Introduction
Four men with pens and parchment
Set out to do the Master’s bid,
Moved by the Holy Spirit
Exactly as they were told they did.
Out of this came four pictures
Though of cameras, they had none,
In the Bible, we have the evidence
Of Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John.
Two were primary reporters
Of what they had witnessed and seen,
Two were not far from the action
And wrote the account as streamed.
Matthew and John
were disciples
And had walked beside the Christ,
They received his teachings firsthand
Without conditions or price.
Mark and Luke were followers
And most likely knew Christ’s disciples
But they all had the Spirit’s guidance
And in such a recording, there is no rival.
Way back in the Old Testament
The accounts were given their themes,
Two prophets had declared them
Long before Christ came on the scene.
These were Isaiah
and Zechariah
And they, led by the Spirit of God,
Penned these themes in their books
And preached them to one and all.
They were not completely au fait
With all that these themes had meant
But simply declared the word
As the messengers that God had sent.
In Zechariah
chapter 6 verse 9
There we read, “Behold
the man”,
This was pertaining to Christ’s advents
And his work re the redemption plan.
The next declaration comes from Isaiah
As recorded in Isaiah
42 verse 1,
“Behold my
servant” is the theme
700 years before Christ was born.
Zechariah is back: chapter
9 verse 9
“Behold your
King,” he declares,
“Riding upon a colt the foal of an ass,”
Prophetic of that first Palm Sunday.
The 4th is recorded in Isaiah 40 verse 9
And that theme is, “Behold your God,”
A clear indication of the deity of Christ
And this to all would be spread abroad.
And so with eyes as roving cameras
And ears completely tuned to the Spirit
These four wrote as the Spirit led
Ever conscious of their God-given remit.
Stewart Russell © April 2018
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