Matthew 5-13 Research Paper

Matthew: The author of The Gospel of Matthew was Matthew himself. Matthew was one of the Savior’s twelve disciples. Before Matthew became a disciple he was a tax collector/publican (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2014). Matthew was known as the son of Alphaeus. In the historical book of Matthew he presents Jesus as the Messiah; meaning “the Anointed One” (Slick, 2015). Matthew is the 40th book in the Bible, but the 1st book in the New Testament. It is believed that the book was written around 59-68 A.D. The Gospel of Matthew was written to Matthew’s countrymen. The main purpose of the Gospel of Matthew was to present Jesus as the Anointed One and defend that point to his countrymen even though they did not care for Matthew and actually rejected Jesus as the Messiah. His countrymen said that Jesus’ powers did not come from God, but from Satan.

Jesus was from a humble background. He did not have much influence but grew to be a very influential man. His teachings has grown immensely over the years and still

New material begins at the start of Matthew with the birth and lineage of Jesus of Nazareth through the first 2 chapters. The Sermon on the Mount was then introduced in chapters 5-7. Jesus refers to himself the “Human One” often (i.e. chapter 9 verse 6) and even the “Anointed One” (chapter 23 verse 10), which seems to contradict the Messianic Secret not only in this text, but also Mark. The scene of him walking on water added the part where Peter joined him in chapter 14 verses 28-29. There are many new parables and lessons too (i.e. forgiveness-chapter 18 verses 21-25 and son of the king’s wedding chapter 22 verses 1-15). Jesus also attacks the Pharisees more as seen in chapter 23 verses 13-36. The apocalyptic aspect of the gospel of Matthew is expanded up in chapter 24-25. At the end of Matthew, it is further explained that Jesus rose from the dead and spoke in chapter 28.

The Gospel of Matthew is a historical narrative that provides an introduction to the New Testament. Matthew (also called Levi by the disciples in the Gospel of Mark and Luke) wrote the Gospel about Jesus Christ the Savior during AD 60-65. Matthew was as well educated professional in the field of collecting taxes in the area of Capernaum. It was there that he saw Jesus Christ and responded to the calling to be with Jesus. He references 130 Hebrew Scriptures, emphasizing that Jesus is the fulfillment of the messianic prophecies and types of the Old Testament (Hindson & Towns, 2013). Matthew is the most Jewish of all the Gospels (Hindson

The Gospel According to Matthew was written at a time of uncomfortable tensions. People had pride for their Jewishness but hated the Jewish establishments. They believed that the way to heaven was not with Jewish institutions but rather with the people and an allegiance to Jesus. The Gospel According to Matthew was almost an attempt to respond to the crises posed by the destruction of the temple. The community the Gospel of Matthew was for was a “community which is both faithful to its scriptural heritage and open to the new directions demanded by Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of heaven, and therefore necessarily expanding beyond the bounds of the Jewish people.”

Before God created people, it was just God and the earth. There was not any living forms, until God wanted to create life, so he could share a relationship with us. God then created Adam and Eve, the true depiction of Himself. God told them not to eat from an apple tree, Eve gave into sin and ate an apple from the tree. That was the first time someone sinned in the world, and it was then that God knew that He had to send a Messiah to earth to die for our sins. That Messiah was Jesus, he came to earth to die for our sins and show people the human form of God. “God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.” (Job 35:6) Jesus is firm in his purpose to

As is customary I would like to start and center us with a word of prayer: Holy Spirit open our hearts and minds to be not just a hearer of your word but those who also understand. Empower and strengthen us to put your word into action as well. Amen

God, He has many servants. He has many sons and daughters. But God has few friends. At least as we can conceive in our minds what could be a few to God. But in the great scope of humanity God has but few who could even qualify as his friends. God chooses his friends wisely.

