--As we noticed yesterday, the fact that there are several “Gospels” in the New Testament written by different authors, containing (somewhat) different accounts and styles is not at all inconsistent with the idea that there is still just one Gospel.
--It just means that one Gospel embodies itself uniquely and will be narrated differently in the life of each different believer.
--And as a result, we all have a gospel to share, namely the account of how God has transformed us through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
--Whereas Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the official Gospels, they are really four different official versions of the single Gospel.
--Our own stories and perspectives are also gospels, they just aren’t as reliable and sure as the ones in the Bible.
--The big difference between what we share with others and what the “official” Gospels share is that their content has been validated and authenticated to a degree that we say it is reliable or inerrant.
--Nevertheless, since each of our lives are unique, the one Gospel played out in our lives will produce as many gospels as there are Christians.
--And the gospel according to Saint Andrew (me, not the actual New Testament figure) is still a true account of the Gospel, just not one you should ever put as much weight on as the one we have in the Bible.
--Hence, the real question isn’t why there are four instead of one, but why there are only four instead of millions. And the only reason is because those others aren’t considered as reliable or secure as these. But truly speaking, each of us has a gospel to tell, or else there’s a real problem with our claim to be Christian.
--But this raises the question of false gospels and the difference between a false gospel and an unofficial gospel.
--Each of us has an unofficial gospel to tell, but some people have in history tried to tell actually false gospels.
--We’ll see what this means tomorrow.
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