Matthew writes a gospel of Jesus Christ.  Why?  The answer to this is simple.  He wrote to his family, the Jews, to tell them that Jesus Christ is the Messiah they was prophesied.  Matthew quotes more OT Scripture than the other gospels.  He quotes Jesus several times stating that HE came to fulfill the law and the prophets.  Matthew wants the Jews to accept HIM as the Messiah.  Everything that he wrote points to the this fact.

 

OK.  Cool right, Beloved?  When we understand why something, such as a gospel or letter is written, it will help us.  Just reading something without understanding the why is in my opinion pointless.  Always ask why is this written?  Galatians was written because the church accepted a false gospel.  John was written because the church was now full of Gentiles and they need a gospel that they could understand and it battled the false gospel of Gnosticism.  Always ask, why did the Holy Spirit write this book?

 

Sorry, I have not written in a couple days.  Took some time off to help someone.  IT was a great experience.  Would not change it for the world.  Hope that today is that for you.