A Bible Study - The Stories of Easter (Matthew)

During this time of social distancing, it's impossible for congregations to gather for worship and for groups to get together to study the Bible. Although it's not a substitute, I'm posting sermons, worship services and studies to help Christians continue to grow in their faith and understanding of God. This is a study I led in 2016 in the weeks before Easter dealing with the resurrection accounts found in Mark, Matthew and Luke. I hope you find it helpful. If you have any questions related to the content, please feel free to email me at edrudiger@aol.com. You may also want to connect with me on Facebook or "like" and "follow" the Facebook page, "The Net: A Community of Believers and Seekers."

During this session, we focused on the resurrection according to Matthew, as given below:

After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men, But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. he is not here; for he has been raised, as he said, Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘he has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ This is my message for you.”

So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples, Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

A podcast of our discussion is below: