I have read the Gospels many times, but reading them in a condensed amount of time has put them into a new light for me. In the past I have viewed them more as four distinct gospels, but reading them continuously helped me view them as one gospel, told through four different perspectives. Many times I have heard people speak of the differences between the gospels, but what stood out to me was the similarities. I think each gospel highlights and details a specific part of Jesus’ life and ministry, leading the four gospels to comprise one complete account of Jesus’ life, and what he came to earth to accomplish. One reoccurring thing that stood out to me was how often the gospels said that a certain event took place to fulfill what the prophets
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He often spoke with them about the Kingdom of God and who it belonged to. He explained this to crowds in parables, but many times he further explained the meaning of the parables to the disciples in private. It seems that the people who belonged to the Kingdom of God were the least and the unlikely. It was for the outcast, the foreigner, the sinner, because they were the people who realized their need for God. Jesus made this apparent through his encounter with the Samaritan woman in John chapter 4, through his acceptance of children in Matthew chapter 19, by eating with Levi and sinners in Mark chapter 2, and through so many more encounters with the people that were considered unworthy in the eyes of religious people. I think that this points back to God using the least and the unlikely to fulfill his plans in the Old Testament, and it shows God’s consistency and love through the …show more content…
The gospel story is a humbling one that I think is all too often taken for granted. I grew up in the church and heard the story of Christ a countless amount of times, and I am ashamed to say that I think I have taken it for granted. Sometimes I tend to look at is a story to be told instead of a lifestyle to be lived out. The question I have come away with is: do I live as though this all really happened and that Christ died for me? I think if I truly lived as though Christ died for me, my mindset and actions would be much more Christ centered. Reading the gospels again has helped me become aware of this, and has reminded me of my humble state, and my desperate need of
He often spoke with them about the Kingdom of God and who it belonged to. He explained this to crowds in parables, but many times he further explained the meaning of the parables to the disciples in private. It seems that the people who belonged to the Kingdom of God were the least and the unlikely. It was for the outcast, the foreigner, the sinner, because they were the people who realized their need for God. Jesus made this apparent through his encounter with the Samaritan woman in John chapter 4, through his acceptance of children in Matthew chapter 19, by eating with Levi and sinners in Mark chapter 2, and through so many more encounters with the people that were considered unworthy in the eyes of religious people. I think that this points back to God using the least and the unlikely to fulfill his plans in the Old Testament, and it shows God’s consistency and love through the …show more content…
The gospel story is a humbling one that I think is all too often taken for granted. I grew up in the church and heard the story of Christ a countless amount of times, and I am ashamed to say that I think I have taken it for granted. Sometimes I tend to look at is a story to be told instead of a lifestyle to be lived out. The question I have come away with is: do I live as though this all really happened and that Christ died for me? I think if I truly lived as though Christ died for me, my mindset and actions would be much more Christ centered. Reading the gospels again has helped me become aware of this, and has reminded me of my humble state, and my desperate need of