’s

sovereign control over the events of history, a plan unfolding since before the

foundation of the world. A plan that is moving toward a goal determined by

Almighty God. As we study, expect your outlook for each day to be changed as we realize that the Kingdom is now (the already) and the Kingdom is to come (the not yet). We will ponder how we fit into the bigger story as we come to a better

understanding of Who God is and How He does thing through the portrait of His Son, who said, “not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). What a discovery it will be for each of us who takes up this amazing book

with an expectation that our lives will be changed, as we anticipate the best that is yet to come. May His Kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10)