(Of the four Gospels) only one, the Book of John, tells us that we must "believe" and must be "born again" in order to be saved. The other three had not heard of it, or all of them would have said so. Instead, (the other three) exalted and emphasized the moral precepts, the practice of goodness, mercy, purity of heart, forgiveness, charity – the doctrines preached by Christ in his Sermon on the Mount. This sermon was for his hearers their guide and chart through life and the key to open for them the portals of heaven.
