We glorify God by living confidently in our knowledge of Him.
Key Verse: Luke 1:4 "...that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed."
An Introduction to the Gospel according to Luke:
1. The Preamble of the Gospel.
- 2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- Acts 1:1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.
2. The People in the introduction.
- Luke 1:3 it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus,
- Colossians 4:14 Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
3. The Purpose for the Gospel.
- Luke 1:4 that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.
- 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless, I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
- Ephesians 4:14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro' and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting.
