DECEMBER 28 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#1-33 SUMMARY-14 The Gospel of Matthew: A Study of the Life, Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ

 

DECEMBER 28  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#1-33 SUMMARY-14   The Gospel of Matthew: A Study of the Life,

 Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ 

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

Jesus, You Lord are the reason that there is HOPE each and every day, 

for we need Your Forgiveness, Mercy, and Grace on a daily basis! Just as

 You prayed to the Father for us (1) “Give us this day our daily bread” and 

(2) “Father forgive them for they know not what they do”,  

let us daily take up our cross and follow You and depend 

on the Father’s will for our daily lives. 

Thank You Lord for Sacrificing Your Perfectly-Lived Sinless Life 

for our worldly lives so defiled and soiled with our daily iniquities —

 so we pray the Father, “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil,

 for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever!”      

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has been introduced by St. Matthew in his Gospel of Jesus Christ

 in such a manner that Jesus is revealed as the Messiah by 

(Proof #1) <<Matthew 1:1-17>> His genealogy, 

“the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ” (Matthew 1:1) that proves

 Jesus to be “the Son of David” and “the Son of Abraham” thereby

 fulfilling the minimum requirement for the long awaited and highly

 anticipated Jewish Messiah who in Jewish eschatology is 

a future Jewish king from the Davidic line. 

(Proof #2) <<Matthew 1:18-25>> His “virgin birth” 

as prophetically written over 700 years before by the prophet Isaiah

 “Therefore the LORD Himself will give you a sign: 

Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 11:1,Isaiah 7:14, & Numbers 24:7,8a,16-17a) 

(Proof #3) <<Matthew 2:1 - 2:23>> Prophecies fulfilled by Herod

 about the Messiah’s birth being in Bethlehem - the city of David 

 (Isaiah 40:3, Jeremiah 31:15, Hosea 11:1, & Micah 5:2)  

(Proof #4) <<Mathew 3:1-17>> The testimony of John the Baptist 

the “forerunner of the Messiah” who was preaching 

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand…” (Matthew 3:2) 

John was baptizing in the Jordan all those that went out to him

 in the wilderness to hear his message of “Repentance” and 

“were baptized by [John] in the Jordan [after] confessing 

their sins…” (Matthew 3:6) and when John saw Jesus, 

John proclaimed Jesus the One that John had been sent by

 the Holy Spirit to “prepare the way of the Lord” (Matthew 3:3)

 and John also said when he saw Jesus coming to him in the Jordan,

 “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” 

(John 1:29) and finally 

(Proof #5) <<Matthew 4:1 - Matthew 28:20>> Matthew documents that Jesus

 by virtue of His Lifestyle, the Lessons and Parables that Jesus taught,

 and that Jesus with His Life, Death, Burial, and Resurrection 

“proves” that JESUS IS THE MESSIAH, GOD’S ANOINTED, 

GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON”!  

Therefore, we end the Gospel of Matthew with enough evidence to prove, 

in any modern court, that Jesus IS the rightful Heir to His Father’s Kingdom —

 but just as it was true when Jesus walked the earth, it is TRUE that each of us

 in our modern world must view the “evidence” through the filter 

of “FAITH” and provide the final verdict for ourselves and honestly

 answer the single most important question you will ever be asked: for one day 

YOU WILL STAND  in His Presence 

and Jesus  Himself will ask YOU — 

“But who do you say that I am?” (Mark 8:29)

DECEMBER 27 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#1-33 SUMMARY-13 The Gospel of Matthew: A Study of the Life, Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ

 

DECEMBER 27  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#1-33 SUMMARY-13   The Gospel of Matthew: A Study of the Life,

 Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ 

LIVING FOR JESUS -Daily Prayer   

JESUS we thank You for Your daily Presence in our lives as we see You

 revealed by Your Holy Word and Your Holy Spirit. Lord I pray that

 in my life I will know that You are always there and if I fail to recognize

 Your Presence then may the Holy Spirit give me understanding that it

 is my own flesh that is blinding me to Your Presence — and that upon

 the realization that it is the darkness of the world which prevents

 my eyes from beholding Your Glory in my life that at the realization 

that it is me and not You, that I will take up my cross and be crucified

 with You and know that Your Spirit is Resurrected in us and You

 will illuminate our darkness with YOUR LIGHT! 

