Matthew
The gospel of Matthew is an account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah and King prophesied in the Old Testament. It was mainly written with a Jewish audience in mind. Matthew (also known as Levi) was a tax collector likely from Galilee.
Chapter 1
Oh how sweet the birth of Jesus is!
The virgin bearing a child.
His name was to be called Immanuel which means “God with us”.
God Himself took on human flesh.
This is the very beginning of God emptying himself. He became fully human in order to live among us, fulfill the law, and ultimately redeem us from being a slave to sin. He was born so that he one day might die on a cross, and he died on the cross that we may have eternal life. "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." This is how much God loves His creation.
Matthew writes in such a way that when a Jew reads his gospel account they can recognize truths about the Messiah which they knew from the Old Testament. For example, why is it significant that there were 14 generations between Abraham and David and 14 generations between David and the deportation to Babylon and 14 generations from the deportation to Babylon to Christ? Well, some Jews would recognize this system called gematria where Hebrew letters have numerical values. So when you use the Hebrew consonants in David’s name you get a total of 14. So when the Jew read 14 and connected it with David they would understand more of the significance of who Jesus is.
Let’s also take notice that a lot of people on the list of Jesus’ genealogy were great sinners. Tamar was involved in a scandal with Judah, Rahab was a prostitute, Bethsheba was involved in David's adultery, Manasseh was one of the most wicked kings of Judah and so on... But here's the thing; Jesus came for and through the morally outcast. Jesus was born to die on the cross for the sinner. So let’s acknowledge our need of Him and truly follow Him, wholeheartedly.
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Luke
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John
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