Pastor Irene Huang – Four Gospel Bible overview (3)
- Mar
- 12
Outline for Four Gospel overview:
1.Why did Jesus chose to enter the human world during the Roman Empire (about Chinese Han Dynasty)
a.It was the largest empire in the West
b.His style of governance is freedom and tolerance.
c.Unified the western world at that time
d.Prosperity, progress, providing a complete traffic path, convenient for the apostle Paul, free travel evangelism
e.The punishment of the cross is the invention of Romans. It has only appeared in human history for a short time. And it is only limited to a small extent, but it made the Old Testament prophecy be fulfilled in Jesus in the New Testament!
2.Importance of Four Gospel
a.The Word Became Flesh
b.The connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament
c.Providing New Ethics of God’s Kingdom
3.Four Gospel brief introduction categories
a. Four Gospels have 3 major points in common
(1)The Lord’s Pioneer John the Baptist’s Work
(2)The work of the Lord Jesus
(3)Cross nails and resurrection
b.The three volumes of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are similar in their recordings, and known as “Synoptic Gospels.” The Book of John is called “Supplement to the Gospel” and it is necessary to supplement the contents of the first three volumes with events that were not recorded in the other three.
c.Why does the gospels record the same events? Because the angle of each book is different, only through watching Jesus from different angles, it is then possible to understand Jesus more comprehensively!
d.The relationship between the New Testament and the Old Testament: they contrast but maintains consistency
4. The applications of the four gospels
(1)WWJD(What will Jesus do for us?)
(2)Let the scripture speak to us
Discuss topics:
1. When you read four Gospels, how can we imply the principle of WWDJ in our daily life?
2. Have you ever experienced God use the scriptures of Four Gospels to speak to you ，please share the testimonies.