BASICS OF APOLOGETICS: Why are there 4 Gospels? (Session 9/10)

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The differences found in the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) are often used to discredit the life of Jesus and as a reason to not trust scripture. This perspective often comes from a fundamental understanding of what these books are. As the books talk about the life of Jesus we are tempted to think of them as biographies. But compare any of the books to a modern biography and you will find the Gospels to be lacking quite a bit to fit the biography category. Are the differences between the Gospels and the events they emphasize intentional? Prophecies from the Old Testament shed light on this problem and provide a better framework to read the four Gospels as they were intended.

Read Why Four Gospels by Arthur W. Pink (1921): https://www.holybibleinstitute.com/files/Pink_-_Why_Four_Gospels.pdf

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Ministry Introduction
1:30 Lesson Introduction
5:20 Scope of the Lesson
8:36 Relation to Prophecy
19:55 Portraits vs Biographies
33:36 How the Portraits work
38:18 The Lion from Matthew
43:45 The Ox from Mark
45:49 The Man from Luke
51:18 The Eagle from John
57:09 Summary of Portraits
1:02:20 Wrap-up

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