Matthew

Matthew was also called "Levi" son of Alpaeous

• True

• False

Matthew as a civil servant for the Roman Government had a good level of education to work in this business.

• True

• False

Matthew collected taxes near Lebanon on the busiest road in Israel - huge revenues & profit to cheat from

• True

• False

He was the early church leader, 100 years after Christ – affirmed Matthew the tax collector was author of the gospel

• Iranaeus

• papias

• Justin the Martyr

• Luke

The debate: Hebrew or Greek . . what language the Gospel of Matthew was written as it is inspired by God?

• Greek

• Hebrew

Reason for writing of the Gospel of Matthew

• once dispersed from Jerusalem – need for gospels to be recorded in order to be communicated to all believers

• so that the goal of Christian literature became an experience of the living Christ.

• to reveal the Lord Jesus Christ and all He “began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven”

• to show that Jesus of Nazareth was Christ, the Son of God, and that believers in him might have eternal life

Where was it written ?

• Lebanon

• Egypt

• Jordan

• Antioch of Syria

To whom did Matthew write this gospel? The first audience ...

• non-Jewish people

• Jewish people

• Pagan Christian

• all believers

Why did Matthew write this gospel ?

(what was his purpose?) except ONE

• In order to bring Jews to come to believe in Jesus and follow Him as their Messiah

• By demonstrating that the prophecies of the OT were fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus of Nazareth

• To prove that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah prophesied to come, the King of the Jews

• To ensure that the message of Christ was sent to the Gentiles because the Jews rejected it

What part of Jesus’ identity did Matthew focus on ?

• The Suffering Servant

• The Conqueror

• The promised Messiah & King

• The Liberator