The BOOK – God of Glory

Luke is the gospel for the sinner. It brings out Christ’s compassionate love in becoming man to save man. Here we see the God of Glory coming down to our level, entering into our conditions and being subject to our circumstances.

Luke alone tells the story of the visit of the shepherds (Luke 2:8-20). Only Luke tells of Jesus visit to the Temple when he was twelve years old. As a man Jesus toiled with his hands; wept over the city’ kneeled in prayer and knew agony in suffering. Luke alone tells of healing Malchus’s ear (Luke 22:51).

This gospel is also for the outcast on earth. It is Luke who tells of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:33), the publican (Luke 18:13), and the prodigal son (15:11-24), of Zacchaeus (Luke 19:2) and the thief on the cross (Luke 23:43). Luke records Jesus’s compassion for the woman of Nain, and the depths of his mercy to the woman who was a sinner.

There is a controversy we see in calling Christ’s disciples. In Luke we find Christ’s first disciples as Peter and Andrew, where as it is different in the gospel of John. We can see that when we go through the John’s gospel summary.

After the resurrection Jesus proved everyone that he was a real man with flesh and bones. In Luke, no less than eleven appearances of Jesus are recorded, following his resurrection – not only to individuals, but also to crowds. Three times, we are told, his disciples touched him after he arose (Luke 24:39). He ate with them, too (Luke 24:42).

As Jesus put out his hand to bless them, “he was taken up into heaven” (Luke 24:51). Now, he is no longer a local Christ, confined to Jerusalem, but he is a universal Christ.

In this gospel Luke speaks more of prayers of our Lord. Prayer is the expression of human dependence on God. Why there so much working and activity in the church and yet so little result? The answer is simple – there is not enough private prayer. Even Christ, being the son of God, prayed for the holy presence.

I pray that you spend more time with God than men, to see results in your life and decisions.