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The Teachings Of The Books - Or The Literary Structure And Spiritual Interpretation Of The Books Of The New Testament (1899) (Paperback)
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The Teachings Of The Books - Or The Literary Structure And Spiritual Interpretation Of The Books Of The New Testament (1899) (Paperback)
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gospel; that of Luke, the humanitarian gospel; that of John the
spiritual gospel. Or it might be put thus: Matthew records the
sayings of Jesus; Mark, His mighty acts;. Luke reveals His human
heart; John, the secrets of His divine nature. But all of these
classifications are necessarily imperfect. Each evangelist was to
some extent an independent witness; yet the four separate gospels
unite together in forming one stream of historic testimony in
behalf of the manifestation of God in human life, which has made
glad the waste places of the earth, and has made the wilderness to
blossom as the rose. chapter{Section 4THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
MATTHEW THE WRITER The man with whose name the first gospel is
connected was a collector of customs from merchants crossing the
Sea of Galilee. The name given to him by Mark and Luke is Levi. He
calls himself by his Christian name "Matthew," but with a touch of
humility adds, "the publican," in reference to the unsavory
profession which he had abandoned. He was the son of Alphaeus (Mark
ii. 14); probably not the Alphaeus mentioned as the father of
James, and a member of the apostolic band (Matt. x. 3; Mark iii.
18). His duties as a publican would bring him into disrepute with
his countrymen, who hated all agents of the foreign despotism under
which they groaned. The social ostracism from which men of this
class usually suffered may have produced, or may have fostered,
that rapacity and avarice for which publicans were noted. It was an
audacious act to choose a follower from this class. But Jesus,who
had probablyoften marked the man Levi at his post, called him one
day to follow Him, and he obeyed. The beginning of the new career
was celebrated by the assumption or bestowal of the new name,
"Matthew," which signifies "the gift of God," and b...
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