Your King and My Servant - A Devotional Study of Matthew and Mark

<p>In Scripture the Spirit of God represents the glories of the incarnate Son of God while being <em>earthly-connected</em> by employing the number <em>four</em>. The four Gospels therefore present the Lord Jesus Christ to mankind in the only dignified manner that God has endorsed. Each Gospel upholds the brilliancy of the Lord from different perspectives and to varying audiences to prompt our appreciation and reverence. Matthew Mark Luke and John are not a harmonizing attempt to portray the life of Christ but four inexhaustible and unique themes of His person and attributes. There are four Old Testament behold statements associated with the coming Jewish Messiah and each one emphasizes a particular Gospel theme: <em>Behold your King</em> (Zech. 9:9) - Gospel of Matthew; <em>Behold My Servant</em> (Isa. 42:1) - Gospel of Mark; <em>Behold the Man</em> (Zech. 6:12) - Gospel of Luke; and <em>Behold your God</em> (Isa. 40:9) - Gospel of John. When the Lord is presented in a position of authority (as King and as God) the possessive pronoun your precedes the title but when the position of a lowly servant is stated the pronoun My appears. When the Lord is introduced in the intermediate stature as a man however the neutral the is applied. This arrangement demonstrates the various facets and positional glories of the Lord's ministry and how He would relate to humanity.</p>