The purpose of a gospel is to make known the person and ministry of Jesus. But what happens next? What does the church do? Matthew and Mark end with a call to mission, for believers to go into the world and make disciples. John ends with the call to feed Jesus' sheep, to continue the discipling ministry that Jesus had with his own disciples, to take that ministry to others. Luke ends differently because his gospel flows into another book, Acts, that demonstrates the actual ministry of the church (through the apostles) that was commanded at the end of the other gospels. Thus, Luke's *ending* is also a *beginning*.
But it, too, deals with the questions of how to make Jesus known in the world. Luke demonstrates three ways by which Jesus is made known among us, and by which we can make him known among all nations: in Christ-centered testimony and teaching, around the Lord's Table, and in the text of the Bible.
But it, too, deals with the questions of how to make Jesus known in the world. Luke demonstrates three ways by which Jesus is made known among us, and by which we can make him known among all nations: in Christ-centered testimony and teaching, around the Lord's Table, and in the text of the Bible.
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