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WORD FOR TODAY “do you hunger for righteousness?”: Mat 5:6 "How blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness! for they will be filled.
SPOKEN VERSE FOR TODAY: Pro 17:3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts.
“Faith comes by hearing” positive frequencies spoken out loud hourly.
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Isaiah 56:6 — 7, “And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant— I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
Question 10: When were the Gospels written?
Answer:
The genuineness of the four Gospels rests upon better authority than that of any other ancient writings. It is the general conclusion of the most eminent scholars that all four were written during the latter half of the first century. Before the end of the second century, they were in general use and acceptance as one collection. They are mentioned by Tertullian, in a book written about A.D. 208, as being the work of two apostles and two disciples of apostles. Marcion also mentions their apostolic origin. Origen (who lived A. D. 185-253) refers to them as "the four elements of the church's faith." Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch (A. D. 168), also mentions the Gospels in his writings, and Jerome tells us that Theophilus arranged the four into one work. Tatian (who died about A. D. 170) compiled a Harmony of the Gospels. Justin Martyr (A.D. 99-165) gives many quotations from the Gospels. Many other witnesses might be cited to the same purpose. None of the original manuscripts are now in existence.