What Is The Purpose Of The Four Gospels

Craig Blomberg, New Testament Scholar and Professor at Denver Seminary, provides an insightful commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. Blomberg investigates the text using a historical, literary, and theology analysis. The commentary begins with an introduction analyzing the following 7 topics regarding the entirety of the Matthean Gospel: (1) structure, (2) theology, (3) purpose and audience, (4) sources, (5) date, (6) author, (7) and historicity and genre. Blomberg, then, throughout the rest of the commentary, provides a verse by verse discourse on the text by breaking it down into 3 main sections: (I) Introduction to Jesus’ Ministry (1:1-4:16), (II) The Development of Jesus’ Ministry (4:17-16:20), and (III) The Climax of Jesus’ Ministry (16:21-28:20).

The word 'gospel' means good news. There are four gospel accounts in the New Testament:

Throughout the New Testament Gospels, an abundance of enriching, soulful narratives thrive and live on through their cultivated messages of hope, compassion, miracles, and redemption. Recalling in detail the heroic life and journey of Jesus Christ, expounding his teachings and philosophy, and revealing hidden components of God’s divine nature, the Gospels are rife with symbolism and potent imagery which are accessible to people of every faith. The timeline of Jesus Christ’s life, miracle healings, administered sermons, and selfless service to the people he met and interacted with is encapsulated in the storyline of four texts within the Christian Bible which have been juxtaposed with one another. When these are read together, one can observe many fascinating parallels and similarities that make it difficult to dispute the information or messages about the life of Jesus Christ which the Gospels disseminate. There are specific passages in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John which reveal the fundamental aspects of what it means to be a disciple, and furthermore, what it means to be a human being. This essay will address discipleship and human nature as they appear in three passages, Mark 5: 1-20, Mark 5: 35-43, and Matthew… By way of thorough examination and formal analysis of the scriptural text, definitions of what it means to be a true disciple and a true human being will be discussed.

In the discussions it was revealed that each of the Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel of John give their own unique perspective of Jesus; some similar and some different. These different accounts of Jesus extant a challenge to try to discern a distinct image of Jesus.

A gospel involves the words and good deeds of Jesus and there forms are not shaped by biographical consideration but by their author’s theological viewpoints or a study of God. By placing the four gospels at the beginning of the New Testament, there are four different interpretations by four different authors.

As stated by The Drama Scripture Finding Our Place, “the Gospel means ‘good news’ and this is the best news there can be: in Jesus, the kingdom of God has come!” (Bartholomew, Craig pp. 126) The Gospel helps us understand more about Jesus and his life; therefore, reading and understanding each Gospel on its own before attempting to put the events of Jesus in order is essential and helpful. An article titled An Overview of the Four Gospels of the New Testament states that the four testaments all reflect different ideas even though they are all the same stories. (FRONTLINE) which I think is very relevant. Luke, Mathew, Mark are said to be the most similar but regardless of how similar they seem they all are special in their own way. They wouldn’t

The four Gospels which mean good news are composed of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, which are the first four books of the New Testament. The Gospels are individual compositions of writing by different authors that show the uniqueness of each authors perspective. The different perspectives these authors show are the gospel. The gospel is the message of Jesus Christ through the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the significances of all the events. The reason why all these books were written was to proclaim the good news of Jesus and how he died, resurrected, and to bring all people to faith.

While some have held that the purpose of the Fourth gospel was to combat Docetism or to oppose those who remained loyal to John the Baptist, the internal evidence from the author is clear that his purpose for writing was that his readers would “believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life” (John 20:31) (Longman & Garland 2007, 361). As we engage the fourth gospel, especially the conversation of the woman at the well with Jesus, there are two significant points that are highlighted from the basic creed of the Samaritans-their faith in God and belief in Moses. In fact, the Samaritans developed a creed with five points – belief in God, in Moses, in the Scriptures, in Mount Gerizim and in the Day of Vengeance (Bowman 1958, 309-310).

“The gospel gives away more to as who Jesus was as person and telling of his teachings in the ministry. John takes us behind Jesus’s ministry, where we get a glimpse of what it means to believe in Jesus as flesh of the eternal and living God, as the source of light and life, and for a believer to be a ‘Son of God.” (Sparknotes

The four gospels in the Bible are the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The book that I have chosen to focus on is the book of Luke. Referencing my reading review from earlier in this week, my favorite Biblical story is, of course, the Christmas story. In my opinion, the book of Luke tells this story in the most beautiful way, and has therefore long been my favorite of the four gospels. In order, Luke is the third book, but the second longest of the four canonical gospels (Wikipedia.org).

Johannine literature truly portrays Jesus as God, with the theme of His deity interwoven throughout numerous passages. In this respect, John’s style differs from the other four gospels, as Bickel & Jantz (1998) point out that the other three had been written prior to John’s gospel, therefore, “he wasn’t interested in just retelling the events” (p. 222). Since Jesus is the focal point of Scripture, a scholar of the New Testament with uncertainty concerning Jesus’ oneness with God will fail to perceive the crux of Christianity. Therefore, in spite of its importance, John does not focus on Jesus’ entrance into the

This essay will show contrasts in views on the Gospel of John regarding authorship,dates, and the relationship between John's Gospel and the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Some comparison of thought, concerning composition and life setting, will also be presented.

The last twenty-seven books of God’s Holy Bible serve as a fulfillment to the hundreds of Old Testament prophecies regarding the coming of the Messiah and the salvation of mankind. Sharon Chace describes the New Testament in her article in a similar fashion, writing, “the New Testament tells the story of how Jesus made a relationship with God possible for all people” (1). The four Gospels mainly serve to recount Jesus’ life on earth and His message of salvation. Each Gospel contains its own powerful, unique account of Jesus’ life, despite telling similar stories: one of these Gospels is the Gospel of Luke. Luke’s Gospel recounts Jesus’ story from birth to resurrection. Peter Briscoe exemplifies the importance of this Gospel and its author. He describes that the opening pages in Michael Mullin’s commentary pain a picture of Luke “as an evangelist. This explains, “why he has been so influential in Christian devotion, art and music…” (714). Indeed, this Gospel contains a detailed account of Jesus’ evangelical mission for His believers. Like a number of New Testament Biblical books, however, it is not without its confusing and debated passages. One such passage rests in Luke chapter fourteen verse twenty-five through twenty-nine, which reads, “Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And

Each of the four Gospels contains points in ecclesiology. In the Great Commission, Jesus’ last instruction to the Apostles is to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching people (Matthew 28:19-20). For Jesus’ mission to continue and for his Church to grow, discipleship is necessary. Discipleship is a prominent theme in all four Gospels, for purposes of this essay, only the Gospels of John and Luke-Acts will be analyzed. The similarities regarding discipleship in these Gospels include images of the net and fishing, and the sheep/shepherd/sheepfold. The differences include the preparing of the Twelve to carry on Jesus' ministry in Luke, and service to the community and passing of authority in John's Gospel.

The word "gospel" is a translation of the Greek word "euangelion" which means "good news. The first three books in the New Testament (Mark, Matthew, and Luke) are often referred to as the Synoptic Gospels (from Greek synoptikos, "seen together") They bear greater similarity to each other than any of the other gospels in the New Testament. Along with these similarities come some differences among the gospels, suggesting that each gospel was written for a specific audience and for a specific purpose. This paper will examine the resurrection of Jesus, while identifying the significant differences between Mark, Matthew and Luke. This paper will also analyze the differences to suggest the prominent theological perspective each gospel author