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Bible 110 essay - Grade: A+
New Testament Introduction (Liberty
University)
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Jordan Ringeisen
February 25th, 2021
New Testament 001
Professor Benjamin Laird
Jesus in the Gospels
“Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the
prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will,
but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit”2
Peter 20-21. Each Gospel is based solely on eyewitness testimonies with their focus solely upon
the nature and mission of Jesus Christ. Therefore, the historical and personal details each Gospel
entails could only have happened by those living at the time Jesus walked upon the earth. While
the Gospels share one unique goal of emphasizing Christ’s time on earth they differ greatly
through circumstances and each chapter focusing on different aspects of Jesus’ nature and
ministry. Additionally, the Gospel focuses on Jesus’ life and ministry rather than his entire life,
specifically focusing on Jesus’ end life, they are portraying who Jesus is and why He is relevant.
Therefore, we may conclude with the matter of the message they were portraying; Jesus was the
Messiah, and we might believe and have faith.
Throughout the Gospels we can see the authors, making evident the understanding and
nature of Jesus and the salvation in which He provides. Jesus left many marks during His time
on earth, however; the Gospels clearly make it known the importance of allowing Christ into
your heart and only then you will be saved. John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the
truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” The Gospels portray Jesus’
mission which included two great miracles; raising of Lazarus and changing water to wine which
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can transform readers thinking of Jesus. These miraculous events symbolize the power Jesus had
to create life out of nothing. These not only reflect upon the physical world but also our spiritual
state, we are all born spiritually dead until we are given life in Him. The close connection
between Jesus and the Father are clearly presented within Chapter 5, Jesus explicitly
acknowledges himself as God’s Son. John 17 states, “The Father will be glorified as the source
of life, and the Son will be glorified as the one who acts in obedience to the Father and shares in
his identity as the source of life”. Furthermore, we know through scripture, Jesus only does as
He sees the Father doing. Therefore, Jesus’ action of raising physically dead objects or Lazarus,
reflects on the Heavenly Father’s, giving His children life to us when we are spiritually dead. In
conclusion, while the Gospels portray the works of Jesus, we recognize the importance behind
each miraculous event which took place in order to convey a specific message. Within these
particular events, Jesus was symbolizing the Father’s message of the transformation from
spiritually death to becoming alive.
Secondly, John specifically makes it known that Jesus is the Lamb of God, meaning Jesus
was sent to take away the sin of the world. This was a vital part of Jesus’ mission, the sacrificial
removal of sin. Within the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly says “I have come”, He was referring to His
preexistent state with the Father. As the “Savior of the World”, Jesus provided salvation through
a substitionary atonement. We can draw from John’s writings that the Father sent Jesus to take
away the sins of the world and perform miraculous events to turn people toward His Father. For
example, feeding the multitude with five loaves and two fish and healing the blind man can draw
the same conclusion toward why Jesus was placed on earth. These miracles showed Jesus as the
bread of life and the light of the world curing spiritual blindness. According to the Gospel John,
God’s purpose in sending Jesus was the salvation of the world which results in eternal life. Those
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who are studying the Bible can recognize God working within Jesus’ miracles to show His great
and everlasting power. Finally, within John we see the focus of God as the father and Jesus as
the sender who completed this works of the Father through His miracles and time on earth.
Finally, the collection of the four gospels allows readers and Christ followers to study the
person and character of Jesus. Along with studying Jesus, we are opened to the nature of God’s
divine power. Instead of reading the Gospels as a biography of Christ, we should instead
recognize God telling His story through His Son. Furthermore, through each Gospel, a unique
perspective of Jesus and our Lord is revealed. Jesus is displayed as a Sovereign King within the
Gospel Matthew, specifically emphasizing Jesus as the Messianic Savior and was placed on
earth to share the Kingdom of His Father. Secondly, Mark depicts Jesus as a servant sent by God
to serve His people and to submit Himself to the Father’s will, specifically His crucifixion (First
Orlando, 2016). This Gospel dedicates more of Jesus’ miracles than the other Gospel writers,
demonstrating Jesus’ servanthood and power to heal the sick, cast out demons and fed the
hungry. The third Gospel Luke, recognizes Jesus’ being the Savior for the human race, rescuing
them from their worldly sins and offering in turn eternal everlasting life with the Father. Finally,
John present us with Jesus as the I AM: He is the living, perfectly divine Son of God (First
Orlando, 2016). He was living proof of the word of God, breathing eternal life into the world and
working among us to achieve His father’s goal. These four accounts allow us to see Jesus’ divine
and healing power who came to the world to glorify His father and turn those toward eternal life.
“The collection of the four gospels is here we discover the person of Jesus, along with the
depth of the nature and power of the Son of God. Each account from the life of Christ found in
the gospels depicts the nuances of Jesus that define His character, which give us a taste of what
we come to know fully as we talk in relationship Him” (First Orlando, 2016). There are four
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accounts, Gospels, in order to display four different viewpoints of Jesus, therefore; within each
Gospel we see more of His beauty and completion. Each Gospel is uniquely characterized
through their conveyed messages and their eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ works and miracles.
Additionally, we see the prophecies that were told years before within the Old Testament
becoming fulfilled from Jesus’ virgin birth, death and then resurrection. The Gospels uniquely
share common features and characteristics of Jesus. However, each writer differs within their
unique perspective, viewpoints and accounts on Jesus’ life. In conclusion, through each parable
and miracle, we can see Jesus’ attributes beautifully displayed, His grace, powerfulness, and His
truthfulness. John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his
glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father full of grace and truth.” Although these miracles
and wonders happened years ago, they still are applicable to us today and we can draw from
Jesus’ works to tell us more about our Heavenly Father.
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Works Cited
“Access Your Bible from Anywhere.” BibleGateway.com: A Searchable Online Bible in over 150
Versions and 50 Languages., www.biblegateway.com/.
“Four Gospels, Four Portraits of Christ.” First Baptist Orlando,
www.firstorlando.com/stories/four-gospels-four-portraits-of-christ/.
