Several advantages accrue from this present template of Spiritual Themes in the New Testament Book of Matthew. 1. To the Minister who is studying the Scriptures, this dictionary of spiritual themes in the Book of Matthew will help you to know and understand the main teachings that constituted the Salvation Ministry of Jesus Christ. You will know the doctrines that Jesus Christ taught and understand them so that you can also model your own Ministry after the Ministry of Jesus Christ for effective results. 2. It is helpful for a Bible Student to know how many themes there are in Matthew the New Testament Gospel of Jesus Christ! Knowing the themes helps to monitor one’s study progress in the Scriptures, where one began, and what is needful to do subsequently. There are 183 spiritual themes that Jesus Christ taught in His entire Ministry. Here in this book, we identify them, we explain them, and we reference them. 3. Besides, there are Christians who are not even aware of the relevant themes to study as Christians in order to strengthen their Christian foundation and beliefs. This book provides a solution to that. 4. Bible Colleges and Theological Seminaries can adopt this template as a curriculum guide in order to know what themes to teach their students given that the entire Book of Matthew constitutes the entire life Ministry of Jesus Christ. Therefore a Pastor or Minister of Christ who is able to accomplish those 183 doctrines as presented in this book would have replicated what Jesus Christ taught in His entire Ministry. 5. Furthermore, the Bible Teacher can use this template to track his/her instructional progress. 6. The Bible student can use this template to monitor if his/her Bible School is teaching him/her what he/she should know before graduation. The problems that we set out to solve were: 1. How do I understand the Book of Matthew? 2. Since the Scriptures testify that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a mystery, how do I know what the real message is in the Book of Matthew? 3. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is written in parables. Therefore, what technique can I use to find the real meanings and messages in the Book of Matthew? 4. How can I know that I have found the right message? 5. What are the spiritual themes, topics, and doctrines in the Book of Matthew, how do I locate them, and how do I understand them? 6. How many doctrines altogether did Jesus Christ teach in His 3-year Ministry? Those were the questions that prompted this book – Thematic Dictionary of Matthew – Intralingual Translation of Spiritual Themes. In the process, we developed 188 chapters in answers to all those questions. The first five chapters were devoted to academic and theoretical fundamentals that support the research carried out in this book, and they were mostly reproduced from my other published books as referenced at the beginning of each chapter. This has been a qualitative research in as much as it aligns with a Biblical constructivist paradigm of re-interpreting Scripture in a way that impacts spiritual and redemptive thought. We approached this research with methodical data collection from the Book of Matthew. In fact, we did a verse by verse reading and analysis of Matthew followed by an in-depth critical analyses of Scripture and hypotheses, using both inductive and deductive reasoning in the process whereby, if Christians will verify and yield to the teachings contained in this book, their spiritual life would greatly advance to the acknowledgment of the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Book of Matthew.
