Walk Through The Bible: Luke
Text for Sermon: Luke 1:1-4; 5:30-31; 19:9-10; 24:46-48
Introduction.
This evening we resume our journey through the books of the Bible and the four Gospels.
I have used the analogy of Route 66 for the 66 books of the Bible. This past Thursday was the 100th anniversary of Route 66, the Mother Road.
This road has led us to the unique writings that open the New Testament. The four Gospels which are objectively true records of the events and words of Jesus’ life on earth. They tell us what actually happened and what Jesus actually said.
The Gospels declare we live in an open universe. Heaven has come down and invaded earth, we live in the visited planet. The Gospels present Jesus in our midst, alive and in person.
As I have said before each Gospel presents a portrait or perspective of Jesus from a slightly different angle, but all four of them (along with the epistles that follow) portray the same recognizable man. As one writer said, this “makes Jesus a unique figure in world literature: never have so many writers managed to convey the same impression of the same human being over and over again” (Thomas Cahill).