Required reading
Read Notes on the Bible in Vol 2 of the Works by Jonathan Edwards (Available from Amazon or free here) by reading up to 'Matt. i. 3. "And Judas begat Pharez and Zara of Thamar.'
My summary
This week we start Edwards thoughts on verses from Matthew's gospel.
We hear about:
(i) the Gentiles in the church;
(ii) the trials Christians face;
(iii) the forgiveness of sins;
(iv) the resurrection of the dead;
(v) the glory of Christ;
(vi) the end of the world;
(vii) the ministers of the gospel;
(viii) the ascension of Christ;
(ix) the apostate church.
What grabbed me
I was struck by this comment on the constitution of the church: 'Matt. i. 3. “And Judas begat Pharez and Zara of Thamar.” So it is remarked, in the 5th verse, that Salmon begat Booz of Rachab, and that Booz begat Obed of Ruth, and in the 6th verse, that David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah. All the mothers are not noted, but only those which were either harlots or Gentiles, except the wife of Uriah the Hittite, who was a wife of a Gentile. These are taken notice of, because Christ’s descending from several harlots and Gentiles intimates unto us that all that are saved by Christ were sinners. That the church of Christ is made up wholly of such as were once sinners, that is, spiritual harlots, or adulterers and idolaters, thereby also typifying the calling of the Gentiles.'
That is what we once were, but now we are washed, sanctified and justified!
Next week's reading
Read Notes on the Bible in Vol 2 of the Works by Jonathan Edwards (Available from Amazon or free here) by reading up to '[76] Mark i. 24. “Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.”'
Now it's your turn
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