Matthew 5:17-48 Christ in Matthew's Gospel. Each of the four Gospels provides a slightly different perspective on Jesus. In this series we come to grips with some of what Matthew says about Jesus. In five sessions we cannot hope to cover the entire book, but we shall examine a little of how Jesus fulfils the Old Testament, and how His authority plays out in many ways. We shall probe some of His more enigmatic utterances, and especially focus on the way He prepares His followers for mission. Jesus predicts what will happen at the end of the age, and then devotes a good deal of time to instructing His disciples how to wait for Him. Above all, as in all the Gospels, Matthew’s narrative drives toward the cross and the resurrection. To understand how these themes intertwine in Matthew’s Gospel, and to work out how they must shape our lives, is to take the first steps toward bowing under the transforming authority of the first book of the New Testament.