Lord, our daily walk is our “now” and our “daily walk now” is the 

only “time” we can experience GRACE! Only if we decrease and You

 are allowed to increase can we behold our Lord Jesus Christ,

 the Messiah! Forgive me of my daily shortcomings and my failure

 to see You working in my life — even so, come “now” Lord Jesus!     

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus was first revealed by the Gospel of Matthew as the Messiah 

by circumstances beyond His control but were obviously circumstances

 ORCHESTRATED BY GOD as part of God’s Master Plan. 

Up to the point where Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan

 river, Jesus was validated as the Messiah by many external 

witnesses and circumstances such as Jesus being born in Bethlehem

 of Judea, being born the son of Mary (a virgin) who was betrothed 

to Joseph whose lineage could be traced back to King David. 

Jesus began His public Ministry after being baptized by John the Baptist

 who was the forerunner of the Messiah as written by the prophets.

 Jesus demonstrated by the way He lived, especially His Earthly 

Ministry from His baptism in the Jordan to His baptism on the cross

 that His Perfect Life and His Sacrificial Death is the greatest “witness” 

to the TRUTH OF GOD that JESUS IS THE MESSIAH!!!  

 Everything that Jesus does, He does at the direction of His Heavenly Father

 and His Message is “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”. 

The JESUS QUESTIONS themselves reveal His Divinity and witness

 to Jesus being the Messiah, the Son of the Living God, therefore let us

 look at one more detail of Matthew’s introduction of Jesus that is also

 a separate witness to Jesus being the Messiah and what His “Mission”

 and “Purpose” was in being born in the flesh, at this particular time,

 in this particular place, to these particular parents. 

Matthew starts his Gospel of Jesus Christ with

 “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ” (Matthew 1:1) 

and within this “genealogy of Jesus Christ” is further “witness” to 

God’s Master Plan of Salvation and Jesus being the Messiah sent to earth,

 taking on earthly flesh to Administer God’s Plan!!! 

Jewish tradition, from the very beginning, has always placed great

 importance on the “lineage” or “family line” and the main reason “lineage”

 was so important to Israel was because one’s “lineage” determined 

their “tribal inheritance”! Inheritance among God’s people is based upon

 the fact that at God’s directions, each Jewish tribe or “family” had

 received a particular portion of the “Promised Land” and for a person

 to inherit land in a particular area assigned to that tribe, the person 

had to produce “evidence of birth” that he was from that particular tribe.

 That “evidence” of birth into a “tribe” came through records of 

the family genealogy. The genealogy of Jesus therefore would

 determine His Inheritance and a close look at the genealogy of 

Jesus Christ reveals some very important “signs” or “evidence” of 

miraculous claims by Jesus as they relate to the 

“Purpose and Life of the Messiah”!!! 

This genealogy of Jesus revealed that Jesus through His Lineage was born

 “the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.” (Matthew 1:1)  

Now is a good time to revisit the “book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ” 

as listed in Matthew 1:1-17 and ask yourself about your personal 

lineage and understand the

 “Importance” of your “Spiritual Lineage” in “inheriting” 

your “portion of the Promised Land” that has been set aside 

for you in “the kingdom of heaven”!!! 

This investigation of your personal “Spiritual Inheritance” can be

 understood by reading what Jesus told Nicodemus in John Chapter 3

 verses 1-21 which includes these two 

Promises by Jesus that address our “Spiritual Inheritance”:  

(Promise #1) “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, 

he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3) and 

(Promise #2) “For God so loved the world that He gave 

His only begotten Son that whoever believes on Him 

shall not perish but [inherit] everlasting life.” (John 3:16) 

so by reading the “Promises of God” regarding your “inheritance”,

 you must ask yourself:

 “Have I received Him and claimed my Godly inheritance 

and my right to become [a child] of God 

by believing on the [Name and Person] of Jesus Christ.?” 

(See John 1:12-13)