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Matthew wrote to the Jews about Jesus, Messiah—the fulfillment of the prophecies and the one who established the kingdom.
Mark gave an action-packed account of how the people were amazed at all Jesus did.
Luke chose a more Gentile audience who was not familiar with the Jewish traditions and longed to hear other details of his time on earth highlighted.
John focused more on who Jesus is and all he represents as the great I AM, the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us.
Each of the four gospels provides unique insight into Jesus and his time on this earth. At different times in my life, one or another of those perspectives have spoken to me more than another.
A small group Bible study member recently compared the gospels to four different puzzles. They each display a different picture and if you try to fit the pieces of one puzzle into the frame of another, it doesn’t work.
John presents a more thematic than chronological approach, for example. And since Luke is speaking to the Gentiles and Matthew to the Jews, their views on different events are seen from distinct directions.
What a blessing that we have these four accounts of our Savior’s time on earth! The story of Christ would be incomplete if we didn’t have these four perspectives.
I have committed to reading all four gospels this month in honor of this month’s theme. Which of the four gospels will you read with us this month?
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In the last verse of his gospel account, John writes, “ Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” (John 21:25)
This verse comes to mind as I have prayerfully pondered the focus for this month’s blog posts: Jesus.
There is so much to be said about him! The topics we could choose are infinite.
Therefore, we will use John as inspiration for the purpose of our blogs about Jesus.
“But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31)
And while many of the blog posts will come from John’s gospel since he spends more time describing who Jesus is—even in his sharing the stories of the events that happened—we will also draw from Matthew, Mark, and Luke’s perspectives (which will each be highlighted in tomorrow’s post, so stay tuned!)
What aspect of Jesus do you hope to see highlighted this month?