BI 32383338 WELCOME TO THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

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BI 3238/3338 WELCOME TO THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

• GOOD MORNING --January 19, 2006
• Questions You Should Be Able To answer
• Name the two Roman emperors during Jesus life.
  (Augustus and Tiberius)
• Name three Herods during the life of Christ-(The
  Great, Archelaus, Antipas)
• How were early MSS like Matthew identified?
• What three major division can be determined?
• Pre-ministry, public ministry, glorification
• What are the two main divisions in Jesus public
  ministry
• How can four sections in Matt. Be determined?
• Where may sevens be observed in Matthew?-
• What are some distinctive features in Matthew?
• What are two distinct themes are seen in Matthew?
• What are some exclusive mentions of Matthew?

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MATTHEW EMPHASIZES

• JESUS IS THE LONG LOOKED FOR MESSIAH
• Genealogy ends at Abraham
• This formula that it might be fulfilled. 15
  X
• Son of David 11x Mk.3x Jn. 0.
• God as Father 45x MK. 4x Lk. 15x
• Son of man 3x Mk. 14x Lk. 25 Jno. 13
• JESUS AS TEACHER 10x to teach 10x
• Refers to the SOTM as teaching (52 728,29)
• Refers to Himself as Master 238
• He taught with authority 729

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ALSO EMPHASIZES

• ESCHATOLOGY -- FINAL THINGS
• 1. The 10 virgins, the talents, the sheep and
  goats, the tares, the dragnet.
• 2. Weeping and gnashing of teeth
• (4x to Lukes 1.---Mark has 0)
• 3. PARABLES
• MATTHEW 13FF
• 4. LENGTHY DISCUSION IN CH. 24.

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THE CONCURRENT THEMES IN OF BELIEF AND UNBELIEF

• Belief 1223. And all the people were
  amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
• Unbelief 24. But when the Pharisees heard it,
  they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils,
  but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

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Look for this progressive development Matthew 5
834 1224

• Jesus Sermon on the Mount Sets the pace as Grace
  extended from the son of God.
• The wise will hear the word, the foolish will
  reject
• Jesus word/Grace is confirmed by miracles of
  GraceMt.8
• Miracles of obvious grace are rejected for a pig
  economy
• Process of hardness sets in.

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The Progressive Flow of Matthews Material

• 1. Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law
• 2. The kingdom is coming, Jesus is King
• 3. Sermon on the Mt., an example of serving God
  by faith in the Spirit, over the letter of the
  law.
• 4. The Word of Jesus is the Rock foundation and
  the wise man will build on it.
• 5. Jesus claims are confirmed by many
  miracles.
• 6. His miracles of mercy are attributed to
  Satan.
• 7. This is considered the ultimate sin
  against the Holy Spirit which will not be
  forgiven. The climax of this hardness is reached
  in Chapter 12.
• 8. Receptive hearts reach a climax of belief in
  Matt, 1618
• 9. The second phase begins The suffering Messiah

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Consequence of Those Following the Path of
Unbelief
Indisputable Grace Offered
Grace Rejected
MT. 5--834. And, behold, the whole city came
out to meet Jesus and when they saw him, they
besought him that he would depart out of their
coasts.
Determined unbelief-hardness
Irrelevant objections
ACTS 416 indeed a notable miracle hath been
done by them is manifest to all them that dwell
in Jerusalem and we cannot deny it.
Unpardonable Sin -Eventual Murder
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Thus OBSERVE THE CONCURRENT THEMES OF BELIEF AND
UNBELIEF

• Belief 1223. And all the people were
  amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
• Unbelief 24. But when the Pharisees heard it,
  they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils,
  but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

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MATTHEW EMPHASIZES SEVEN THINGS TO PROVE JESUS
IS THE CHRIST
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1. JESUS QUALIFIED AS MESSIAH BY A CORRECT
GENEALOGY

• FALSE CHRISTS ABOUNDED TO CERTIFY THE CLAIMS
  THAT JESUS OF NAZARETH WAS THE LONG AWAITED
  MESSIAH, AND TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE JEWS,
  MATTHEW HAD TO DEMONSTRATE THAT JESUS FULFILLED
  ALL THE SCRIPTURE CONCERNING THE CHRIST TO COME.
  WITHOUT THIS ALL CLAIMS WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY
  USELESS.
• JESUS HAD TO HAVE A CORRECT GENEALOGY
• QUALIFIES BY LEGAL DESCENT AND BY PROMISE
  STIPULATIONS
• So he begins here the book of the generations of
• Jesus Christ- the anointed of God (Ps. 456-7)
• Son of David the royal heir (Ps. 1321)
• Son of Abraham the promised seed (Gen. 121ff)

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2. JESUS FULFILLS THE PROPHECY OF A VIRGIN BIRTH

• The Birth narrative is related 118-21. Then
  Matthew quotes Isa. 714 (122-23)
• Therefore the Lord himself will give you a
  sign behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a
  son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  (Mt.2818-20)
• The fulfillment was a typical fulfillment.
• Contention over the Hebrew word alma
• N.T. renders it parthenos

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3. HE WOULD BE A MESSIAH FOR ALL NAITONS

• ISA. 622. THE GENTILES SHALL SEE THY
  RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL KINGS THY GLORY
• 15. And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab and Booz
  begat Obed of Ruth and Obed begat Jesse
• 811. And I say unto you, That many shall come
  from the east and west, and shall sit down with
  Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of
  heaven.

