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Matthew’s Gospel is a narrative of Jesus’ life and has objective Christology in it. Matthew not only talks about who Christ was a person, but he talks about the work that Christ did. At the beginning of his Gospel, we learn about the birth of Jesus. Throughout the rest of the gospel, we learn about Christ’s teachings and about the several different miracles he performed. In chapter 8, for example, Matthew recounts Jesus curing Peter’s mother-in law. Matthew not only mentions Jesus’ work to show what he did, but to show people who he is. Jesus’ miracles go hand-in-hand with his identity. Matthew presents Jesus in a way that helps the reader better understand who he is. He is especially concerned with teaching those who are new followers of Christ. It all begins with the first chapter. In chapter 1 verses 1-17, Matthew provides the descent of Jesus. He gives all the names of Jesus’ ancestors. His account of the genealogy of Jesus is important to Matthew because he wants to show people that fulfillment of the prophecy in the Old Testament. Matthew is the one who links the Old Testament with the New Testament. Providing people with the ancestry of Jesus is also important because it shows that he is a descendant …show more content…

He does this to show people that Jesus is the Messiah that the people have been waiting for. One thing Matthew does to convince people that Jesus is the Messiah is draw some parallels between the teachings of Jesus and Moses. Matthew mentions several of Jesus’ teachings in chapter 5 of the Gospel, but the most important one is the sermon on the mount. When Jesus goes up on the mountain, he teaches his disciples the beatitudes. Just like Jesus was given the beatitudes, Moses was given the Ten Commandments, and just like Moses went up to a mountain to receive a new law from God, Jesus preached on a mountain to give a new law. Matthew showed that Jesus was a great teacher and leader, just like Moses

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