Bethesda Shalom

Knowing the Bible for Yourself (Pt. 6) As one opens the New Testament, one is immediately confronted in succession by four books that each bear the title “The Gospel According to…”.  The Gospel According to Matthew, The Gospel According to Mark, The Gospel According to Luke, and The Gospel According to John.  Though these books comprise only four of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament, they make up just under half of the New Testament (46%) due to their word content.  God could have given us just one Gospel, but instead, He chose in His wisdom to give us four, which tells us that what is contained in these accounts is of tremendous significance. In this first part of our studies in the Gospels, we seek to bridge the gap of distance that sometimes separates the reader from being able to rightly understand and interpret the accounts.  The first two matters that we shall explore in this teaching is that of the historical and cultural separation and the Law. Download teaching notes (pdf) https://traffic.