Matthew Review

7. July 2008 by Bernice Davis.

Hello: 

Welcome back from the weekend. 

Today, we pick back up our study in the book of Matthew. 

We will focus on a review today since it’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve visited the text. 

The book of Matthew was written to a Jewish audience.  All throughout our study, you will notice that I will be referencing Old Testament scripture to define the Jewish customs mentioned in Matthew.     Jesus used the Old Testament scripture when teaching for the New Testament had not been written yet.  To get a clear understanding of what Jesus and the disciples wrote, it is necessary to understand the Old Testament which is why I have sited historical data from that period.   

The book of Matthew opened with a genealogy tracing the lineage of Jesus through the line of David.   When you get a chance take a look at that genealogy, it reveals some fascinating facts as to the kind of people that were included in the lineage of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  It’s very encouraging. 

After the genealogy, it goes into the birth of Christ, Herod’s attempt to kill the baby Jesus, The family’s flight into Egypt, the return to their homeland, the ministry of John the Baptist, Jesus temptation in the wilderness, and the beginning of his earthly ministry. 

Jesus begins his teaching with the famous “Sermon on the mount.”   In this he unveils the true formula for happiness and what the attributes of a Christian should be.    You can review under the beatitudes section should you like.  It was some pretty powerful teachings from the heart of God.   

Then we went into a section dealing with our purpose in this earth and how much influence and power we really have.    

The section that we were in before we left was Jesus teaching on the law.  We discussed what is meant by the Mosaic Law and the statement that Jesus made concerning his fulfillment of the law.   We begin a study on the Ten Commandments. 

Jesus begins with “Thou shalt not kill” and we talked in detail about anger and its connection with this law. 

The next commandment that Jesus covered was “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”  W e talked in detail about the heart and its connection to this commandment.    Jesus went on to teach about divorce which is where we ended our study. 

The sermon on anger and adultery is already on the web and you can listen for free and the other series on marriage and divorce which came out of this chapter will be posted shortly for free also.   The sermons go into more detail than we covered in our daily devotionals. 

Okay, that’s it for our review.  Please review the daily devotionals, should you like to refresh your memory.  Tomorrow, we’ll continue our study in Matthew the 5^th Chapter. 

God Bless 

Don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily 

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