The Purpose of Writing the Gospels

Chapter II

The Word or the Term Gospel in the New Testament

The contradictions, discrepancies and differences between the principles and concepts of the Gospels and the principles and concepts of the Old Testament, as is shown in the previous chapter, are insufficient and not enough alone to prove that it's a new religion, unrelated with the religion of the prophets of the children of Israel, and were not written by the revelation or inspiration of the Holy Spirit, from the point of view of the churches. The Gospels authors and the rest of the New Testament authors, especially Paul, who was fully aware these contradictions, discrepancies and differences, or more precisely, he who has founded them, for this he sought in his letters to  justify these contradictions, discrepancies and differences, as shown previously, and considered that this issue is not because of difference sources, but the principles and the concepts of his beliefs have been hidden from all of the former prophets, and has been revealed to him and his followers! As in the following texts:

1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

1 Corinthians 2:8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

Ephesians 3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles —

Ephesians 3:2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,

Ephesians 3:3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already,

Ephesians 3:4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ),

Ephesians 3:5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

Ephesians 3:6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,

Ephesians 3:7 of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

Ephesians 3:8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Ephesians 3:9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;

Ephesians 3:10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,

Ephesians 3:11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Romans 16:25 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began

Romans 16:26 but now has been made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures has been made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith —

In these texts Paul says that the principles and concepts which based on worshiping three gods, who incarnated in the flesh, or at least one of them, according to the faith of every church of the various churches, and they had been flogged, and mocked and spat on them, and crucified and died; was a secret hidden from all Prophets, and that this mystery has not been revealed to anyone else, but only to him and the saints!

This is true in this sense only, because there is no one of the former prophets had spoken about such as this perception about the LORD the Creator of the heavens and the earth, but what is the reality of this mystery which Paul had spoken about?

The reality of this mystery can be recognized by comparing it with the other mysteries which Paul had told to his followers, as in the following text:

1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed —

In this text Paul reveals another mystery, which was not known by anyone else before him, and has not been seen by anyone else after him, which is that he and his followers would not pass away until the next coming of Jesus, which is what he says more clearly in the following text:

1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Yet, unfortunately, the history has shown that this mystery was not true, and he and his followers had fallen asleep, and after them dozens of generations, thus, the failure to achieve this mystery shows that the first mystery is not true, and is not from the Revelation or by the Word of the Lord, because if it was from the Revelation or by the Word of the Lord; it should not contradicts the texts of the revelation in the Old Testament that confirms the greatest fact in the cosmos; which is the Oneness of the LORD the Creator, and worship Him alone, and the lack of the true gods with Him or beside Him, and with the clarity of this fact, but I will mention text from the Old Testament refutes all the words of Paul and the others that the Lord the Creator of the heavens and the earth hid some secrets from the former prophets, which is as follows:

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

The Lord the Creator does not say any word unless it is a clear; and reveals His secret to the prophets, especially His Oneness, and the lack of the true gods with Him or beside Him, who participated with Him in creating the heavens and earth, or deserve to be worshiped with Him or beside Him, thus, this text invalidates all the words of Paul and the others about hiding the mystery of the Trinity.

The insistence of the New Testament authors and the churches considering that the New Testament and their beliefs are an extension of the Old Testament and its principles and concepts, requires us to examine the Gospels in the New Testament objectively and subjectively, i.e., study the meaning of the word Gospel, and the places mentioned therein, and the purpose of writing the Gospels, and the methods and ways of writing, and the lost Gospels which are mentioned in the Letters of the New Testament. As well as study the texts of the Gospels which were quoted from the Old Testament. This will give us a clear idea of the reality of the Gospels, and if they had been written by the revelation or the inspiration of the Holy Spirit or not, and the sources that were relied on to write the Gospels.

The Purpose of Writing the Gospels

The writing of the four Gospels away from the Revelation, or the Word of the LORD, or the Holy Spirit; will appear to us more clearly if we knew the purpose of writing the four Gospels, which has been stated in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John, as in the following texts:

Luke 1:1 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us,

Luke 1:2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,

Luke 1:3 it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus,

Luke 1:4 that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.

In this text Luke says that when many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative about Jesus, it seemed good to him to write an orderly account, and he alleged that he having had perfect understanding of all things from the very beginning, however, he did not show that he had received the Gospel by the Revelation, or the Word of the LORD, or the Holy Spirit! While we can recognize that his way of writing was based on uncertainties through the genealogy of Jesus in his Gospel! As in the following text:

Luke 3:23 Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

In this text we read that Luke did not write in any way that  indicates that he had received an order from Jesus directly or through the Revelation or the Word of the Lord or by the Spirit, but he was writing through uncertainties or assumptions of those who were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, for this he wrote two errors in this text. The first is that he stated that Jesus was the son of Joseph, and this destroys all the words and claims of the Gospels and the churches about the birth of Jesus of a woman without intervention a man, as well as contrasts with what he himself had written on the lips of Jesus that the Christ is not the son of David, i.e., that Jesus is not the son of David, unless the text was talking about another Christ, and is not intended Jesus, as in the following text:

Luke 20:41 And He said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?

Luke 20:42 "Now David himself said in the Book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand,

Luke 20:43 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."‘

Luke 20:44 "Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord’; how is He then his Son?"

So why he stated that Jesus is the son of David if he was the Christ, because the Christ is the Lord of David, not his son?!

The second error is the differences with Matthew concerning the names of Joseph's fathers from the first father to David; he wrote that the name of the father of Joseph is Heli, while Matthew says that the name is Jacob, and so the matter with other fathers to be up to David, and this suggests that he or Matthew or those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word did not have a perfect understanding of all things from the very beginning, because even if they have not written by revelation or the word of the Lord or Spirit, but through accurate information, or properly hearing, at least they should write the same names!

As for John, he had shown his purpose of writing his Gospel by saying that what he wrote is his testimony for Jesus; for that his followers may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and did not write any word that he had received the gospel through the Revelation or the Word of the Lord or the Spirit, as in the following text:

John 20:30 And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book;

John 20:31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

In this text John says that his book, did not say his Gospel! Did not include all the miracles of Jesus and what he has done, but what he wrote is only for the followers that may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and if this is an Inspiration of Holy Spirit, he must declare it, as the prophets of the children of Israel did in their books, as is shown previously, and to confirm the purpose of writing his Gospel and it was not written by the revelation or the Word of the Lord or the Spirit; he wrote in the epilogue of his book the following text:

John 21:24 This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

John 21:25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

Thus, what was written by John is a testimony for Jesus, and he had much information, but he did not write it, and this shows that he did not write through the Revelation or the Inspiration or the Word of the Lord or the Spirit.

From all of the above, we note that the four Gospels have been written for a specific purposes, whether to show the reality of the life of Jesus, as Luke stated, or a testimony for him, as John said, and none of them have written through the Revelation or the Inspiration or the Word of the Lord or the Spirit, as the various churches say! And this leads us to study the word or term "Gospel" in the four Gospels and the rest of the New Testament Letters to figure out the true meaning of it, and if it refers to the four Gospels, or it has another meanings that have been ignored by the churches.