Journey Through the Bible: Matthew

Journey Through the Bible: Matthew’s GospelBible readings: Isaiah 42:1-9 (Page 513)Matthew 17:1-21 (Page 694)

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1Tuesday, 4 August 2015

The Old and the New Testaments

Promise And Fulfilment

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Key Word for Matthew’s Gospel is “Fulfilled”

• “So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:” (Matthew 1:22, NKJV)

• “And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet . . (Matthew 4:13–15, NKJV)


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Why four gospels?1. Each gospel highlights a different foundational truth about Jesus.

•Matthew: Jesus King and Messiah.

•Mark: Jesus the Servant of the Lord.

•Luke: Jesus the Man.

•John: Jesus the Son of God.


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Why four gospels?2. Each gospel was written for a different target group of people.

• Matthew wrote his gospel for Greek speaking Jewish communities living outside of Israel.

• He wrote his gospel in everyday Greek language; the language of trade and commerce.

Capernaum


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Why four gospels?3. The four Gospels are four different eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ life and teaching.

• The four witnesses viewed the same events from four different angles.

• Together they are an accurate and verifiable account of what happened.


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Who Was Matthew?• This gospel started circulating

about 50 - 60 AD and has always been known as “Matthew's Gospel”.

• “As Jesus was walking along, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. Jesus said to him, “Follow Me and be My disciple.” So Matthew got up and followed Him. Later, Matthew invited Jesus and His disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners.” (Matthew 9:9–10, NLT)


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Matthew’s Gospel

• He tells the story of Jesus' life in chronological order starting with His ancestry.

• The genealogy of Jesus which shows that Jesus was truly descended father to son from King David.

• Therefore He had the right to sit on David's throne.

• This fulfilled the prophecies that the Messiah would be from the line of David.


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Jesus Messiah• Messiah is a Jewish title which

means "Anointed One".

• The title "Christ" is simply the Greek translation of Messiah.

• Jesus refers to Himself as "The Son of Man." This was because people of His day had wrong ideas about the Messiah.

• The revelation which Jesus brought was that the Messiah was to come two times: Once in humility Again in power and glory


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Son of Man

• The title "Son of Man" has a double meaning:

• It was a humble name, “a man”

• It was a prophetic name, “Messiah”

• The title is given in a Messianic prophecy of Daniel.


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Son of Man“I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed.” (Daniel 7:13–14, NKJV)


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A Record of Jesus’ Teaching• Matthew's gospel contains the most

comprehensive record of Jesus’ teaching especially Jesus’ parables.

• Matthew records 19 of Jesus’ parables.

• Chapter 13 records 7 parables; the parable of the sower, the weeds, the mustard seed and yeast, the hidden pearl and treasure, the net.

• Chapter 18 has three long parables, the kingdom of heaven, the lost sheep, the unmerciful servant.

• 13 are only found in his gospel.


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A Record of Jesus’ Teaching• In the NT outside of the book of

Revelation, Matthew's gospel contains the most detailed prophecies of the End Times and the Return of Jesus as King. Found in chapters 24 and 25.

• The last three chapters 26 – 28 describe in detail the death and resurrection of Jesus.

• About a third of all that is recorded deals with just the last week of the 33 years of Jesus' life.

• The most important event recorded in the gospels is the death and resurrection of Jesus.


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When was the last time you read Matthew’s Gospel?


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Let the Word of God dwell in you richly.

• The foundation of our faith in Jesus is the gospel.

• Jesus is the One we follow. He is the One who has eternal life. He is the One we most often pray to.

• The better we know Him the stronger our faith in Him.

• What better way is there to know Jesus than to read or listen through the gospels?

When was the last time you read Matthew’s Gospel?


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