Reasons for the writing of the gospels

The writing of the gospels was necessitated by the events prevalent at the time of the early Christian. Some of them are highlighted bel...

The writing of the gospels was necessitated by the events prevalent at the time of the early Christian. Some of them are highlighted below; 

1.    Mortality of the Apostles and the disciples: The Apostles and disciples were some of the eye witnesses that witnessed the ministry of Jesus Christ and privy to some of the fundamental events pivotal to our belief. As the gospel was spreading, the apostles became target of persecution. James the son of Zebedee had been put to death by Herod Agrippa (Acts 12.2), and only a miracle had prevented Peter from being executed at the same time (Acts 12.3-l l). For these, it then became urgent that all accounts of the ministry of Jesus need to be documented for posterity and future purposes. They recorded it so that whether Christ would return immediately or much later that the generations would still have access to the Gospel.

2.    Evangelistic Factor: This was necessary as tool for evangelism for the early Christian to proclaim Christ for those who were yet believers and for new convert as a reference point for the deeds of Christ. 

3.      Heretical Antidote: At some points, distorted versions were starting to appear and there was need to record the truth while it could still be verified