Title: Witnesses of God (1)
Series: Acts
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Acts 1:1-3, Luke 1:1-4
In Luke chapter 1 we read these words written by a man named Luke. He began with these words.
1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 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, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
We see from these verses that Luke was not an eyewitness, but instead was one who had carefully gathered information from those who had known, seen and heard Jesus and now was bringing together an orderly account of what had happened during His ministry. Luke did this painstaking work so that a believer named Theophilus would know the certainty of the things he had been taught. We are fortunate that these writings have been passed down for us as well.
Those verses were the beginning of the book of Luke. The rest of the book of Luke recounted the highlights of Jesus' life and ministry. Luke then wrote a second book of the Bible that we now know as the book of Acts. This book picked up where the book of Luke left off and recorded for us the highlights of the early church after Jesus had ascended to heaven and the Holy Spirit had come at Pentecost. The book of Acts will be the focus of this sermon series.
Luke was a doctor (Col. 4:14). Because of this we find his writing very detailed, almost written in a scientific manner based on the facts. Luke was a Gentile, a non-Jew. That is in contrast to the rest of the New Testament writers who were all Jews. The books of Luke and Acts are written in some of the best Greek in the entire New Testament.
As we look as Luke's writings we see meticulous details of place, time and pers ...
Series: Acts
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Acts 1:1-3, Luke 1:1-4
In Luke chapter 1 we read these words written by a man named Luke. He began with these words.
1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 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, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
We see from these verses that Luke was not an eyewitness, but instead was one who had carefully gathered information from those who had known, seen and heard Jesus and now was bringing together an orderly account of what had happened during His ministry. Luke did this painstaking work so that a believer named Theophilus would know the certainty of the things he had been taught. We are fortunate that these writings have been passed down for us as well.
Those verses were the beginning of the book of Luke. The rest of the book of Luke recounted the highlights of Jesus' life and ministry. Luke then wrote a second book of the Bible that we now know as the book of Acts. This book picked up where the book of Luke left off and recorded for us the highlights of the early church after Jesus had ascended to heaven and the Holy Spirit had come at Pentecost. The book of Acts will be the focus of this sermon series.
Luke was a doctor (Col. 4:14). Because of this we find his writing very detailed, almost written in a scientific manner based on the facts. Luke was a Gentile, a non-Jew. That is in contrast to the rest of the New Testament writers who were all Jews. The books of Luke and Acts are written in some of the best Greek in the entire New Testament.
As we look as Luke's writings we see meticulous details of place, time and pers ...
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