Day 41: 45 Days to Read the Gospel Challenge: Salvation is FREE – The Gospel of Matthew : Many are Called – Few are Chosen.

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The Gospel consists of the four books in the New Testament that gives the teachings of Jesus Christ, written by John, Luke, Mark, and Matthew. 

 

Overview of the Gospel of Matthew:

Matthew’s name means “Gift of the Lord”, a tax collector who left everything to follow Jesus Christ as an apostle (disciple).  His former name was Levi, the tax collector.  Matthew wrote the Gospel of Matthew. He wrote it for people who converted from Judaism. This Gospel demonstrates that Jesus Christ is the King and Messiah of Israel.  His works support that Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of all of the old testament prophecies of the coming of the Messiah.

 “This book describes Jesus’s genealogy, his miraculous birth and childhood, his baptism and temptation, his ministry of healing and preaching, and finally his crucifixion and resurrection. The resurrected Jesus commissions his Apostles to “go and make disciples of all nations.”  Source: Retrieved from the internet on 11/16/2021 from The New World Encyclopedia.  https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Gospel_of_Matthew

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Chapter 19

Jesus continues to heal the sick.  Matthew 19:2KJV  “And great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.”  Jesus commands about divorce and marriage.  Matthew 19: 2-9 KJV ⁴And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, ⁵And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 

⁶Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.  Matthew 19: 7- 9 KJV ⁷They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? ⁸He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning, it was not so. ⁹And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery: and whoso marries her which is put away doth commit adultery.

 Jesus suffers little children and blesses little children.  Matthew 19:13-15 KJV  ¹³Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. ¹⁵And he laid his hands on them and departed thence. ¹

Jesus’ comparison on how hard it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.  Matthew 19: 23-25 KJV  ²³Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? ²⁶But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

Jesus’s reward for those who forsake all and follow him.   Matthew 19:28 – 30 KJV ²⁸And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit everlasting life. ³⁰But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

 

 

Chapter 20

The parable of the laborers and the vineyard. The last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.  There was a man who hired laborers to work in his vineyard for a penny a day.  They agreed to the labor and pay. Many hours later, there were laborers hanging around that no one hired.  The man of the vineyard hired them because he had a generous heart and knew they needed money.  

At the end of the day, he told his head worker to pay the ones recently hired first, then pay the others last.  Each laborer received the same pay regardless of time worked.  The ones who worked 11 hours complained.  The employer said it was his money and field and they agreed to their payment. It was his right to pay the others the same pay as he was only being generous.  Jesus explained as it will be in heaven,  the last will be first and the first will be last. 

Notes:  In heaven, everyone is treated the same, regardless of how long they were saved.  The thief hanging on the cross besides Jesus asked to enter heaven and to be forgiven. Jesus granted his wish.  That thief will be received of heaven as someone who had believed their whole life.  John the Baptist was the greatest prophet born of a woman and yet Jesus said the least in heaven was greater than he. 

You will learn that Jesus knew how he would be treated when telling of his predestined death.  Matthew 20:18-19 KJV   ¹⁸Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the Scribes, and they shall sentence him to death, ¹⁹And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, scourge, and crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. 

Believers are not equal to Jesus.  Many religions teach that believers are equal to Jesus because he calls us friends.   This parable of Zebedee’s approached Jesus for her sons, James and Johns who were Jesus’ disciples. She asked if they could sit on his right and left side in heaven.  Jesus said they may drink his cup of suffering and be baptized but those seats are reserved by his father for those who are prepared.   

Note: Jesus is God but on earth, he came as the Son of God in the flesh. In heaven. After his death, he ascends to his higher self and is with God, and is God as Jesus is the Word that became flesh.  ^{John 1: 10-12   10}He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. ¹¹He came unto his own, and his own received him not. ¹²But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in his name:  John the Baptist made it clear that Jesus was higher than he.   John 1:27  KJV “He is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”

Jesus exhorts humility from the disciples in order that they may serve others.  Jesus explains to his disciples that princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over their people.  Those that are great exercise authority over the princes.   However,  the disciples will govern differently and exhort humility in leadership.  The greatest among them will minister. The chief among them will serve them.  Matthew 20: 28  ²⁸Even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 

Note: There is a famous book people refer to that teaches people, especially business people “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. It teaches them to ask people, “What can I do for you? or What do you want?”  The book is based on the character trait of humility in serving others.  Jesus invented the concept as he is Grace and Truth and taught humility and service.  It works in all areas of life. 

Jesus healed two blind men because they asked. They knew he could do it as they called for his attention. The multitude tried to make them be quiet and go away but they were persistent in calling Jesus to have mercy on them.  Jesus approached them and granted their request. Matthew 20:34 KJV   ³⁴So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Note: Jesus asked the blind men, What can I do for you?  Again, he is of great power with humility and a service attitude.  The blind men were persistent in their request for healing.  Luke 18:1  “And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;”

 

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Call to salvation

John 3:16  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

Romans 10:9-10  9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation

 

John 3:5-6  5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.