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The always thoughtful John G. Butler writes, “The Gospel of Matthew is a vital connector of the Old Testament to the New Testament. In fact, no book in the New Testament makes a better book to start the New Testament and connect it to the Old Testament than Matthew.” The Old Testament saw Christ in the future; the New Testament sees Christ in fulfillment and the fulfillment of Christ starts in...

• The leavening. “Till the whole was leavened” (Matthew 13:33). This does not mean that the world was converted, but that the Gospel went through all the world and affected the entire world. The influence of the Gospel is greater than natural man thinks. It has had an impact upon people in every corner of the earth. But mankind ignores the influence of the Gospel and how it has changed men and nations. 3. The Comfort From the Parable (Matthew 13:33) This parable is especially comforting in the last
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