The Gospel of the Water and the Spirit: The Gospel of Matthew Volume 1
By The New Life Mission
Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion
The Gospel of Matthew Sermon series you are now listening to covers all twenty-eight chapters of the Gospel of Matthew across four volumes. This first volume covers chapters one through six. The content consists of sermons by Pastor Paul C. Jong. The very first thing Jesus did as He began His public ministry was to receive baptism from John at the Jordan River. Through that baptism He had all the sins of the world passed on to Him once and for all, and after He was judged through the blood of the Cross, He rose again and fulfilled all righteousness. This book proclaims, in order, the baptism of Jesus, by which He fulfilled all righteousness; the promised salvation and the assurance of the remission of sins; Jesus, who called His disciples and gave the Sermon on the Mount; and a life lived by believing in the righteousness of God. Through the sermons of Pastor Paul C. Jong, which expound the genealogy and the birth, the worship of the wise men from the East, the temptation in the wilderness, the calling of the disciples, the Beatitudes, and the Lord’s Prayer, it proclaims the gospel of the water and the Spirit, which is the basis of the remission of sins, and the way of living by believing in that righteousness and praying to the Father. ● Scripture quotations used in this book are from the ‘New King James Version (NKJV)’, ‘American Standard Version (ASV)’. ● This audiobook is an original human creation based on the sermons of Rev. Paul C. Jong. To provide clear delivery and a comfortable listening experience, AI technology was employed only for the voice generation.
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- Preface
The Gospel of Matthew is one of the books of the Bible that most clearly reveals the gospel of the water and the Spirit. In particular, in chapter 3, verses 13 through 17, there is recorded the word that reveals when and how Jesus had the sin of the world transferred to Him, and why He had to…
- Ch01_01_Sermon_The promise of salvation engraved in the names of people (Matthew 1:1–6)
Matthew opens its first chapter with the names of people. One man begets a son, and that son continues on to the next generation. While the names go on, the lives of many generations pass by. But the person who reads this record does not need to wait until he reaches the end to find out whom the…
- Ch01_02_Sermon_Even when the throne is inherited， faith must be established anew (Matthew 1:7–11)
One who is born as the son of a king inherits his father’s name. But rightly inheriting everything his father enjoyed is another matter. In Matthew 1:7–11, the kings after David appear one after another. The genealogy continues, but the lives that those names bring to mind differ from one another…
- Ch01_03_Sermon_The history that reaches Christ even after the captivity (Matthew 1:12–17)
In the genealogy of Matthew chapter 1, the event of being carried away to Babylon is recorded. This event, which came after the names of the kings, brings to mind the reality that the nation had fallen. Yet the next sentence does not end with that fall. The names of the people born after they were…
- Ch01_04_Sermon_All people must believe in the Lord (Matthew 1:18–21)
As we celebrate Christmas, we celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus. When the baby Jesus was born on this earth, He was born from the body of the virgin Mary. Before that baby Jesus was born, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you…
- Ch01_05_Sermon_Jesus the Savior (Matthew 1:18–25)
The years go by and the world is in turmoil, but even so, the gospel is still being spread. When we look at the word of Matthew 1:18–25, Christmas comes to mind. Usually, when preaching on the birth of Jesus at Christmas, one begins with this word and then preaches Matthew chapter 2, Luke chapters…
- Ch01_06_Sermon_The God of salvation (Matthew 1:18–23)
Jesus said, “Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8). I think this age is especially an age in which the authority of the saints is being greatly broken. When we look at the world, we keenly feel that it is an age of darkness, and this present…
- Ch01_07_Sermon_Give thanks to God (Matthew 1:18–23)
The greatest thing in this world is that God came to this earth. That Jesus, who is God, loved us, gave up the throne of heavenly glory, and came to this earth is the greatest event in heaven and on earth, in this universe. There can be no news as amazing and miraculous as the fact that God put on…
- Ch02_01_Sermon_The words “I will worship” and the people who fell down before the baby (Matthew 2:1–12)
There is a distance between saying that we respect someone and laying down our own will before that person. In today’s text, which tells of the birth of Jesus, there also appear people who speak the word “worship.” When we follow where they actually go and before whom they fall down, we also come…
- Ch02_02_Sermon_What kind of faith we should offer to the Lord (Matthew 2:1–11)
Today is Christmas, the day that commemorates the Lord’s being born as a man on this earth through the body of Mary. The Lord came to us in order to save mankind, who had sinned. Today, let us look together at what kind of faith we should offer to the Lord. https://www.bjnewlife.org/…
- Ch02_03_Sermon_The gifts of the wise men from the East and the guidance they received (Matthew 2:1–12)
