We have entered a new month and that means a brand new Bible Study :)
I'm so excited for this coming month and all the preachings around this subject. Here is the new theme for SOS Church Stockholm. Enjoy it!
Theme: Who is your neighbor?
A Joyful Message to the Poor!
Date and author:
The Gospel of Luke was written by
Doctor Luke
approximately 75 AD. Luke is also the author of the Book of Acts (volume
2) that carries his name. Luke was born in Antioch and most
likely converted to the Christian
faith by the persecuted and scattered "Jerusalem disciples" after the
death of Stephen (Acts11:19, 13:1) Luke was also a travel companion of Apostle
Paul for a
while and has been an eyewitness to many
of the stories told in the Book of Acts. (Acts 16:10-17, 20:5-16, 21:1-18,
27:1-28:16) Luke is also telling the story of Paul, Philip, Barnabas, James the
brother of the Lord and Mark. When it comes to writing his gospel (volume 1)
Luke interviewed many eyewitnesses to the events recorded, one of them was most
likely Mary the mother of Jesus. You can clearly tell that a doctor is the
author in passages like Luke 4:23, 5:12, 17, 6:6, 8:43, 22:44, 51. Many words
used in this gospel are very characteristic for a
physician of that era and
time. Luke almost even sounds like a psychologist in passages like Luke 18:34,
23:12, 24:21. If the gospel of Mark can be called "Peter's gospel"
because of Mark telling Peter’s story, then the gospel of Luke could be called
"Paul's gospel" or "Mary's gospel" because of telling their
stories...
Receiver
and purpose:
Luke writes to Theophilus a high Roman
official who is rather new in his faith. Luke writes to tell that the gospel is
for:
1) The Gentiles and that Jesus is the Savior of the world and
not just sent to the Jewish people. Luke 2:1, 32, 3:1, 37, 7:1-10, 23:47
2) The gospel to the lost.
Luke 5:29-32, 7:36-50, 15:1-31,
19:1-10, 23:39-43
3) The gospel to the poor.
4) The gospel to the women.
Luke 1:26-27, 39-41, 2:36,
7:13, 36-50, 8:2-3, 10:38-42, 24:10
5) The gospel of prayer.
Luke 3:21, 5:16, , 6:12, 9:29,
11:5-10, 18:1-8, 9-14, 22:40-46, 23:46
6) The gospel - a message of joy.
Luke 1:46-55, 67-79, 10:17, 21, 15:7,
10, 24:41
The
gospel to the poor
1) The poor favored.
Luke 1:53, 6:20
2) Jesus warns us not to be greedy.
Luke 12:15-21
3) Poor rewarded in eternity.
Luke16:19-32
4) Generosity breaks Phariseeism and cleanses us from religion.
Luke 11:39-41
5) a) Storing up
treasure in Heaven by giving to the poor.
Luke 12:33-34
b) Rewarded for giving to the poor in eternity.
Luke 14:13-14, 21
c) Using earthly wealth to gain friends in heaven.
Luke 16:1-15
6) Aggressively bringing possessions of this world to be used
for building the kingdom of Jesus on earth.
Luke 19:28-35
