Anchored in God’s Justice and Righteousness: The Good News

While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. Matthew 26:6-7 NIV

Key points

• Matthew’s Gospel points us to the good news of Jesus being anchored in the justice and righteousness of God.
• Listen to ‘The Gospel According to the Gospels’ Real Hope series and others on the Hope 103.2 app, at Real Hope | The Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.
• Hear more from Ben McEachen in his brand-new podcast of the same name ‘The Gospel According to the Gospels’, where he expands even further on these themes.

Read Matthew 26:6-13

According to David Starling, Vice Principal (Academic) at Morling Baptist College in Sydney, there is a “Matthewness” to The Gospel of Matthew.

Don’t you love “Matthewness” as David’s overview of what is distinct about the New Testament’s first gospel?

Matthew’s Gospel points us to the good news of Jesus being anchored in the justice and righteousness of God.

In our Gospel According to The Gospels conversation, David provides a wonderful walk-through of “Matthewness”, including its particular way of revealing the “age-old backdrop” for the coming of Jesus Christ.

Also in Matthew’s Gospel, David points us to the good news of Jesus being anchored in the justice and righteousness of God.

As you consider all that – and our response of heartfelt obedience –notice the involvement on an anonymous woman in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

David wants us to grasp the significance of Matthew 26 recording the “memory of her” as part of the ongoing proclamation of “this gospel” of Jesus.

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Somehow, one woman’s recognition of the good news is eternally enmeshed with it.

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Series written by Ben McEachen

Originally published as The Gospel According to the Gospels – The Gospel of Matthew