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4 He Fulfills the prophecy of Being Called out
of Egypt Hos. 111

• Because of persecution Joseph was driven into
  Egypt In the Days of Herod the King
• 213. And when they were departed, behold, the
  angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream,
  saying, Arise, and take the young child and his
  mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there
  until I bring thee word for Herod will seek the
  young child to destroy him.

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5. Herods Persecution Fulfilled---Jeremiah 3115

• 16. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked
  of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent
  forth, and slew all the children that were in
  Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from
  two years old and under, Herod s insane act of
  infanticide is to have fulfilled Rachels
  weeping for her children
• A statement of type representing the sadness of
  the Jews over awesome misfortune
• Jeremiah the weeping prophet.
• Israels sin has caused Assyrian captivity and
  to be said they were not
• The same sin had placed a foreign monster on the
  Jewish throne at Jesus birth who killed the
  babies and they were not.

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6 Jesus Was to be called a Nazarene

• 2 23. and came and dwelt in a city called
  Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which was
  spoken through the prophets, that he should be
  called a Nazarene.
• Isa. 1110?

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7 FULFILLS A MESSENGER SHALL GO BEFORE HIM.

• Mal. 31. Behold, I send my messenger, and he
  shall prepare the way before me and the Lord,
  whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple
  and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye
  desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of
  hosts.
• So Matthew pictures the coming of John the
  Baptist who baptizes Christ.

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Text Chapter One
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Chapter one THE TITLE AND GENEALOGY

• Verse 1. The book of the generation of Jesus
  Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

• The Title to this section, --not to the book
• as it appeared in Jewish records.
• The tax collectors method of introducing Jesus
  of Nazareth, the Savior of His life.
• church historians.

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Why Divisions of Fourteens
17. So all the generations from Abraham to
David are fourteen generations and from David
until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen
generations and from the carrying away into
Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
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MEMORIZATION WAS ESSENTIAL FOR INSTRUCTION IN
THOSE DAYS

• MATTHEW USES TWO IMPORTANT METHODS
• MNEMONIC EXERCISE
• 14 NAMES, SEPARATED BY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL
  EVENTS.
• PATTERN OF GEMATRIA
• USE OF NUMERICAL VALUES DWD 46414

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The Genealogy Demonstrates that Old Barriers Are
Down

• 1) The Barrier between Jew and Gentile is down
  Rahab of Jericho, Ruth the Moabite
• 2) The barrier between male female is down.
• 3. The barrier between Saint and Sinner is down.
  Rahab, Tamar Bathsheba (Mt. 913)
• Here then, in the genealogy of Jesus, is a
  glimmer of the extent of Gods love

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MATTHEW 115-16

• 115. And Eliud begat Eleazar and Eleazar begat
  Matthan and Matthan begat Jacob
• 16. And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary,
  of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

• Observe that Matthew Intentionally Conveys the
  Virgin Birth in the genealogy

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THE VIRGIN BIRTH IS EMPHASIZED AGAIN IN THE BIRHT
NARRATIVE

• 18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this
  wise When as his mother Mary was espoused to
  Joseph,
• before they came together, she was found with
  child of the Holy Ghost. (Writes this book to
  present this as fact)
• )

• 1) They were not Married
• 2) They were pledged
• 3) The child was not Josephs

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THE BIRTH NARRATIVE

• Conceived in her is of THE Holy Spirit
  Conceived by the power of the word. The spoken
  word was the sown seed Lk. 811
• Conception was by faith in the word Lk. 145
  Blessed is she who believed that there would be
  a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from
  the Lord.
• Like Sarah, she miraculously conceived by By
  faith in the word of God (Heb. 1111Lk. 811
  Rom. 1017).

• 19. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man,
  and not willing to make her a publick example,
  was minded to put her away privily.
• 20. But while he thought on these things,
  behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him
  in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David,
  fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife for
  that which is conceived in her is of the Holy
  Ghost.

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THE ROLL OF JOSEPH

• 119 Joseph, her husband
• Being just, sought to spare her public
  humiliation
• Righteous man in league with Abraham, Elizabeth
  and Zacharias
• Joseph thou son of David the royal line
• Be not afraidthis is Gods work.
• She shall bear a son Not unto thee a son as
  in Lk. 113 and Gen. 1719
• Thou shall call his name Jesus (yours, but not
  yours)
• You shall be an foster father. God gives him his
  name, means God is His real Father.

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JESUS NAME UNDERSCORES HIS MISSION

• for he shall save
• sosei to save from the worst of mortal dangers
• His people Who are they?
• Not the unbelieving Jews 111 but those
  described in Mt. 12 48-49 But he answered and
  said unto him that told him, Who is my mother?
  and who are my brethren?And he stretched forth
  his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold
  my mother and my brethren Gal. 37 they which
  are of faith, the same are the children of
  Abraham.

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Matthew Quotes Isaiah 714 as Typical to Jesus
Birth

• Behold, a virgin (almah is rendered parthenos in
  The Septuagint) shall conceive, and bear a son,
  and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Betrothal period as binding as marriage, so Mary
  is called the wife of Joseph.
• If found with child during this period the
  husband (betrothed had a choicepunishing her
  publicly, or divorcing her privately.
• IMMANUEL GOD WITH US..(Mt. 2819-20)