Reply To: WEEK 8- Luke

[Jeren Alderson]

The gospel of Luke written to  Theophilus is an account of Jesus’s ministry death and resurrection to assure Theophilus of the events that occurred. Luke’s Gospel begins with john the Baptists foretold birth, then proceeds to go on to talk about his life in the dessert and that he is the forerunner to prepare a way for the coming messiah. Jesus’s ministry starts after he is baptized by John and is brought into the dessert. The gospel of Luke is inline with the other gospels and is added legitimacy for the validity of the recorded events in the other Gospels. The Book of Luke plays out the same way as the other Gospels and ends with the Ascension and the only differences being writing styles and the same events from different perspectives to help the reader better understand the story better. The fact that there are four written books of the same events from different perspectives shows Gods hand was truly working through the disciples so that anyone may read and know what happened. The special thing about the Gospel of Luke other than it being the written word of our God and being the story of our messiah is that Luke is almost in conjunction with the Book of Acts because they share the same author. the Gospel of Luke has a common theme of what is lost can return, an example of this is the parables Jesus taught; such as the parable of the parodical son and the parable of the sower and the parable of the lost sheep etc. Luke can very much speak to those who feel to far gone for Gods love and forgiveness but like we learn nothing can separate us from Gods love.