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Matthew's Gospel: Themes and Teachings

   

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Running head: THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEWThe Gospel of MatthewName of the studentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW1The Gospel of Matthew gives a vivid account of the teachings of Jesus and it is considered thefundamental doctrine in respect to Christianity. A large number of scholars hold the idea that the firstgospel of Mark was composed around the year 70. Scholars believe that the gospels of Matthew and Lukewere composed in 80s or in the 90’s. The written version of Mark’s gospels was held to be a source fortheir narratives (Brown 2015). The two evangelists, Matthew and Luke had material that could not befound in Mark so a large number of researchers think that it was the sayings of Jesus that was integratedin the works. This was known as the “Q” source and it was put together somewhere in the 40’s. Thematerials of Luke and Matthew bear similarity to each other however; the version of Luke is a scatteredversion. Matthew has inserted these sayings in the place of the Marcan narrative where Jesus wasteaching people. These sayings were later organized to form a single sermon that was done by Matthew(Clayton 2017).There was a gap of 400 years between Old and New Testament when God was notcommunicating with the Jews. The hope for Messiah was provided in the Old Testament. It was finallyaccomplished with the appearance of Jesus Christ (Finegan 2014). Old Testament boasted of a Kingdomof Heaven and Christ has emerged to fulfill the divine law. According to Christ, righteousness was thecrux upon which the earthly kingdom was based. Matthew’s gospel was addressed to Jews who werewaiting for hundred years for the Messiah to dawn on the face of the earth. The words of the Son of Manprovide relief for those who are weak and have a weary soul. These words provide support for all thosepeople who are in dire need of some assurance. The passage has an important bearing on the overallstructure of New Testament. People in the world suffer from restlessness and disappointment plaguestheir soul. Jesus will provide us with peace in exchange of good work. Jesus provides rest to every sinner.Christ takes away the sins of all those who go near him. He provides them respite from fear of law, hell,devil and death. The blessings of Jesus would be endowed on those who work hard in the righteous pathand to those people who are laboring hard under Pharisaic enactments ( Kennedy 2014). Christ will
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