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Why Four Gospels?. Why Are There 4 Gospels in the Bible, When Jesus Lived One Life and there is only O ne Message?. 1. Are There Four Gospels? 2. The Reasons For Four. 3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel. Why Four Gospels?. 4. The Synoptic Problem 5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Why Four Gospels?
Why Are There 4 Gospels in the Bible, When Jesus Lived One Life and there is only One Message?
1. Are There Four Gospels?
2. The Reasons For Four.
3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel
Why Four Gospels?
2. The Reasons For Four
A. The humanity of the authors.
B. The purposes of the “gospel”.
C. To authenticate their witness (Deut. 19.15) (Greenleaf’s Rule)
3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel
MATTHEW
Disciple of JesusTax-Collector
Jewish EmphasisOld TestamentPhariseesTempleLaw
3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel
MARK
Disciple of PaulStubby Fingers
Action Emphasis“Immediately”Mark’s MountainYoung Man
3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel
LUKE
PhysicianGentile
Justice EmphasisPoorWomen - MaryGentiles
3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel
JOHN
Beloved DiscipleSon of Thunder
Signs EmphasisJesus is Jehovah7 miracles7 “I AM” sayings
5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. (Ezekiel 1:10)