1. Why Are There 4 Gospels in the Bible, When Jesus Lived One Life and there is only One Message?

2. 1. Are There Four Gospels? 2. The Reasons For Four. 3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel Why Four Gospels?

3. 4. The Synoptic Problem 5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ Why Four Gospels?

4. 1. Are There Four Gospels?

5. Gospel of Thomas

6. 1. Are There Four Gospels? Gospel of Thomas Gospel of Judas

7. 1. Are There Four Gospels? Gospel of Thomas Gospel of Judas Da Vinci Code

8. 1. Are There Four Gospels? WHAT IS A GOSPEL?

9. 2. The Reasons For Four A.The humanity of the authors. B.The purposes of the “gospel”. C.To authenticate their witness (Deut. 19.15) (Greenleaf’s Rule)

10. 2. The Reasons For Four D. Hidden Treasure. E. Fourfold image of the Lord

11. 3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel MATTHEW Disciple of Jesus Tax-Collector Jewish Emphasis Old Testament Pharisees Temple Law

12. 3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel MARK Disciple of Paul Stubby Fingers Action Emphasis “Immediately” Mark’s Mountain Young Man

13. 3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel LUKE Physician Gentile Justice Emphasis Poor Women - Mary Gentiles

14. 3. The Distinctive Nature of Each Gospel JOHN Beloved Disciple Son of Thunder Signs Emphasis Jesus is Jehovah 7 miracles 7 “I AM” sayings

15. 4. The Synoptic Problem A.Who Copied Who? B.Two-Source Hypothesis C.Augustinian Hypothesis

16. 5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. (Ezekiel 1:10)

17. 5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ Man Lion Ox Eagle

18. 5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ Man - Luke Lion Ox Eagle

19. 5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ Man - Luke Lion - Matthew Ox Eagle

20. 5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ Man - Luke Lion - Matthew Ox - Mark Eagle

21. 5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ Man - Luke Lion - Matthew Ox - Mark Eagle - John

22. 5. The Fourfold Nature of Christ Man - Luke Lion - Matthew Ox - Mark Eagle - John