Main Thought: The four Gospels were written by four
different men with four different slants. Each of the four emphasize an aspect of
Jesus' personality, the well-rounded God-man, the Savior of all mankind.
- Matthew Presents Jesus As the True Messiah:
A THINKER Who Valued Truth
and Integrity.
- Gospel directed toward
the JEWS .
- Emphasis: Jesus accurately fulfilled OT prophecy as the Messiah and
therefore He IS the Messiah; it is CORRECT to believe that Jesus is the Christ.
- Christ is presented as having a well thought-out plan.
- Matthew 20:28—Why
He came
- Matthew 10:5-6—Initial
offer of Kingdom to Israel only
- Matthew 16:18—I
will build my Church
- Mark: Jesus Is the
Messiah In Action; He is An ACHIEVER
Whose Works Prove He is the
Messiah.
- The word sometimes translated, “immediately” is used 42
times.
- Gospel directed toward the ROMANS
.
- Christ proved Himself as the Messiah by doing the works
that only the Messiah could do.
- Christ: on the move
(Mark 1:38)
- Luke: Jesus is the Messiah As Demonstrated By His
Divine Relationship To Others; He Was A Man of the People,
A RELATER
.
- He was the modern equivalent of a journalist
(Luke 1:1-4).
- Gospel directed toward the GREEKS
.
- Christ was NOT an isolated mystic, but with the people.
- Luke 19:10
- John: Jesus is the Messiah Because He is Clearly God
in the Flesh, A Messiah Who Loves; He is A
Divine FEELER
.
- John, the youngest of the Apostles
(John 21:20)
- Gospel directed toward the Church, specifically to fight
heresy.
- Key verse:
John 20:28
- Christ was fully human, but His divine love proves His
deity. He is both God and man.