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The four gospels give us four divine portraits of our Lord Jesus Christ. Drawn by the Spirit of God, each displays a perfect picture to our hearts of His blessed person and work.
Introduction - In the gospels we find the revelation of Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit, to our innermost beings. When we receive this revelation by faith, we discover a new life (new birth) in the finished work of Christ, the work of redemption accomplished for us on the cross. Having this new life becomes the means for our growing in the knowledge of the kingdom of God in its varied aspects of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit as taught by the Apostle Paul in his epistles.
The gospels give four views of Jesus Christ, who will be the Head of the kingdom of God in its vast, eternal, moral character. Jesus will be seen forever, as "God... manifest in the flesh," in man. In Matthew we see Him as the King, in Mark as the perfect Servant, in Luke as the Evangelist, and in John as the Son of God.
May our hearts rise in worship, as we see the King in His beauty, opened to our eyes of faith in Matthew's gospel. The Gentile wise men brought to the child Jesus treasures of gold as they worshipped Him.
What wonder will fill our hearts at the rapture when, for the first time, we will see the only "man" that gave Himself unreservedly to the Father as the perfect Servant Son of God, walking before Him in dependence, obedience and love-the man that was rejected by the world.
Who can still the praise of the redeemed in that day as we see in pristine glory the Friend of sinners, the one who wholeheartedly sought His sheep, who searched for and found the coin of silver in the dust on the floor and who in divine love clasped the prodigal in arms that will never relax as the eternal ages roll on and on.
In John's gospel, the Lord Jesus is seen as a Divine Person coming down from heaven to become a man and to take back with Him the children of God to His own home with the Father. This will be the heavenly family.
May eternal praise begin to fill our hearts as we anticipate the fulfillment of the heavenly calling for those who form the body of Christ-the bride. In union with the Bridegroom she will say, "Come, my Beloved, let us go forth into the field... let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves."
Oh! for Eschol's grapes-for the man of Sychar's well.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Matthew, The Gospel of: The Kingdom of Heaven
3. Nativity, The: Birth of the King
4. Wise Men Seek the King
5. Mission of John the Baptist: The Kingdom at Hand
6. Binding the Strong Man
7. Sermon on the Mount, The: The Gospel of the Kingdom
8. Further Principles of the Kingdom
9. Mere Profession in the Kingdom
10. Lord's Goodness to All That He Meets, The: Kingdom Blessing for Gentiles
11. Grace to Sinners
12. Twelve Disciples Sent Forth to Israel, The: Kingdom Preachers Sent Out
13. Present Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, The
14. Jesus Asserts His Title as King
15. Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, The
16. Service in Spite of Rejection
17. Traditions
18. Church, The
19. Mount of Transfiguration, The: The Glories of the Coming King
20. Offense and Forgiveness: How to Enter the Kingdom
21. Man's Heart Searched Out: Easy for Children and Hard for the Rich to Enter the Kingdom
22. Laborers in the Vineyard
23. Jesus Enters Jerusalem as King
24. Invitation to the Marriage of the Son: A Likeness of the Kingdom of Heaven
25. Eight Woes on Israel's Leaders
26. Olivet Discourse, The
27. Ten Virgins, The: A Likeness of the Kingdom of Heaven
28. Passover, Garden and Betrayal
29. Trial and Crucifixion
30. Resurrection
31. Mark, The Gospel of: The Holy Servant, the Son of God, Immediately at Work
32. Palsied Man Healed, The
33. Man With the Withered Hand, The
34. Sower, The
35. Man Who Dwelt Among the Tombs, The
36. Jesus in His Own Country
37. Depravity of the Human Heart, The
38. Feeding the Multitudes
39. Transfiguration, The
40. Divorce
41. Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem
42. Vineyard and the Husbandmen, The: The Lord Speaks in Parable Form
43. Destruction of the Temple, The
44. Passover, Garden and Betrayal
45. Crucifixion, The
46. Stone Rolled Away, The
47. Luke, The Gospel of: The Evangelist, the Son of Man, the Universal Testimony of Grace and Peace
48. Birth of Jesus
49. John the Baptist
50. Temptations, The
51. Lake of Gennesaret
52. Sabbath Day, The
53. Gentiles and Sinners
54. Sowing the Seed by Word and Deed
55. Disciples Sent to Preach and Heal, The
56. Seventy Disciples Sent Forth
57. Lord, Teach Us to Pray
58. Future Justice
59. Universal Testimony of Grace and Peace
60. Man With Dropsy, The
61. Shepherd's Heart, The
62. The Present and the Future
63. Present, The
64. Ten Lepers
65. Troublesome and Insistent Widow, The
66. Zacchaeus
67. Stewards and Shepherds
68. Coming of the Son of Man, The
69. Passover and the Lord's Supper, The
70. Trial and Crucifixion
71. Resurrection
72. John, The Gospel of: Jesus the Divine Son of God
73. Before the Beginning
74. Marriage in Cana of Galilee, The
75. Nicodemus
76. Happy Days at Sychar: Jesus' Ministry Begins
77. House of Mercy
78. Jesus, the Object of Faith
79. Feast of Tabernacles
80. Jesus Teaches in the Temple: His Word Rejected
81. Pool of Siloam, The: Christ's Work Rejected
82. Good Shepherd, The
83. Bethany
84. I Am the Resurrection and the Life
85. Preparations for Departure
86. Peace
87. True Vine on Earth, The
88. Persecution and Martyrdom
89. Lord's Prayer, The
90. Betrayal and Denial
91. Behold the Man
92. Resurrection
93. Millennial Day, The