I am going to choose an incident involving Jesus or a teaching of Jesus and demonstrate how it is built upon Old Testament Covenant thinking and furthers that thinking to new situations. An incident involving Jesus is the parable of the lost son, or the prodigal son. The prodigal son is built upon Old Testament Covenant thinking (from Hosea 11) when Israel went away from God. “When Israel was a child,” I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. But the more they were called, the more they went away from me. This event of Jesus demonstrates how consequences lead to return, and return leads to restoration. In today’s situation, the principle behind this incident still applies when you send your son/daughter to college, pay tuition and support him/her. You want your kid to be successful and ready to go out in the real world after earning a college degree. Since the prodigal son incident involving Jesus still applies

Christian theology is based upon the beliefs and traditions that Christians have practiced since the first century. At that time, a continuation and development of Judaism, as Christianity spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean world, each region began to develop an individualized approach to biblical interpretation and Christianity. Despite the fact that it started as a movement, Christianity has emerged into an internationally accepted religion that is composed of several denominations within the faith. Regardless of their specific set of practices, each denomination recognize Scripture as collection of God-breathed sacred writings that are contained within the Bible. Christians also believe that Scripture outlines a standard of living

The third year of Jesus ministry is often called the “Year of Opposition.” It is the last of the years of Jesus Christ’s public ministry. Following His year of popularity Jesus’ ministry began to decline. The Jewish leaders that were against Jesus from the beginning of his ministry continued to challenge his claims of being the Son of God as well as his teachings, He was a threat to their power and control and they were determined to put him to death.

The New Testament is a collection of books which contains the writings concerning the significant events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. These books appeared after the physical death of Jesus Christ. In this regard, Jesus had left no records concerning him, and all that is written about him depends wholly on what other people have written about him. The first four books of the New Testament are part of the several biographies of Jesus which were written by the end of the first century of the era of Christianity. Then before any of these biographies have been drafted, there were Christian communities which were being instructed through epistles on how to live like Jesus and how to solve their problem like Christians. A good number of these letters were written by a man called Paul. After Paul death, some other new leaders of the Christian movement continued to write letters to the churches to encourage and strengthen them. As Christians grew in number persecution arose, and some letters have been drafted to support them and also to counter the false doctrines. These letters are part of the New Testament. The twenty-seven books of the New Testament were selected from the list of writings in that period (Bruce, 1988)

We see that all humans are in communion with Christ and our actions affect each other directly as we are all connected through Christ.

The Bible is undoubtedly the most unique book from antiquity to present-day. It is disputed as the oldest book in the world by some, and only one of the oldest books in the world by others. Yet, regardless of the dispute as to its age, the Bible is without doubt the world's most popular tome. “The familiar observation that the Bible is the best-selling book of all time obscures a more startling fact: the Bible is the best-selling book of the year, every year” (Radosh). “It is the most quoted, the most published, the most translated, and the most influential book in the history of humankind” (Geisler and Nix 11). It contains history, poetry, songs, biographies, autobiographies, narratives, topics on creation, relationships, love, war, money, property, music, parties, weddings, romance, didactic treatise, personal correspondence, memoirs, satire, law, prophecy, parables, and allegory.

being God sent for the gospel of Jesus Christ, one’s identity in Jesus Christ, and being made a disciple. Each is a demonstration of God accepting His people as being unworthy to be worthy for His glory. It is a blessing to be a designer original, because it resembles His image. It is in his image a person observes the spirit of holiness and the righteousness of God. The theology of preaching helps a person to recognizes the owner of the breath of life dwelling in one’s body. Likewise, God is willing to restore and revive those that have lost their lives to the secular world. God controls all matters of life. It is the individual choice to be made over by God. God is willing to shape, mold, and fill those purposing to surrender their all before Him. God is to be worshipped, praise, and glorified within a person’s body. Therefore, the role of preaching in ministry begins with self-examination and accountability to rightly divide the word of truth before God, not pleasing man, (2 Tim. 4:1-5, ESV). The passage of the Scriptures is clearly emphasizing the charges to Timothy as well as other church leaders. The author, Thomas Hale writes, “Paul gave five charges, preach the word, that is the gospel Jesus Christ, be prepared at all times, remain on duty; correct, rebuke and encourage.” Hale continues to write, “Timothy must preach the Gospel diligently, because the time will come when men will not accept the truth. People will listen only to what is interesting to them at the