Christianity: The Gospels

Question 1

Who made the gospels?🔴

Answer 1

The gospels consisted of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Question 2

Where are the gospels found in the Bible?🔴

Answer 2

The gospels are books in the New Testament.

Question 3

What are the four gospels and what did they do?

Answer 3

The four gospels are four angles on one person and in the four gospels there are four angles on the one Jesus. It was a wonderful insight of the early Fathers, guided by the spirit of God, who recognised that these four pictures all reflect upon the same person.
The Gospels narrate the story of how God’s relationship with human beings manifested itself in Jesus’ life and death. These books are therefore not just about Jesus’ identity (who Jesus is) but also about his work (what Jesus did). There are three key areas of Jesus’ activity, his healing, his preaching and his suffering.

Question 4

Problems with the 4 gospels……

Answer 4

• If it is important to realise, however, that while the Gospels are similar in purpose, there are some radical differences in their stories. Most importantly, John differs substantially from the other three, Matthew, Mark and Luke.
• Some people have difficulty believing the gospels because they give different accounts. Some have argued that the gospels may have exaggerated what Jesus said and did.
• Others argue that vital details have been missed out. The gospels also miss vital details out. They are not what we understand modern biography to be: the great life and times of somebody in multi volume works. They tend to go straight to the person’s arrival on the public scene, often 20 or 30 years into their lives, and then look at the two or three big key things that they did or the big two or three key ideas.
• They’ll also spend quite a lot of time concentrating on the actual death because the ancients believe that you couldn’t sum up a person’s life .Others have said that the miracles can be explained with human explanations.

Question 5

Sum up the gospels purpose……

Answer 5

Whatever one thinks about the accuracy of the events described in the Gospels, and there are many different views, one thing is not in doubt: Jesus had an overwhelming impact on those around him. The Gospels speak regularly of huge crowds following Jesus. Perhaps they gathered because of his reputation as a healer. Perhaps they gathered because of his ability as a teacher. Whatever the cause, it seems likely that the authorities’ fear of the crowd was a major factor leading to Jesus’ crucifixion. In a world where there was no democracy, mobs represented a far greater threat to the Romans’ rule than anything else.