Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Why do Christians read the New Testament?


Most of what Christians believe can be found in the Bible. Christians see the Bible as the Word of God. That is a reason why Christians read the Bible- to contemplate on the Word of God. But why should we read the New Testament? Is it necessary to read the New Testament?

The New Testament consists of 27 books which contains the four gospels. The Greek word for “gospel” is “euangelion”. The “eu” means “Good” and the “angelion” means “News”. So the Greek word is “euangelion”, meaning “Good news”. In English we use the word “Gospel” for exactly the same purpose.

The four Gospels or sometimes called Good News is Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These bring the good news of Christ. Christ is portrayed as the savior of mankind. This includes the birth of Christ, the crucifixion and the resurrection of Christ.

The four gospels thus bring the good news of the life of Jesus the Christ on Earth.

Till next time!

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