The four Gospels tell the same story, but with different emphases. The central message of each is the identity and ministry of Jesus Christ. In the Gospels, we discover that Jesus Christ is the long-awaited, once-for-all fulfillment of God’s promise to redeem His fallen world.

Justification, propitiation, and redemption — all benefits of Christ’s death — have one great purpose: reconciliation. Jesus’s death enables us to have a joy-filled relationship with God, which is the highest good of the cross.