The Apostle Mathew Bio

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Matthew 4 Names of God Bible (NOG)

The Temptation of Jesus

Then the Spirit led Yeshua into the desert to be tempted by the devil. Yeshua did not eat anything for 40 days and 40 nights. At the end of that time, he was hungry.

The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

Yeshua answered, “Scripture says, ‘A person cannot live on bread alone but on every word that God speaks.’”

Then the devil took him into the holy city and had him stand on the highest part of the temple. He said to Yeshua, “If you are the Son of God, jump! Scripture says, ‘He will put his angels in charge of you. They will carry you in their hands so that you never hit your foot against a rock.’”

Yeshua said to him, “Again, Scripture says, ‘Never tempt the Lord your God.’”[a]

Once more the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms in the world and their glory. The devil said to him, “I will give you all this if you will bow down and worship me.”

10 Yeshua said to him, “Go away, Satan! Scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

11 Then the devil left him, and angels came to take care of him.

A Light Has Risen

12 When Yeshua heard that John had been put in prison, he went back to Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. This was in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 So what the prophet Isaiah had said came true:

15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
    on the way to the sea,
        across the Jordan River,
            Galilee, where foreigners live!
16 The people who lived in darkness
    have seen a bright light.
        A light has risen
    for those who live in a land overshadowed by death.”

17 From then on, Yeshua began to tell people, “Turn to God and change the way you think and act, because the kingdom of heaven is near!”

Calling of the First Disciples

18 As he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen. 19 Yeshua said to them, “Come, follow me! I will teach you how to catch people instead of fish.” 20 They immediately left their nets and followed him.

21 As Yeshua went on, he saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee preparing their nets to go fishing. He called them, 22 and they immediately left the boat and their father and followed Yeshua.

Spreading the Good News in Galilee

23 Yeshua went all over Galilee. He taught in the synagogues and spread the Good News of the kingdom. He also cured every disease and sickness among the people.

24 The news about Yeshua spread throughout Syria. People brought him everyone who was sick, those who suffered from any kind of disease or pain. They also brought epileptics, those who were paralyzed, and people possessed by demons, and he cured them all. 25 Large crowds followed him. They came from Galilee, the Ten Cities,[b] Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan River.

Footnotes:

  1. Matthew 4:7 Or “Never put the Lord your God to any test.”
  2. Matthew 4:25 A federation of ten Greek city-states east and west of the Jordan River.

Matthew

His name means: "Gift of Yahweh"

His work: Matthew was a tax collector who was awarded by Herod Antipas a contract to extract tariffs from his own people.
His character: A successful businessman whose encounter with Jesus profoundly changed his life and vocation forever.
His sorrow: Alienation, first from his own people because of his profession and then from religious leaders because of his vocation.
His triumph: A carefully organized, accurate, and convincing apologetic for the veracity of Jesus Christ as the Messiah.
Key Scriptures: Matthew 9

A Look at the Man

Matthew was good at making money. But there was a downside to getting rich as a tax collector in Palestine: People hated you for it. It made it hard to have any friends besides tax collectors or other neer-do-wells. He had learned to ignore the looks, to pretend he didn't hear the epithets—to conclude that these were the necessary costs of doing business.

Tax collectors were answerable to no one. There were no regulations to guide their procedures. Whatever they could extract from the people—over and above what the authorities required—was theirs to keep. It wasn't that Matthew didn't care about people, it was just that he cared more about his own prosperity. No wonder he was hated.

Matthew knew this when he chose his profession. In fact, in his writing, Matthew grouped tax collectors with prostitutes in social rank. But he was willing to pay this price for financial success.

But in spite of his choice of occupation and his pleasure with its material benefits, everything changed the day Jesus invited Matthew to be one of his disciples. And the wisdom of following the Master was confirmed in Matthew's heart the night Jesus won the affection of his friends.

Matthew knew that his decision was one he could never withdraw. He had set his life on a new course that could not be changed. Unlike the other disciples who had temporarily left their fishing nets—and could return to them at a later time—he knew it would be difficult for him to go back to his tax collecting. But Matthew was not half-hearted about his decisions. He had paid a heavy price among his countrymen when he chose tax collecting; now he would be asked to do the same in following Jesus.

Imagine how Matthew's transformation became a confirmation of the power and the authenticity of the Messiah's message. "Have you seen Matthew recently?" Jews would say to each other in the marketplace. "Something has happened to him."

