Jesus came to earth on a mission, he wanted to inspire and teach people about the power of following God’s commands. Jesus is more than just our savior, he is our guide and the gospel that shows this best is Matthew’s. The Gospel of Matthew is clear and powerful when describing the pedagogy of Jesus. He did not spend his time in a room lecturing people, he did not force people to listen to him and he did not come with a prepared discussion topic on note cards. Jesus simply stood in crowds preaching how important living the way growing closer to god each day is, and Matthew did a great job capturing that. Matthew captured Jesus as the “new Moses” in his stories and that is why they were so powerful. One of the arguments being presented today is the argument that Matthew provided more detail than Mark in their gospels when it came to Jesus’ teachings. Mark commonly exhausted how the …show more content…
On the Sermon on the Mount in chapters five through seven, Jesus taught his followers the laws of joy, also known as the beatitudes. The beatitudes were one of Jesus’ biggest life lessons and one of the things that made Matthews gospel special. Jesus taught people how to live joyfully to be closer to God, while Matthew helps us understand the true meaning of what Jesus was trying to achieve. His gospel is all about the “New Moses” theme. Moses was a hero in the Old Testament on a mission to save people from the land on Egypt and created the Ten Commandments. Moses in the Old Testament relates to Jesus in the New Testament because they both go on a journey to help people connect with god and they both deliver a series of commandments to do so. Moses gave the Ten Commandments every catholic person should live by while Jesus gave the beatitudes and eventually the seven woes. Jesus in the gospel of Matthew directed people to the path of god using these beatitudes and woes portraying events that Moses did in the Old