The Gospel Of Matthew Is Still Relevant Today

The Gospel of Matthew is the first of the three Synoptic Gospels of the New Testament, with the other two being Mark and Luke. Mark is believed to have been the first of the three written, as Matthew and Luke tend to use much of the content that was written in Mark’s gospel. However, “it seems that there is a literary relationship between the writers, although no one knows exactly who copied from whom and whether or not any of them relied on another common source.” (Roberts, 2002, p. 124). Matthews gospel was written by Matthew himself, and although the exact date is unknown it is believed to have been written around 48-50 A.D., after the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. Matthew was a “tax collector who followed Jesus and became one of his twelve disciples.” (ESV, 2008, p. 1815).
He used the gospel to reach out to the Jewish community and help them to understand the identity of Christ. The words of the Gospel of Matthew are just as relevant today as they were for the early Church and its converts. “For Matthew, the end of Israel’s exile is at last at hand with the advent of Jesus, the Davidic Messiah, who is God’s definitive answer to the problem of Israel’s sin.” (Marius, 2017). Not only was this book written to spread the good news about Jesus to the Jews, but it was also written to reveal to the world the truths about our Lord and savior, the