Matthew Survey

As Part of my outgoing desire to bring the Word of God to Each One.
Here is a Survey of the Book of Matthew.

Matthew – King of the Jews

Theme:  To show that Jesus of Nazareth was the kingly Messiah of Jewish prophecy.

Survey:  Matthew was written to show that Jesus was the Messiah and His purpose was to bring the Kingdom of God to men.  Jesus was a new disclosure of the divine and the redemptive and they are linked together.  This shows that before Jesus will come in glory He first came to die on the cross for men.  His mission is shown in Isaiah.  The Jew expected a saviour to establish a kingdom such as David’s, they did not expect Him to die for sin.  These two concepts were not fully understood until Jesus came and made them clear.  There are many scriptures in the Old Testament that show Christ coming to do away with sin, but also coming in glory to destroy the wicked and this is why the book was written, to show the difference.  Sixty references to Old Testament prophecies are found in this book as well as 40 quotations.  The word, Kingdom appears 50 times and the Kingdom of Heaven is mentioned 30 times.

Matthew Emphasizes:

1.  Jesus is not only the Messiah but the Saviour of the world.

2.  His Kingdom is a spiritual kingdom that is in our hearts.  It is a spiritual power that

     Envelopes the believer.

3.  Jesus is offering in this dispensation peace within and in the next dispensation it will

     Peace outward.

4.  Jesus cares about all men and He wants to heal, set free and bring peace within, but we

     Must let Him.

5.  This message of the Messiah is not just for the Jews but for all men.

Author:  This book was written by Matthew or Levi as he is also known.  He was a Roman tax collector, who was called by Jesus at his collection table.  He left all to follow Jesus.  He held a great feast for Christ and his guests were despised tax collector.  He was one of the twelve apostles and he wrote this letter to the Jews from a Jewish perspective.

It was not the first gospel written.

Outline

Birth and infancy of the Messiah                                                                        1:1-2:23

Prelude to ministry                                                                                            3:1-4:25

Discourse 1:  Righteousness of the Kingdom                                                      5:1-7:29

Narrative 1:  Mighty deeds of the Kingdom                                                       8:1-9:38

Discourse 2:  Proclamation of the Kingdom                                                       Ch 10

Narrative 2:  The presence of the Kingdom                                                       Ch 11 &12

Discourse 3:  Mystery of the Kingdom                                                              14:1-17:27

Narrative 4:  Crisis of the Kingdom                                                                   Ch 18

Discourse 4:  Fellowship of the Kingdom                                                           19:1-23:39

Narrative 4:  Conflict caused by the Kingdom                                                     24 & 25

Passion of the King                                                                                           Ch 26-27

The Resurrection                                                                                               Ch 28                                                                                      

 Miracles only Found in Matthew

1.  Two blind man healed.                                                                                 9:28-30

2.  The Tax Money.                                                                                          17:24-27

Parables found on in Matthew                                 

Ch 13 - The weeds,  24, hidden treasure, vs. 44, the pearl, vs. 45, the net, vs. 47

Ch 18 -  The unmerciful servant.  vs. 23.

Ch 20 -  The workers in the vineyard.  Vs 1-16

Ch 21 -  The two sons.  Vs 28-32

Ch 22 -  The marriage of the King’s son.  Vs 1-14

Ch 25 -   Then ten virgins.  Vs 1-13, the talents, vs. 14-30, the sheep and the goats. 

               Vs 31-46

Statistics:  40^th book of the Bible, 28 chapters, 1071 verses, 23684 words, 177 questions, 25 Old Testament prophecies, 47 new prophecies, 815 verses of history, 256 verses of prophecy, 164 unfulfilled, 92 fulfilled and 109 promises.