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    Matthew
    Matthew
    Matthew
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    Matthew

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    Over 3 million LifeChange studies sold

    In Jesus, God Fulfills His Promises
    Throughout his Gospel, Matthew takes us back to the Old Testament over and over again to remind us of all that God promised. Since the Fall, humanity had been waiting, hoping for a way back to the Garden, back to life with God and God with us. In Jesus, God fulfills His promises and shows us the way. Matthew will walk you through Jesus’ most famous teachings—in both word and deed—showing you what it means to live with Him now so you can live with Him forever.

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    LifeChange Bible studies will help you grow in Christlikeness through a life-changing encounter with God’s Word. Filled with a wealth of ideas for going deeper so you can return to this study again and again.

    Features
    • Cover the book of Matthew in 18 lessons
    • Equip yourself to lead a Bible study
    • Imagine the Bible’s historical world
    • Study word origins and definitions
    • Explore thoughtful questions on key themes
    • Go deeper with optional projects
    • Add your notes with extra space and wide margins
    • Find the flexibility to fit the time you have
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTyndale House Publishers
    Release dateJun 5, 2018
    ISBN9781641580489
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      The acting and stage direction are pretty bad, but there are redeeming features. Bruce Marchiano as a smiling, joking, loving Jesus who is willing to ride a donkey with his knees in the air is worth a visit. The multi-cultural cast is cool, and the camera spends time on some of the bit players, especially children.

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    Matthew - The Navigators

    BACKGROUND

    Matthew and His Gospel

    A gospel

    Gospel is an Old English word that means good news. It is a translation of the Greek word euangelion (eu-, good and angelion, message), and gives us words like evangelist, and is related to words like angel.

    When the first Christians wanted to record the good news about the Man who was God, none of the familiar forms of literature seemed suitable. The Christians didn’t write the kinds of autobiographies or sacred texts that were common in the current Greek, Roman, or Jewish culture. Instead, they created a new form: the gospel.

    The Gospels are composed of scenes and sayings from Jesus’ life remembered by His disciples and passed on, probably word for word. As Leon Morris notes, Rabbis used to cast their teaching into forms suitable for memorization and insist that their pupils learn it by heart.[1] The apostles faithfully recalled both individual statements and the overall progress of Jesus’ time with them.

    While Matthew’s gospel certainly reflects these general characteristics, it is unique in many ways. It vividly sets forth the evidence that Jesus of Nazareth, of Davidic descent, is the Messiah promised in the Old Testament, the expected King of the Jews.[2] With its emphasis on the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, it forms a natural bridge between the Old Testament and the New. The word kingdom appears in this gospel some fifty-six times, more than any other; the unique phrase kingdom of heaven is used thirty-two times in Matthew but nowhere else. Matthew alone quotes Jesus’ reference to the throne of his glory (19:28; 25:31,

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    ) and calls Jerusalem the holy city (4:5) and the city of the Great King (5:35).[3]

    Yet Matthew never has been a book for Jewish readers alone. From the visit of the Magi reported at the beginning of this gospel to the words of the Great Commission at its conclusion, the larger sphere and interests of the Messiah are clear. Only Matthew includes a parable in which Jesus predicts that unbelieving Israel would be supplanted by others. And only Matthew, of all the Gospels, mentions the church (see 16:18; 18:17).

    Four Gospels

    Many collections of Jesus’ words and deeds were composed in the first century after His death, but God uniquely inspired four men to write the Gospels that would bear His authority. Why four? We can speculate, or we can simply be glad for all four masterful portraits that reveal our Lord in different lights. As J. Sidlow Baxter asks, which of the four could we do without?[4]

    It is striking how such a picture of a single man and a single set of events emerges from four such different points of view. Observe the distinct interests and emphases in these examples:

    1. To Matthew, who writes for Jewish Christians, Jesus is, above all, the King of David’s line promised in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Teacher who brings a new revelation of God’s Law. Matthew weaves fulfillments of Old Testament prophecies around five discourses about the Law and the kingdom. Mark pens a short gospel in quick scenes that drive toward the cross, revealing Christ more in works of power and service than in words of wisdom. Luke crafts his account of the Son of Man, the Savior of the world, to be meticulously accurate and also captivating for a cultured Greek audience. And John records a few miraculous signs and several long discourses to spark faith in God the Son.

    2. John begins with Jesus’ pre-existence as God, and Mark starts with Jesus’ baptism as an adult. Neither tells of Jesus’ birth or lineage. Matthew opens with a genealogy that traces from Abraham (the father of the Israelite covenant) to David (the head of the Jewish royal line) and finally to Joseph (Jesus’ legal father in Jewish eyes, though not His natural one). Matthew’s birth account focuses on kingship and prophecy, while Luke narrates the birth with warm, human touches. Luke also traces Jesus back to Adam—the father of Jew and Gentile alike—and then to God. But while Matthew’s Jewish-minded nativity focuses on men, Luke delights in pregnant women and widows.

    3. John highlights Jesus’ ministry in Jerusalem. Matthew and Mark describe mainly His Galilean ministry and His last week in Jerusalem. Luke includes ten long chapters in which Jesus journeys toward Jerusalem, training His disciples. We call Matthew, Mark, and Luke the synoptic (one view) Gospels because they have much more material in common than any of them has with

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