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Matthew: Unlocking the Scriptures for You

by E. LeRoy Lawson

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, 1986

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Overview

This volume provides section-by-section commentary on Matthew. Simple, devotional, contemporary, and personal, it aids laypeople in Bible study and Sunday school lesson preparation.

Top Highlights

“The second temptation touches another basic drive: to gain approval or attention. ‘ ‘If you are the Son of God,’ he said, ‘throw yourself down.’ ’” (Page 38)

“It certainly does, as least in the visit of the Wise-men. What a story: a king defeated by a baby, a throne overthrown by a manger, power drained of its strength by weakness, craftiness outsmarted by innocence, ambition ambushed by selflessness!” (Page 19)

“Everybody has to have somebody. We admire the courage of the apostle Paul, but Paul openly admitted there was no secret to his bravery. It came from his leader. He put it this way: ‘To me, to live is Christ’ (Philippians 1:21). And this way: ‘I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me’ (Galatians 2:20, 21). Paul totally identified himself with his leader. Because of Christ’s power, Paul could do amazing things, face any danger, endure any hardship.” (Page 315)

“What the Germans didn’t understand, Rogers explained, was that ‘in our training manual there’s nothing about retreating. When you only have to teach an army to go one way, you can do it in half the time.’ Jesus gives Peter no instructions for sinking, only for walking. He never gives His disciples practice in retreating before persecution, hardships, the devil, or the contrary winds that blow. Doubting He would banish from our experience, to replace it with steady, obedient faith.” (Page 190)

“Blessed (makarios) originally referred to outward prosperity, but came in time to take on the overtone of moral quality or of high character. Jesus traces the source of joy to spiritual characteristics like humility, sensitivity, and hunger for justice. Not in externals, but in attitudes, is happiness to be discovered. It has to do with people, not things; with giving, not receiving; with humility, not pride; and with becoming, not with having. Jesus departs from Aristotle’s famous teaching that ‘Happiness is something final and self-sufficient and the end of all action.’ No, Jesus counters, happiness is not a goal and certainly is not self-sufficient. It is a by-product, and it depends upon one’s religious values.” (Pages 48–49)