Matthew Overview | If You Think Jesus Came to Fix Your Life, Read Matthew Again
Most of us open Matthew asking Jesus to fix something in our lives. That's what the original readers of Matthew's gospel were hoping for. But the first words anybody speaks in Matthew’s gospel names a different enemy. In this episode, we're going to talk about what the king came to do and why God gave the book that opens the New Testament to a tax collector.This is an overview of the Gospel of Matthew. Four hundred years of silence, a tax booth in Capernaum, the Jordan, the wilderness, the Sermon on the Mount, Isaiah 53, a ransom, a cup, Barabbas, a torn curtain, and an empty tomb. This is Jesus, instead of me: the whole Bible, one book at a time.SKOOL COMMUNITY (FREE TO JOIN)Every episode gets its own discussion thread where I am and other community members are there to ask and discuss questions.https://www.skool.com/jesusinsteadofme NEXT EPISODEMatthew 1:1-17. Matthew wrote “the father of” thirty-nine times in a row, and right where the fortieth should be, he stopped.TIMESTAMPS0:00 The Jesus most of us start with1:08 Two promises in the first sentence1:56 Four hundred years of silence2:36 Why God gave the book to a tax collector4:23 He stood where we stand6:05 He paid what we owed6:44 He took what we deserved8:25 Why a tax collector9:59 In Matthew, Jesus isMY FAVORITE BIBLE STUDY TOOL:GET A FREE 60-DAY TRIAL WITH LOGOS - https://logos.sjv.io/c/6590075/2175230/26054SUGGESTED COMMENTARIES (on Logos)The Gospel of Matthew (NICNT), R. T. France: https://logos.sjv.io/L0yMzZMatthew (New American Commentary), Craig Blomberg: https://logos.sjv.io/DWZvjnMatthew (NIV Application Commentary), Michael Wilkins: https://logos.sjv.io/qWLaeyThe IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, Craig Keener: https://logos.sjv.io/xJjg05Some links above are affiliate links.
