{"id":29,"count":14,"description":"This series: The Gospels and the book of Acts\u00a0 addresses the four gospels ands the book of Acts as an extension of the gospel of Luke. A general outline of Bible has to include the sound testimony of the\u00a0 administration and fulfillment of the Covenant of Grace (John 6:37-43). The New Testament does that. The redemptive plan was developed in eternity past by the Triune God. it accomplished through the Person Jesus Christ; it is according to the plan of the Triune God; and it is via the program of the coming of the Kingdom in Christ by the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Behind the Son\u2019s redemptive work is the agreement made in eternity past in which the Father gave His Son a people, the Son agreed to redeem them, and the Holy Spirit agreed to apply the Son\u2019s redemptive work to God\u2019s people. There is unity between the Old and New Testaments because there is unity within the Trinity. The section: The Gospels and the book of Acts helps bridges the gap between the Old Testament and the epistles. The four gospels together are a type of commentary on the Old Testament and help unfold the mind of the Triune God. There is no new revelation after the canon was closed but there is a fuller and clearer understanding of what has been revealed because of the fullness of the Holy Spirit. The twenty-seven books of the New Testament begin with the Gospels which are placed first.\u00a0 Since Matthew was an apostle, his Gospel is placed first followed by those of Mark and Luke.\u00a0 Since these first three share a common perspective (the Synoptics), they are placed together.\u00a0 John\u2019s Gospel is of a different character and was therefore placed last.\u00a0 The book of Acts is the next\u00a0 book.\u00a0 It is a continuation of Luke\u2019s Gospel.\u00a0 Acts also provides background information for Paul\u2019s letters.\u00a0 Each gospel writer gives a picture of Jesus - His Person, Message, and message. Matthew, a Jew speaking to Jews,\u00a0 views Jesus as the Kingly Messiah, the Great Prophet, the subject of multiple fulfilled prophecies, but the obedient and suffering Servant. Mark is fast moving.\u00a0 Mark moves quickly from one episode of Jesus' life to the next. He presents Jesus as the busy Teacher), Miracle worker but also the suffering, rejected Servant Who is truly God, the King. Luke a doctor and Gentile presented Jesus as the God-man but he emphasized Jesus' humanity. Jesus was always moving toward Jerusalem. Both Luke's gospel and the book of Acts are chronological, historical, and researched books. The are similarities in the three synoptics due to: same Author (the Holy Spirit); each writer had same facts and were exposed to the same oral tradition. The had the same goal: presenting Jesus as God's man to accomplish the eternal plan of redemption. John brings a special purpose: Jesus as the incarnate divine Word revealing the Father so that the truth sets men free. Jesus is presented as ushering in a new existence but He was rejected as a loser and fraud. 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