Many of us know something about the 4 gospels. We may not realize how long after the life of Christ they were written; Paul's letters were written before the gospels. The gospels were written when the first believers realized that Christ would not be coming back quite as quickly as they had thought and maybe they should start to preserve the teachings/wisdom/insight of the disciples before the last ones died and/or before the ones who learned directly from those disciples died.
So what does it mean to be the fifth gospel? It can mean so many things. Like a gospel, we bring good news. People might turn to us to learn something about what it means to be a believer and/or to learn about Jesus, another purpose of a gospel.
I've said/written it before, in many a setting, that for many people, they will learn more about Christianity from watching believers and their behavior than more traditional ways, like growing up in the faith or attending worship and/or classes. Our behavior needs to match what we say we believe, or people simply are not going to ask us to know more.
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