Apr 6 in General discussion
Luke Chapter 1: Exploring Our Readings
I hope you are as excited as I am to go through chapters 1-6 this week in the gospel of Luke! The hope is that we'll be able to have a call together this Wednesday and discuss the reading together. As I went through my study of Chapter 1 yesterday, there are some interesting things I wanted to point out.
Luke (the writer of this Gospel) was an incredibly smart man. He was a doctor and you can tell by his writing that he is a well-scholared man. He was writing to a man named Theophilus. Did you know "Theophilus" means "Loved By God"? Theophilus was most likely a Roman officer or high-ranking official in the Roman government. And he was quite possibly very wealthy and very influential.
Luke was a coworker of Paul the Apostle and traveled with him to many places. Luke was able to get details of Jesus from many eyewitness accounts. You can see how thorough he is throughout the whole book.
Did you know that Luke is the only book in the bible written by a gentile? and his book is specifically meant for people who are not Jewish!
I also want to draw a parrel between Zechariah & Elizabeth (both old in age but told by an angel that they were going to have a baby named John). Abraham & Sarah were both very old in the Book of Genesis and they bore a child who would play a key role in the fulfillment of the covenant. Issac in the old testament and John in the new testament.
The other thing I wanted to point out was how Zachariah questioned god when he was told he was going to have a child but Mary accepted what was being told to her by the angel and just had a question for god.
Having questions for god is different than questioning god, and you can see how god responded to both Zachariah & Mary in two different ways.
I'm curious what did you explore in chapter 1?
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