The Gospel Of The Bible

Who was Luke, and why was he qualified to write a book in the Bible?

Of the many group worldviews around the world, the Christian Worldview has to be the most unique and radical. The combination of the Old Testament and New Testament with the teachings of Jesus lay the groundwork for how a Christian should see the world today. From attributing creation to God to loving your neighbor, there is a lot that Christians have to attempt. Which is where the beauty of Christianity really comes because the Christian faith is based on a relationship with Jesus and not necessarily works.

“In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth” (Zondervan Study Bible NIV, Genesis 1:1). This is a well known Bible verse and it also happens to be the very first one. If one is said to believe this verse, then they makes them a Christian. But is this statement really true? To be a Christian, do you just have to believe that God created the Earth and everything in it? No, Christianity is much more than that. The term worldview has been defined as a “foundational set of assumptions to which one commits that serves as a framework for understanding and interpreting reality and deeply shapes one’s behavior” (Krise 2015). Now, what makes the Christian worldview? God who is The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit works

When reading the Gospel, I got a better understanding for who Jesus was and why many people followed Him, although it did not alter my view point much. This experience helped me gain knowledge on all accounts of Jesus’ life, rather than just reading one story about him. Although I found many stories hard to believe, as many people would, there is historical evidence to back up many accounts of Jesus’ life. For example, they “have more than 2,000 copies in Coptic and over 4,000 in Slavic languages” (Made for More 36). That amount of data, all very similar in information, is a lot to compare. If almost all of the copies have similar parts and stories, then they have to be at least somewhat true. Furthermore, there are “highly unflattering details about the apostles” in the bible. If the gospels were truly just trying to make Jesus look good, then why would they share unadmirable things about the people closest to Him. After reading the entire gospel, there are a few things I have questions about. Why did Jesus want some things kept a secret if He is honest about everything? Why did Jesus not want the people to touch Him? Why did He only speak in metaphors and

This plan includes both Jew and Gentiles by the intention of God so that Jesus is lord of all and the gospel can go to all. In showing how jesus taught this he called people out into the kingdom of god and brought them into discipleship this is what the gospels is about and for. This sets up the ideatheat we see in acts that gentiles are included in this movement without having to become jews first and in that move we see the emergence of the church as the jewish community pushes back particularly on the inclusion of gentiles into the message and concern of the people between the two volumes you've got this emphasis on reconciliation that comes through salvation that is being highlighted and luke is laying the salvation part of that picture of the foundation for that and understanding that by the way he presents who jesus is in the

The Gospels of the New Testament are more theological than biographical, which means that these Gospels are written more about the teaching of Jesus instead of Jesus himself. The Gospels focus on how Jesus passed along the knowledge he had. In the Gospels, they do state some information pertaining to Jesus's life such as: the birth place of Jesus, how he spent his childhood/adulthood, and so on. The key part of the Gospels is that they depicted Jesus as a charismatic teacher. The central theme of Jesus's teaching was the Kingdom of God. The way Jesus taught was through the parable form, it created images from everyday life. It is significant because Jesus was interacting and teaching ordinary people in the community. It was a way that Jesus could connect with the ordinary people and provide the knowledge of the Kingdom of the God. The significance of the his teaching of the Kingdom of God is when people understand and recognize God's sovereignty over the world and how people should response with love and fulfill to God's will.

The world is no longer the place it once was when Jesus was living his ministry and preparing the world for what was to come. Almost every thing is different. The people, the countries, the cultures have all changed vastly. Even Christianity has been molded and changed along with the times. Even with the enormous amount of changes that have taken place in the last two thousand years the Bible and the Gospel still remain true and relevant. Sharing the Gospel is still a call that God has given Christians and one that needs to be lived out. There are different ways to share the Gospel including lifestyle evangelism and sharing the Gospel verbally and there are different methods used that are modern or postmodern. Technology has made a vast difference

Before we begin our series on the Gospel according to Luke, let us have a look at what this gospel focuses on and what makes it unique compared to the other three gospels.

The King James version of the Bible affected many things and had a major impact on society and the English language. It was created by King James to benefit and fill a request given by the puritans to King James. It took seven years to write and it became the English standard version of the Bible. The King James version includes a lot of formal and poetic language to describe stories and events in the other versions of the Bible. It taught the Bible in a different way making it easier for some people to understand and believe in the stories and truths of the Bible. This version is the most influential version of the Bible. It is also the most referred too and the most popular for many groups of people. Overall it is a descriptive and creative translation that combines truth with poetic art and beautiful language appealing to many different groups of people.

The Gospel According to Luke, written in roughly 85 C.E. (five to ten years), most likely during the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, is known in its earliest form from extensive papyri fragments dating to the early or middle of the third century to be slightly older). “Although the author of Luke also wrote the Acts of the Apostles, a historical narrative of the travels and ministries of prominent followers of Jesus, neither manuscript preserves Luke-Acts as a single textual unit.” There are many scholars who contend that the two texts were originally fused, only to be separated as the canon of the New Testament took shape. It has a conclusion of multiple gospels within the canon foreground the two

Some scholarly methods that were used to study the Gospels have been developed through a variety of biblical criticisms such as, historical, redaction, narrative, and form. (Harris, 2014). “Historical criticism is the analyst of documents that recorded historical events, that investigates the historical setting in which the texts originated” (Harris, 2014). Form criticism identifies the “setting in life” that each of these types of literature would have served, with the assumption that different genres are intended to serve distinct purposes” (Powell, 2017). Literary criticism, is when literary critics study the finished product of the complete written texts of five Gospels, including Thomas. “This is done to gain information and to detect

Throughout the centuries many people, Christians included, assumed that the Gospels were four different biographies of Jesus Christ, and that the only aim of the Gospels were to give us a detailed account of the events in the life of Jesus. This is a misunderstanding, because the Gospels are not mere biographies, they are a very unique literary genre that contain both, historical accounts (factual events) and a theological interpretations, as St. John Paul II stated, they are a “Vision of Faith based on precise historical testimony” (Novo Millennio Ineunte 17).

The New Testament contains various groups of literature that include The Gospels, the Book of Acts, a collection of Letters, and the book of Revelation. The Gospels is a unique literary group that early Christians discovered to profess the good news related to Jesus. The good news shared the story about Jesus’ spiritual work, demise, and resurrection (Harris, 2014, p.13). The second book of Acts is known as an extension of Luke’s Gospel that represents Jesus’ supporters as they carried on his work, influenced by the exact godly spirit that is related to Jesus (Harris, 2014, p.14). Also, the books of Acts provide a theological aspect about the history of the Early Church and the aftermath of Jesus’ life and death. The third book consists of

He states that he was Joseph’s apprentice for 14 years of his life. This could serve to strengthen Jesus’ credibility as a narrator in beginning with information that the readers would not have heard from the very Gospels Jesus says don’t hold his truth. As the book continues, it pulls information from all four Gospels and weaves them together into one cohesive story of a life. This, in a way, makes up for the Bible’s multiple writers and points of views within single books, which also strengthens Jesus’

When sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we must have a heart for God, because if we have a heart for God, we can have a heart for His people. Through evangelism, we can reach the non-believers in effort to convert them over to Christianity, so they can experience the love of Jesus Christ. Evangelism is the core, the heart that leads non-believers to salvation. As they repent and confess their sins, they become a part of Jesus Christ family, and the power of the Holy Spirit is imparted into them (Doerksen, 2012, p. 3).