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He describes the human character– istics of Christ,-human suffering, hu– man sorrow, bloody sweat; the message of Jesus to Judas "Betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss"? On the Cross bowing to the Father's will; speaking to the theif of peace and joy; commit– ting His soul to God the Father "Fa– ther, into my hands I commit my spir– it," as a man who trusts in God; re– vealing Himself as a man after the re– surrection-showing His hands and feet, eating the broiled fish, etc. Besides being the author of the Gos– pel which bears his name, Luke also wrote the Book of the Acts of the Holy Spirit through the apostles (Acts 1: 1, 2) "The forn1er treatise have I made, 0 Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and tench, Until the day in which he wns taken up, after that he through the Holy Gho•t had given con1n1ant:hnent• unto the apoa– tlea who1n he had chosen." (3) LUKE THE HERALD, Acts 16: 9-18. Luke was with Paul and records this scene which meant so much to Luke for he was from Macedonia. "We sought to go," (he was Paul's compan– ion and amnuensis) "concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel unto them." The narrative, as resumed in Ch. 17, suggests that Luke was left behind in Philippi and did not join Paul again until the third missionary journey when Paul again went into Macedonia (Acts 20: 5, 6) when Luke was united to him and recorded their journey to Miletus, Tyre, Caesarea and Jerusalem; and when Paul was sent to Caesarea to prison the evidence is clear that Luke was with him. We can understand what a comfort and help to Paul must have been this man of God-physician and bosom friend. PERTINENT QUESTIONS ( 1) How can you prove that Luke wrote the Book of Acts? (Acts 1:1; Luke 1:1-4)
( 2) Was Luke guided by the Holy Spirit in writing the Gospel that bears his name? (Acts 15: 2 5-2 8) ( 3) Is there any question as to the certitude of the Scriptures? (2 Pet. 1:15, 16) ( 4) Did God use visions with Paul? (2 Cor. 12:1-7) ( 5) Did Paul feel a "woe ls me" In connection with the Gospel? (2 Cor. 2:12, 13) Luke is believed to be the only writer in the New Testament who is He has the equipment and an ideal historian. He unites the scientific DEVOTIONAL temperament with the COMMENT artistic spirit. He had Dr. F. W. Farr per fect command o! the Greek language. He devotedly loved the subject on which he wrote, viz. the person and work of Christ. H e gained his knowl– edge through Peter, Paul and the Holy Spirit. He tells us that he investigated the matter from the beginning and wrote his narrative with painstaking care. He availed himself of all possible sources of information and in addition to these natural aids he was specially and Divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit. In his two treatises he covers about sixty years of the most important and wonderful history of the world. We know very little about him person· ally as he never mentions himself bY name and his name is only found in three passages of the New Testament. Col. 4: 14; 2 Tim. 4: 11; Phllemon 24. The conjecture that he was a Greek convert of Antioch rests upon the fact that he gives much information about the church ther e and traces the origin of the name "Christian" to that city. It has also been supposed that he was not a Jew. quality of
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