be bound by time
or national relations as was the former kingdom. In Matthew alone do
we find full instructions as to the membership, discipline and
ordinances of the church. Here alone are we given in the gospels the
command to baptize to administer the communion and the beautiful
formula for baptism in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and
here we have his official command to "Go" backed by all the authority
of heaven and earth.

In the further pursuit of this official work, we find Jesus giving
especial recognition to the Gentile believers-giving them full place
in his kingdom. The genealogy through grace and faith includes
Gentiles; the second chapter shows how the Gentile Magi do him honor;
the Roman centurion displays a faith superior to any Israelite; the
great faith of the Canaanite woman led him to heal her daughter, and
the Gentile wife of Pilate because of her dreams sends a warning that
he have "nothing to do" with him. All this tended to show the official
and organic way in which Jesus worked.

6. It Is a Gospel of Jewish Antagonism and Rejection. On the one hand
the Jews antagonize and reject Jesus. On the other the Jews,
especially the scribes and Pharisees, are exposed and rejected by
Jesus. The Pharisees plotted against Jesus and resented his violation
of their regulations and customs concerning the Sabbath and their
ceremonies about eating and washing and his associations with
publicans and sinners. Their opposition culminated in their putting
him to death. On the other hand Jesus also rejects the Jews. John
calls them a generation of vipers and Jesus designated them with such
terms as hypocrites, blind guides and whited sepulchers, the climax
being reached in chapter 23. It is here that in their wickedness they
are unable to discern between the work of God and of Beelzebub. They
are told of the application of Isaiah's prophecy, that they have ears
and hear not and that on account of their unworthiness, the kingdom is
taken from them. The blasting of the fig tree with which the miracles
of Matthew ends shows what is to be the fate of the Jewish nation.

7. It Is a Jewish Gospel. This is seen in his use of Jewish symbols,
terms and numbers without explanation. He never explained the meaning
of a Jewish word, such as Corban, nor of a custom, such as to say that
the Jews eat not except they wash. The other evangelists do. He calls
Jerusalem by the Jewish terms, "City of the great king," and