El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-13

The purpose OF the fourth gospel,
] John. 2O.31s @rhese were written
that You might believe that Jesus Is
the Christ the Son OF Cod
THESE words explain the whole pur-
l pose Of the Gospel OF John The
four evangelists present each a totally
different and distinct view Of the life
Of Christ. It IS ike looking at a
house from four different sides.
Matthew writes to the Jews and
presents Christ to them as the Mes
siah. He writes to show them that
Jesus was the Messiah prophesied IN
the Old Testament. and in order to do
this. he takes the life Of Jesus as IT
was lived on the earth, and his char
acter as Il was or appeared, and
placed Il beside the life Of the prOph-
esied Messiah.
Mark writes 10 Romans that Christ
to be understood by them, must be the
busy, practical man Of martial and
precise methods. So II You viii no
tice you will see how Mark gives
things in detail
As the Universal Man.
To the learned, gentle Greek. Luke
presents the Savior as the great phil
anthropist, sympathetic and tender;
the universal man. one 0Au MNA4A
ATTEMPT 20 develop what was great
and good in man. that which the
Greeks called virtue" One that was
broad in his views, sympathetic and
tender, was to them the messiah a
God.
John writes with a different pur-
pose and to different people. He
writes as a mature Christian, about IS
years OF age. to Christians, and after
his enraptured vision Of heaven while
on PatmOs.
Johns character IS an interesting
one within itself. and more especially
so because Of his relation with Christ
Note the result Of his walking with
Christ. how he was changed. ANY
man that walks with God NAV be so
changed EnOch was so changed as
he walked with God.
Years afterward. when an OLD man.
John recalls. with touching eTacti-
tude. the hour Of their first meeting.
It was about the tenth hour. he tells
US. 7 suspect that there are those
here today who could recall the hour
with a great deal OF pleasure.
The Christ Of John Our Christ. I
The Christ OF John is the Christ Of I
cOntempla ton for Us today.
In the first chapter OF John, Christ /
is shown to US as verv-God- In the
beginning was the LogoS ana the Lo-
COS was with God. and the Logos was
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He shows rs his face 50 sweet. so
tender. 50 majestic and beaminE with
Divine love John oDens to mankind
the great warm. throbbing heart OF
God. as he is reconciling man to him
self in Christ Jesus.
Mark dwells on the outer life Of
activity. but John lays bare the inner
motives He gives no chronological
record. as does Matthew. but presents
Sod made manifest in man. Christ
Tesus. incarnate and the savior OF
mankind on earth
The Christ Of the Christians
Behold the Lamb Of God that takes
AWAY the sin Of the world" The Christ
II John is the Christ OF the chris
-ians: the christians light and life
he water that n0urishes it. the bread
hat strengthens. the branches Of the '
great living vine II
The Christ in the gospel OF John I
g indeed the all-wise. sympathetic, 7
owing Savior or mankind.
See how skillfuIly the timid -Nico- Z
emus is led to a true knowledge Of y
lie. +
Note how gently the Door woman a
I Samaria is converted and is C
rought 70 a knowledge OF the truth. b