As we read through God's Word together in 2011 we want to Hide it in our hearts, share it with our family, friends, and those we meet and live it through our lives. Each book in God's Word is full of treasure for us to discover, dig into and put to use. To help us retain what we read and to assist us in navigating through the Bible there will be acrostics for each of the 66 books. As we read through these acrostics will be posted in the bulletin. helping us to hide God's Word in our hearts and to become een more familar with where things are in His Word. We will use a Berry Huddleston book entitled The Acrostic Bible to help us. By remembering the acrostic you will be able to recall what in each chapter of the book you are reading through. The first two weeks of January we will be reading through the Gospel of Matthew. Below is the acrostic for the Gospel of Matthew.
1. Genealogy of Jesus Christ |
16. Keys of the Kingdom |
2. Opppostiion of King Harod |
17. Impact of Jesus transfiguration |
| 3. Spirit's descent upon Jesus |
18. Need for true forgiveness |
| 4. Power over Satan's temptations |
19. Grounds for divorce clarified |
| 5. Expounding Sermon on the Mount |
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| 6. Lessons on proper priorities |
20. Opportunites in the vineyard |
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21. Fig tree is cursed |
| 7. Outline for personal relationships |
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| 8. Faith of the centurian |
22. Taxes paid to Caesar |
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23. Hypocrisy denounced by "woes" |
| 9. Mathew's call from Jesus |
24. Events of second coming |
| 10. Apostles sent to preach |
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| 11. Testimony about John's message |
25. Judgement of the nations |
| 12. True Messiah called demonic |
26. Events on Calvery's eve |
| 13. Hidden message of the parables |
27. Way of the Cross |
| 14. Execution of the Baptist |
28. Savior's resurrection & commission |
| 15. Wisdom in answering Pharisees |
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