What is Matthews Gospel?
But, this is not the only meaning I have in view in the title of the sermon: “The Gospel of Immanuel” that is, the one and only gospel of Jesus Christ, whose person and redemptive work we embrace for our salvation. I have in mind also, in this sermon title, the Gospel according to Matthew. We are beginning a sermon series this morning on the Gospel according to Matthew — the first sermon series of Immanuel OPC. Some of you, maybe most of you, are ahead of me, and have already figured out my play on words here in the sermon title. You see, biblical commentators have called Matthew’s Gospel, that is, the Gospel according to Matthew, “Immanuel’s Gospel.” Or, “The Gospel of Immanuel.” But, why is Matthew’s account of Jesus’ life and ministry given this particular designation, and that in distinction from the other three accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry on earth? And then once we have answered this question, what may be the significance for us? Why has Matthew’s Gospel been given the
