Luke

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Reading	Sermon
Luke 1 v 1-25	Introduction
Luke 1 v 26-45	Gabriel announces the birth
Luke 1 v 39-56	Mary visits Elizabeth
Luke 2 v 1-7	Riches to rags
Luke 2 v 21-40	Jesus presented in the temple
Luke 2 v 41-52	Jesus as a boy in the temple
Luke 4 v 1-14	Jesus tempted
Luke 4 v 14-32	Jesus Preaching
Luke 5 v 1-14	Peter Called
Luke 7 v 11	At Nain
Luke 7 v 18-35	John
Luke 7 v 36-50	Sinful woman
Luke 8 v 40-56	Jairus
Luke 9 v 1-17	5000 fed
Luke 9 v 18-26	True Discipleship
Luke 9 v 27-45	Transfiguration
Luke 9 v 46-62	Hindrance
Luke 10 v 1-24	Harvest
Luke 11 v 1-8	Our Father
Luke 11 v 1-13	The Lords Prayer
Luke 12 v 1-12	Leaven of the Pharisees
Luke 12 v 35-59	The Bride and the Bridegroom
Luke 13 v 22-35	Strive to Enter
Luke 14 v 15-35	The Great Banquet
Luke 15 v 11-24	Prodigal Son
Luke 16 v 1-18	The Unjust Steward
Luke 16 v 19-31	Rich man and Lazarus
Luke 17 v 1-19	Offences
Luke 17 v 20-37	The Second Coming
Luke 18 v 1-14	Parables about prayer
Luke 19 v 1-10	Zacchaeus
Luke 21 v 1-38	Destruction of Jerusalem
Luke 22 v 1-23	The Last Supper
Luke 23 v 26-49	The dying thief
Luke 23 v 50- 24 v 12	The empty tomb
Luke 24 v 13-35	The Emmaus Road
Luke 24 v 36-53	The Risen Ascended Lord

What are his themes?

Luke gives us the most complete Gospel account, containing some of Jesus’ most famous teachings such as the prodigal son who left home (Luke 15), the lost sheep, and the good Samaritan (Luke 10).

Luke shows us the importance of women in the gospel story. The first two chapters relate two births: John and the Lord Jesus. We have the story of Mary and Martha and we read of the women who supported the disciples and ministered to Him of their substance.

Luke teaches of the danger of riches: we read of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16) and the Rich fool (Luke 12), who built bigger and bigger barns but did not plan for eternity.

Luke shows us how that the Lord Jesus Christ is fully God, and fully Man. He is perfect humanity: loving, compassionate – able to enter into the sufferings and sorrows we have, able to identify with those who are outcasts and strangers - in Luke we have the story of the dying thief who turned to Christ (Luke 23)

Why does he write?

In the opening verses Luke tells us that his purpose is to establish the facts of the life and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Luke’s gospel is an orderly account of these events provided to Luke by eyewitnesses. Luke was a most careful and exact historian. This Gospel is filled with details about history and surrounding events of the times. One of the greatest archaeologists of all time was Sir William Ramsay. He wrote:

‘Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy, he is possessed of the true historic sense...in short, this author should be placed along with the greatest of historians.’

Importance?

The Christian faith is based on historical facts, not hearsay, or fables. These are relayed to us by eyewitnesses. In a court of law, such direct evidence is particularly important. Luke’s gospel provides us with such evidence.

The Gospel of Luke is one of the four Gospels and is the third book of the New Testament.

Who was he?

Luke was a medical doctor and travelling companion of the Apostle Paul. Luke also wrote the New Testament book of Acts, which documents the journeys of Paul up to his imprisonment in 62AD and he had completed this gospel before then. Luke focuses on the complete history of the Lord Jesus Christ from His birth and ministry to His death, resurrection and ascension into heaven.

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