Matthew was swept away with Jesus the man, the messenger, the Messiah. His gospel includes more references to Old Testament prophecy than any other. This truly was the one the prophets had foretold. And his thorough coverage of Jesus' most important sermon reminds us that Matthew was awed by the power of the Savior's words.

Very little is recorded in the Gospels as to Matthew's specific activities. Except for his invitation for Jesus to join him and his friends for dinner, we read of no conversation or dialogue. But this does not diminish Matthew's prominence during the days of Jesus' ministry on earth. For nothing speaks more profoundly than the testimony of a changed life—especially one that makes waves in the marketplace.

Reflect On: Matthew 9:9–13
Praise God: For his transforming power.
Offer Thanks: For the impact that the message of Jesus Christ has on those who are willing to believe and follow the Messiah.
Confess: An unwillingness to turn from our drive for economic success and to submit to the Spirit’s direction—to resist being inconvenienced by the call of the Savior.
Ask God: To come to your workplace—your tax collector's booth. Ask him to repeat the same words he spoke to Matthew, and ask him to give you the courage to respond as Matthew did.

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  • I can relate to Matthew's Sorrows in many ways. I love this particular Chapter is has hidden gold nuggest within the text.... 

  • God will us anyone and anything 

    He repairs the broken

  • Great reading and also it helps us to understand that God will use anyone that He chose to. Jeremiah 29:11 only God's plan will prevail. 

  • Amen Yes Lord speak to me and help me respond as Matthew did amen. I also had aquestion about Then the devil took him into the holy city and had him stand on the highest part of the temple. How did the no name take Jesus in to the holy city. ?? 

    • 2 Corinthians 11:14 Names of God Bible (NOG)

      14 And no wonder, even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

    • Here is some more: 

      Ezekiel 28:10-19 New International Version (NIV)

      10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised
          at the hands of foreigners.

      I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

      11 The word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Son of man, take up a lamentconcerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

      “‘You were the seal of perfection,
          full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
      13 You were in Eden,
          the garden of God;
      every precious stone adorned you:
          carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
          topaz, onyx and jasper,
          lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[a]
      Your settings and mountings[b] were made of gold;
          on the day you were created they were prepared.
      14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub,
          for so I ordained you.
      You were on the holy mount of God;
          you walked among the fiery stones.
      15 You were blameless in your ways
          from the day you were created
          till wickedness was found in you.
      16 Through your widespread trade
          you were filled with violence,
          and you sinned.
      So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
          and I expelled you, guardian cherub,
          from among the fiery stones.
      17 Your heart became proud
          on account of your beauty,
      and you corrupted your wisdom
          because of your splendor.
      So I threw you to the earth;
          I made a spectacle of you before kings.
      18 By your many sins and dishonest trade
          you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
      So I made a fire come out from you,
          and it consumed you,
      and I reduced you to ashes on the ground
          in the sight of all who were watching.
      19 All the nations who knew you
          are appalled at you;
      you have come to a horrible end
          and will be no more.’”

      Footnotes:

      1. Ezekiel 28:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
      2. Ezekiel 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
      Bible Gateway passage: Ezekiel 28:10-19 - New International Version
      You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.’” The word of the LORD came to me…
    • Here is the Scriptures and history on the no name, you all learned this in the School of the Prophets class in WK 6:

      Isaiah 14 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

      14 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

      And the people shall take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.

      And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy fear and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

      that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: “How hath the oppressor ceased! The golden city ceased!

      The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked and the scepter of the rulers.

      He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

      The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they break forth into singing.

      Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since thou art laid down, no hewer has come up against us.’

      Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

      10 All they shall speak and say unto thee: ‘Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?’

      11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

      12 “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, who didst weaken the nations!

      13 For thou hast said in thine heart, ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north.

      14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.’

      15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

      16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee, saying, ‘Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms,

      17 that made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the house of his prisoners?’

      18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

      19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit, as a carcass trodden under feet.

      20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people. The seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

      21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.”

      22 “For I will rise up against them,” saith the Lord of hosts, “and cut off from Babylon the name and remnant, and son and grandson,” saith the Lord.

      23 “I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction,” saith the Lord of hosts.

      24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, “Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand;

      25 that I will break the Assyrian in My land, and upon My mountains tread him under foot. Then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.”

      26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

      27 For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

      28 In the year that King Ahaz died was this burden:

      29 “Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

      30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

      31 Howl, O gate! Cry, O city! Thou, whole Philistia art dissolved! For there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.”

      32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? “That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.”

    • Bless you and GM Prophetess Domonique, remember he use to be an Angel, who was chief over praise and worship. Also, he sneaks into heaven a lot read( Job 1 and 2). 

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