Who Do You Say Jesus Is? An Overview of the Gospels This is the question of the ages that has personal and eternal ramifications. Jesus puts this question to His disciples In Matthew 16:15. While the entire Bible gives us the answer to this question- for Jesus says that the Scriptures testify about Him (John 5:39)-, it is the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John that give the clearest and most unequivocal answer to this question. Matthew presents Jesus as the Christ, the King of the Jews. Mark presents Jesus as the Servant of God. Luke presents Jesus as the Son of Man. John presents Jesus as the Son of God. Who do you say Jesus is? Well, if you believe the gospel accounts, Jesus is the long-awaited King who through His very nature as Son of Man and God of very God was crucified and resurrected to save us from our sins so that we might have the life of God and life with God eternally. This is the gospel or good news which gives us hope, which is the glad assurance of future good. Those who believe this and have their faith in this truth about the person of Jesus are citizens of His kingdom and model His example by seeking to serve and not be served. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called the synoptic gospels in that they cover for the most parts the same events of the earthly ministry of Jesus, particularly the Galilean ministry in which there was little opposition. John, written later and in response to the growing Gnostic heresy which denied that Jesus is God in the flesh or the incarnation, fills the gap by covering the Judean ministry in which the opposition was much more virulent. John selects events that prove that Jesus is God in the flesh to defend the gospel against heresy. This overview will attempt to briefly point out the distinctiveness of each Gospel while revealing the essence of what is required to believe about the person of Jesus in order to be saved.
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