At-home guide / number 53
A New Baby and a New Beginning
Matthew 1. Part 4 of the story, the gospels. This guide went out for Sunday April 12, 2026.
Reinforce this truth throughout the week and during your study.
Jesus was born to save his people from their sin.
Read the passage to or with your children.
Matthew 1
Memorize and recite this verse with your children throughout the week
"She [Mary] will bear a son, and you [Joseph] shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
- Matthew 1:21
Watch the video below with your children.
Take time with your family to discuss these questions (or variations of these questions) together, and reflect on this week’s truth and Word.
What’s the name of the first book in the Bible? How does the Gospel of Matthew begin? By beginning the story of Jesus’s birth with a genealogy (which is from the same Greek word as genesis), what do you think Matthew is trying to say about the birth of Jesus?
TakeawayThe birth of Jesus gives a new beginning to the world God created.
Who were some of the people named in Jesus’s family tree (or “genealogy”)? Did those people always follow God perfectly? If they were sinners, and Jesus came from their family, how could he be born without sin?
TakeawayJesus is fully human - but without sin.
What was Joseph told to name Jesus? Why? How can we be saved from our sin?
TakeawayJesus was born to save his people from their sin.
As your family reflects on the truths you learned in this week’s lesson, pray together.
Here are some questions to get you started...
- What did I learn about God that I can praise Him for?
- What sins and weaknesses can I confess to God?
- What promises can I thank God for?
Keep going
The story runs on.
Every guide follows the one storyline of Scripture, week by week. Guide 53 sits in part 4, the gospels.