Jesus Christ, the Good News

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Jesus Christ, the Good News

• Chapter 5

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Incarnation

• Incarnation means "having become flesh."
• Incarnation- the Son of God became man and lived
  among us.

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The Good News

• Jesus spread the Good News to everyone,
  especially poor, hungry, sick, lonely, homeless,
  or treated unfairly.
• The Good News is for all people all of the time.
• Jesus is both truly divine and truly human at the
  same time.

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Synoptic Gospels

• Synoptic Gospels- Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
• - they share many of the same details .
• -they show Jesus using parables to teach
• parable- a short story with a message.
• show Jesus as the one who understands the human
  condition and shows God's love to everyone.

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Gospel of Mark

• The first and shortest of the four Gospels.
• His audience is most likely Gentile, non-Jewish
  Christians being persecuted for their faith in
  Christ.
• Mark's message is for them to hold on to their
  faith in Christ
• Jesus is portrayed as one who suffers with
  humanity and shares God's love with humankind.

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Gospel of Matthew (A.D. 70 A.D. 90)

• His audience was for Jewish people who became
  followers of Christ.
• Empasizes Jesus' humanity by incorporating story
  about his birth and early life.
• Highlights his Jewish heritage.
• It is shown that Jesus fulfills the promises that
  God made to his people in the Old Testament.

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Gospel of Luke (A.D. 80 A.D. 85)

• His audience was Greek Gentiles.
• Also includes details about Jesus' birth and
  early life.
• Emphasizes Jesus' concern for all people.
• Only Gospel that includes Jesus' parables about
  the lost sheep, lost coin, and lost son.

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Gospel of John

• Major theme is, The Word of God- the Son of God,
  the most complete expression of God's word.
• Contains much poetic language and imagery.
• - meant to give the reader a deeper insight
  into the meaning of Jeus' words and deeds along
  with the mystery of the Incarnation.