Sunday Notes: Luke 1:1-4

• (Luk 1:1 ESV) Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a _______________ of the things that have been accomplished among us,
  • Many have undertaken to write an account of the life of _______________.
  • We have four _______________, but that was not all of them written about the events of Christianity
    • Luke – written by Luke who was a close companion of the Apostle _______________
      • But this is not a first hand account
    • Paul & Luke are different
      • Galatians 1:11-12
      • 2 Peter 1:16-21
      • Paul was not with Jesus on earth
      • Luke studied and relayed the facts of his _______________ into this work
• (Luk 1:2 ESV) just as those who from the beginning were _______________ and _______________ of the word have delivered them to us,
  • Just as those who from the beginning
    • These would be the apostles, yes
    • Also Jesus’ own _______________
      • Mary
      • Probably James
  • Were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word
    • Unlike _______________
      • These eyewitnesses were there.
      • They saw it all
      • They experienced the life of _______________ firsthand
  • Ministers, Servants, of the Word, the Word was God
    • John 1:1-3
• (Luk 1:3 ESV) it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
  • Having followed all things closely for some time past
    • Luke sharing his plan here
    • It was a good idea for him to also share the accounts he had heard
    • The information he had gathered
    • The research he had compiled
      • To share that with someone else.
  • Luke here writes what should be the equivalent of a 150 page book
    • To record and share the story of Christ
      • And the early _______________
      • With this person, _______________
      • Acts 1:1-2
  • Theophilus – a Roman official, maybe
    • Or something else
    • The same wording is used by Luke when he writes in Acts…
      • Acts 23:26
      • Acts 24:2
      • Acts 26:25
    • Likely he was the _______________ who funded the work of Luke to do the research and writing of these accounts
• (Luk 1:4 ESV) that you may have _______________ concerning the things you have been taught.
  • Luke writes the words of Luke and of Acts
    • These 40,000 words to help Theophilus know the truth more fully.
      • What a friend is that indeed!
• • The Word is for us to believe…
    • John 20:29-31
    • Matthew 28:18-20
    • Matthew 28:12-16