Bible Question (short): Primary purpose of the written Gospels |
Question (full): Hank and Reformer Joe: What are your opinions on this question? Were the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament written primarily for the building up and catechising of those who had already converted to Christ or for the purpose of evangelizing non christians? I am not saying that the Gospel is not to be preached to the unblievers for purposes of conversion or that the substance of the preaching should not be from the Gospels, Epistles, Acts and Revelation. But there is a school of thought which holds that the written Gospels as well as the rest of the NT were written primarily by believers for believers to strengthen believer and that there is a preumption of faith in Christ in them. This of course is more apparent and explicit in the Epistles and Revelation, but what doe you think about the Gospels in this regard? Emmaus |