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The Gospel of Matthew

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My favorite Gospel changed as I grew up in the faith. I loved John’s way of speaking of the Lord, then I fell in love with Matthew’s account, and finally with Luke’s. The Gospel of Luke was the first Gospel narrative I studied, verse by verse, and Matthew has become the final one of the four. Now that I’ve done that, my heart is returning to Matthew’s account once more, as I appreciate his brilliant work.

I believe Matthew’s Gospel was the first written account, but Mark’s was Peter’s oral Gospel, and truly it was first as an oral account of what the Lord had said and did. Mark’s narrative is what Peter preached, which is why there are no genealogies. While one might say, neither has John’s Gospel a genealogy, he does show that Jesus is the Word; the Word was God; and the Word became flesh. What need is there for a genealogy there?

In any case, I have finally studied all for Gospel narratives, and I will at this time publish what I’ve come to find out from Matthew. I’ve really enjoyed this endeavor, and I hope the reader will enjoy it too, but I hope my study will be the inspiration of your own study. It is important that the reader studies these things himself. There is strong meat of the word waiting to be enjoyed in one’s private study. All one could ever receive from me is the milk of the word, vis-à-vis a study that I’ve fully digested, which was my strong meat. Nevertheless, the telling of it can only offer milk. So do yourself a favor and embark on your own study. I hope mine inspires you to do that. Lord bless all who read.

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