Today is Christmas. Today I give this message in commemoration of the birth of Jesus. When Jesus was born, there were wise men who came from the East, who went to find Him in order to meet Jesus. In the Bible there are also people who went to find Jesus, and there is also the event in which angels…
- Ch02_04_Sermon_Those who believe in the word obtain salvation (Matthew 2:1–23)
Because everything recorded in the Bible is true, archaeologists refer to this Bible to find ancient relics. Without the Bible, it is not so easy to find the ruins that existed in ancient times. Why do I say this? If we look at verse 22 of today’s word, a man called “Archelaus” appears. Archelaus…
- Ch02_05_Sermon_Offer the gift of faith before the Lord (Matthew 2:7–11)
As we live, we go through many things. But we must know that in all those things God is always with us. God bestows grace in everything, keeps us as the apple of His eye, and blesses us. I have seen that the faith of the saints has grown much, and I have seen that the Holy Spirit rejoices. I…
- Ch02_06_Sermon_The word recorded on the path of flight and in the wailing (Matthew 2:13–18)
After a joyful event, we hope that everything will continue peacefully. But today’s text conveys how a family fled in the middle of the night after the wise men had worshiped and departed. Beside the good news that Jesus was born, the threat of murder and the wailing of parents are recorded…
- Ch02_07_Sermon_The family that stayed in Nazareth at the end of the road back (Matthew 2:19–23)
We think that once something we have waited for a long time is resolved, the next road will be simple. But Joseph’s return did not end so directly. Even after leaving Egypt, he met a new situation, and he went to Galilee and came to live in Nazareth. https://www.bjnewlife.org/…
- Ch03_01_Sermon_Fruits worthy of repentance and the will of the heart (Matthew 3:1–12)
Many people came out to the wilderness to hear the cry of John the Baptist. But the mere fact that people gathered did not mean that their hearts, too, had returned to God. John asked the people who came to that place what they were relying on. https://www.bjnewlife.org/…
- Ch03_02_Sermon_The will of the Son， which He made known at the Jordan River (Matthew 3:13–17)
John tries to prevent Jesus, who has come to the Jordan River. The one who cried out to sinners to repent says before Jesus that he himself must receive baptism from Him. But Jesus makes known His intention to receive baptism from John. In this conversation we see what the Savior determined to do…
- Ch03_03_Sermon_We must know God＇s plan (Matthew 3:1–12)
In this word, John the Baptist appears. The four Gospels show that, together with the coming of Jesus, John the Baptist appears and does the work he is to do. To know at what time John the Baptist came, we first need to take a look at the history of Israel. https://www.bjnewlife.org/…
- Ch03_04_Sermon_The role of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1–12)
If we look at Matthew chapter 3, which we have read today, John the Baptist appears. Matthew chapter 3 unfolds against the background of the time when thirty years had passed since Jesus came to this earth, that is, when Jesus and John the Baptist had turned thirty. It says, “In those days John…
- Ch03_05_Sermon_It must be the baptism that removes sin (Matthew 3:13–17)
If you want to believe in Jesus as the Savior, believe in the baptism Jesus received from John. This is because Jesus had all your sins transferred to Him in the Jordan River. If you do not believe in that baptism, you end up believing in Jesus in vain. Why is that? Because it is denying that your…
- Ch03_06_Sermon_Let us think of Jesus， who removed our sins (Matthew 3:13–17)
When we look at this word we have read here, how can anyone say that Jesus did not bear sin when He received baptism from John? Yet there are people who wrongly understand that He did not bear it, and this is regrettable. It is recorded so clearly, both in the original language and in our…
- Ch04_01_Sermon_The demands of the tempter and the answers of Jesus (Matthew 4:1–11)
Even on the way of following the will of God, we can meet temptation. Today’s text first makes clear by whose guidance Jesus went and where He went. When we read what He went through in the wilderness, we must not look only at the hardship of the temptation but see whose will Jesus obeyed in the…
- Ch04_02_Sermon_The great light that shone on the people who sat in darkness (Matthew 4:12–16)
In today’s text, the news that one man was arrested and the record that another Person moved His dwelling appear together. Jesus, who heard of John’s arrest, went to Galilee. It is easy to read this short record of a move and pass it by, but Matthew explains this event as one in which the word God…
- Ch04_03_Sermon_Return， for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matthew 4:17)
When we hear words telling us to look back on our wrongs, we come to think of the past. But the repentance Jesus proclaimed also contains what God is doing now. Today’s one verse conveys together the command to repent and the news that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. It tells us not only what we…
- Ch04_04_Sermon_Jesus， who called them， makes them fishers of men (Matthew 4:18–22)
The lives of four people who were working by the Sea of Galilee were changed by the calling of Jesus. There is the word given to Simon and Andrew, and there is the action with which James and John responded. Jesus saw them and called them, and they followed Jesus. Today’s text shows this calling…
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