Today we’re going to pick back up our series on the Gospel of Luke, which we’ve entitled “Investigating Jesus.” The reason that we chose that title is because of what the author, Luke, said, as he began this Gospel. Beginning in chapter 1 and verse 1 he wrote, “Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.” – Luke 1:1-4
In case you might have missed the first parts of this series, you need to know that Luke was researching and writing this while the eyewitnesses to the events were still alive and still available. As you see as you read this Gospel, Luke was a stickler for detail and, as he said, he researched carefully. Why? “So that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.”
