Download Audio The Lord’s Prayer Commentary The Lord’s Prayer is a model prayer. It is not only a prayer for us to repeat; it is a lesson in how to pray and what to pray for. It covers all our needs of body and soul, but it is also concerned about the needs of all […]
Download Audio Adultry Matthew chapter 5, verses 27-30 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. […]
Download Audio PART THREE Jesus’ Preaches the Sermon on the Mount (chapter 5, verse 1 through chapter 7, verse 29) The Beatitudes Matthew chapter 5, verses 1-12 Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying: “Blessed […]
Download Audio The temptation of Jesus Matthew chapter 4, verses 1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to […]
Download Audio PART TWO Jesus’ Ministry Begins (chapter 3, verse 1 through chapter 4, verse 25) John the Baptist prepares the way Matthew chapter 3, verses 1-12 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” This is he who was […]
Download Audio The birth of Jesus Christ Matthew chapter 1, verses 18-25 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous […]
Download Audio PART ONE Jesus’ Birth and Childhood (chapter 1, verse 1 through chapter 2, verse 23) The genealogy of Jesus Matthew chapter 1, verse 1 A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the Son of David, the son on Abraham: Commentary The first book of the Old Testament is God’s record of the […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Matthew. By G. Jerome Albrecht and Michael J. Albrecht Published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1996. INTRODUCTION TO MATTHEW Commentary Not a single word that Matthew spoke is recorded in his gospel or in any other book of the Bible, but […]
Download Audio PART NINE Conclusion (chapter 16, verses 1-27) Commendation Romans chapter 16, verses 1 and 2 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea. I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and to give her any help she may […]
Download Audio PART EIGHT Righteousness Shared with Others (chapter 15, verses 14-33) This relatively short section of 19 verses is a highly personal portion of the letter, in which Paul leaves the doctrinal and practical matters that have engaged his attention so far and now turns to his own situation and his personal relationship to […]