God With Us: Themes from Matthew

by D. A. Carson

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2009

Overview

This thorough yet practical study of Matthew’s Gospel is a must for any Christian who desires a complete understanding of who Jesus Christ is, why he came to earth, how he is related to the Old Testament, and how his life, death, and resurrection can energize daily life.

Key Features

• Provides informed but practical instruction from Matthew
• Examines Matthew's major themes in their broader context
• Includes study questions

Contents

• Root and Shoot
• The Begining of the Messiah's Ministry
• The Sermon on the Mount
• Miracles and Mission
• Who on Earth is this Jesus
• Parables of the kingdom
• Multiplying Ministry, Fledgling Faith
• Displays of Glory, and the Failures of the Messiah's People
• Controversy and Contrast
• The Opposition Digs in—Jesus Responds
• The Beginning of the End
• Death—and the Death of Death

Top Highlights

“But Matthew took pains to point out that Jesus the King included in His heritage prostitutes and aliens. This speaks not only of His immense humility, but points to the fact that He came to ‘save his people from their sins’ (Matt. 1:21), and to be the Lord and Saviour not only of Jews, but of men and women without racial distinction, fulfilling the promise to Abraham that in him all peoples on earth would be blessed (see Gen. 12:1–3).” (Page 12)

“Second, there is an unmistakable contrast between the enthusiasm of the Gentile Magi and the reception afforded Jesus by His fellow Jews and by the half-Jewish monarch Herod.” (Page 16)

“Matthew takes great pains to show how the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus the Messiah took place in fulfillment of the Scriptures. He is interested in demonstrating that Jesus is indeed the Son of David, the Son of God, the promised Messiah; but equally, he wants to make clear how most people’s expectations of what the Messiah should be were woefully inadequate.” (Pages 7–8)

“Repentance is neither simply feeling sorry for one’s sins, nor a merely intellectual change of mind about them. It is a radical change of direction, a transforming turn around of the entire person. It involves will and thought and emotion and action, and issues ‘fruit in keeping with repentance’ (3:8).” (Pages 23–24)

“Jesus Christ. He is the climax of Old Testament expectations and the foundation for New Testament Christianity. Here in this Gospel is the dramatic change of covenant—when the old covenant gave way to the new, when the sacrifices of the Temple were replaced by the sacrifice of the cross, when the law of Moses was outstripped by the teaching of Jesus.” (Page 8)

Product Details

• Title: God with Us: Themes from Matthew
• Author: D. A. Carson
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2009
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Pages: 166
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Matthew › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 9781606086667, 1606086669
• Resource ID: LLS:WSGODWITHUS
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:29:20Z

About D. A. Carson

D.A. Carson (b. 1946) is one of the most respected New Testament scholars in the world. A respected teacher, author, and speaker, he is currently research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the president of The Gospel Coalition. He has served as pastor of Richmond Baptist Church and as the first dean of the seminary of Northwest Baptist Theological College, now known as Northwest Baptist Seminary. Logos has collected his sermons—including audio—in the D.A. Carson Sermon Archive.

Carson lectures in academic and church settings around the world, and is the author of more than 50 books, including Exegetical Fallacies, Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to John, The Gagging of God, Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12–14 and the Intolerance of Tolerance. He is the editor of the Pillar New Testament Commentary series, and coedited of the Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament with G.K. Beale, and the Studies in New Testament Greek series with Stanley Porter. You can find more of Carson’s work in the Baker D.A. Carson Collection (15 vols.).