According to the introduction of my NIV Life Application Study Bible, the author of this book we're finishing, Luke, was "a doctor, a Greek, and a Gentile Christian. He is the only known Gentile author in the New Testament. Luke was a close friend and companion of Paul. He also wrote Acts, and the two books go together." Also, according to my Bible's intro, "Luke's purpose in writing was to present an accurate account of the life of Christ and to present Christ as the perfect human and Savior." He wrote this book to "Theophilus, Gentiles, and people everywhere, around A.D. 60."
A key verse is listed as, "Jesus said to him, 'Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost" (19:9, 10)
I believe it becomes very clear that Jesus had fulfilled what was earlier written. That Jesus, while mentoring and tutoring his disciples, had loved them in a way that models for us what it means to be a mentor and teacher as well as a true friend with the desire to remain friends throughout eternity.
May God bless our reading this week, as we finish the book of Luke with chapters 22 through 24 today. And begin the book of John - reading three chapters per day for the next six days, finishing next Tuesday, with chapters 16 - 18.
John was one of the disciples - son of Zebedee, brother of James, called a "Son of Thunder."
John's purpose in writing this book, according to my Bible introduction, was "To prove conclusively that Jesus is the Son of God and that all who believe in him will have eternal life." It was written to new Christians and searching non-Christians - as well as the rest of us, of course!
It was written after the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and before his exile to the island of Patmos... probably around A.D. 85 - 90.
I'll let us each find our own key verse. If I remember, I'll share that from my introduction. Do you suppose we'll pick the same ones?
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