Gospel Of Luke

I chose to read The Gospel of Luke for my project. It is said that The Gospel of Luke was written somewhere between 80 CE - 90 CE. The Gospel of Luke was written for Theophilus, who was called “Friend of God”. But The Gospel was also written for a wider audience, including converts and potential converts.

Discipleship is about engaging in the Word, following and obeying Jesus and going out to make disciples. An essential element in being a disciple is to be open to learning, to be teachable. It is a mindset to be continuously adopted and cultivated. For us to disciple others, we must be a better disciple ourselves. When making disciples, we are instructing others to be willing to be a discoverer. It applies to both spiritual growth as well as personal development, openness to new techniques, ideas and methods in all aspects of life. Our spiritual learning comes from delving into His

All of the Gospels have a special and important message within them. It is the Gospel of Luke that today’s Christians need the most though, due to the message that it holds within it. It seems as though todays Christians seem to have lost the understanding that G-d loves everyone and that Jesus came and died for everyone.

The gospel of Luke and John are gospels about Jesus and John the Baptist. They have several differences and similarities. The Gospel of Luke describes the conception and birth of John the Baptist and Jesus while the gospel of Luke describes their life after birth. Summaries, variances, and connections of these two gospels are discussed below.

According to Carter-Levine, “For some readers, Luke is an ancient feminist seeking to enfranchise women and erase gender distinctions’ (Pg. 69). What I found most interesting from our first set of readings was the idea that the Gospel of Luke may have been written by a woman. I do not believe this is the case; however, Carter and Levine do give good arguments as to why this may be. Luke talks about many women in his Gospel: Anna, Tabitha, Mary, Martha, Lydia, and even recognizes Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, as a prophet. I just cannot buy the concept that women were writers in this time period. It seems to me that women had a place and men had a place and even today, in that part of the world, women tend to certain jobs and

Because Matthew's is the most Jewish of all the gospels, he wanted this to be understood as a interpretation of the law of Moses. Matthew's gospel is clearly written for a Jewish Christian audience.One of the purpose was that the Gospel of Matthew was written for the Jews who had been looking for hundreds of years for the promise that Messiah would come. Matthew 1:22-23 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The Virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”.

The synoptic gospels have a major similarity in their writing and the content written. Dr. Luke’s writing was different from the rest of the gospels because he tried to give a humanly explanation. He portrays Jesus in his perfect human nature basing on the ministry that he came to save all human beings. Mark has portrayed Jesus as a divine servant of God. He gives no explanations of what he was doing. Mark 14:3-9 explains about a woman who went to see Jesus in the house of Simon the leper. The woman anointed Jesus’ head but those present thought it was a waste. Jesus then replied telling them, “She has done what she should have for she has anointed my body for burial (mark 14:9). Luke 7:36-50 on the other hand talks of a woman

“Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Matthew 16:24 (ESV). When Jesus used this picture of His followers taking their crosses to follow Him, the disciples knew what He meant. In Roman times, Crucifixion was a very common method of execution and the condemned criminals had to carry their crosses through the streets until they reached the site where the execution took place. Following Christ meant true commitment, the risk of death, personal sacrifice and no turning back. Today we struggle to fulfill Christ's Great Commission because we are guilty of a great omission. We fail to deny ourselves!

After Jesus gives a parable concerning the seriousness of neglecting to accept the invitation of the Gospel, He then proceeds to teach on discipleship and the seriousness of the call to discipleship and its demands. Nothing must come before one‘s devotion to Christ. Not even family, Father, Mother, Sister, or Brother is to be placed in the reserved position of preeminence for the Lord.

The Gospel of Luke is considered to be the one Synoptic Gospel that is the most emphatic about how Christian disciples are to share their material wealth and possessions to help the poor. Pope Benedict XVI has described Saint Luke as “the Evangelist of the poor, and his ‘preferential option for the poor’ is unmistakable.” This paper will look at the type of relationship that Luke suggests that should exist between the plousios (i.e. the rich or wealthy) and the ptóchos (i.e. the poor).

John or The Gospel of John is classified as a narrative genre. The Gospel was written between 70 and 100 A.D. (Hindson & Town, 2013; Smith, 2002). The authors is thought to be John, son of Zebedee. There is only one reference to the author “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (21:20-24). The theme of John for Christ’s divine identity is conveyed through the seven metaphors. It tells of Jesus speaking of his Divine identity as the “bread of life” (6:35), “the light of the world” (8:12), “the door of the sheep” (10:7), “the good shepherd” (10:11), “the resurrection and the life” (11:25), “the way, the truth, and the life” (14:6), and “the true vine” (15:1). The gospel was written to express the truth that “you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God” (20:31). The book talks of many events, a few of the major ones would be the feeding of the

In the Gospel of Luke, the author explores a few major recurring themes; the idea of “Theophilus” is one of the most prominent. Theophilus is a word meaning “anyone who loves God”. This indicates that God calls people to Him who are in need of being forgiven as well as those who have already been forgiven; anybody who loves God is welcome to join Him. Some of the places where this is most evident is in the first mention of Theophilus, Jesus’ preaching in the synagogue, and the Parables of the Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son. Luke’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ call to all people for repentance and forgiveness.

Since the Book of Acts was written while Paul was in Rome the date of Acts would be around 62 AD, and since the Gospel of Luke was mentioned as a former treatise, Luke must have been written a few years earlier. It cannot be determined with certainty where the Gospel of Luke was written. Some of the early Church writers said it was written in Achaia. Many think Acts was most likely written in Rome and therefore Luke must have also. One common speculation is that the Gospel of Luke was written in Caesarea Maritima while Paul was in prison there a couple years before his journey to

William Telford in his book, New Testament Theology, The Theology of the Gospel of Mark, uses the phrase “the cost of discipleship”. A phrase previously used by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his book, The Cost of Discipleship. 1. This phrase is evoked from Mark 8: 27-35. Peter had just declared Jesus to be the Messiah and now Jesus began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things. Jesus said in order to be his disciple must be willing to deny themselves and take up their cross and follow him.(Mark 8: 34) The implications being (verse 35) those willing to lose their life for Jesus and the gospel will save it, (verse 38) if anyone is ashamed of Jesus and his words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory, (Mark 9: 35) Anyone who wants to be first must be very last, and the servant of all. 2.

Poverty and human deprivation have been recognized as the most central challenges to the development of human society ever since the dawn of history. Alongside them is the issue of wealth, and our attitude towards it. Needless to say, Jesus talks about wealth and poverty throughout the Bible, however, more specifically in the Gospels of Luke and Acts in the New Testament. The Gospel of Luke-Acts is considered as the Gospel having an immense concern on the socio-economic background of the people. A reading of the Gospel also demonstrates that there is various material that refers to a sharp distinction of rich and poor. Generally speaking, Luke is kind-hearted to the poor and hard-hearted towards the rich. Therefore, one can ask what exactly did Jesus and the early church teach about wealth and poverty? What are the dangerous of wealth and poverty? Thus, as one reads these two books, one can conclude that there are two meanings of poverty, which are, spiritual and financial poverty. Jesus explains his teachings by examples or occasionally with similes.