~ Jesus Christ Is The Son
of Man Sharing Our Human Experience ~
The Bible is About Jesus
Christ ~
“Jesus said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to
believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter His glory?’ And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets,
He explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning Himself” (Luke
24:25-27).
Christ in the Gospel of Luke
~ Luke
was written by Dr. Luke and it is not surprising that his emphasis is on the
humanity of Jesus Christ—His sharing and sympathizing with man. Not surprisingly he begins his Gospel account
with Adam. His emphasis is on what our
Lord felt. His account particularly
appeals to the Greek mind. In Luke we
find The Messiah as a friend of man. He
is the Servant of the Lord and the Son of Man.
He is also our sympathetic High Priest and Savior.
The Messiah’s Own Words ~ Isaiah prophesied: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight
in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought
low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough
places smooth; the glory of the Lord shall
be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together; for the
mouth of the Lord has spoken’” (Isaiah
40:3-5). Luke writes:
“Now in the fifteenth year
of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod
being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region
of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, while Annas and Caiaphas were
high priests, the word of God came
to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism
of repentance for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the
words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
‘The
voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the
way of the Lord; make His
paths straight. Every valley shall be
filled and every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked
places shall be made straight
and the rough ways smooth; and all flesh
shall see the salvation of God’’” (Luke 3:1-6).
Comments ~ 1. The fulfillment of prophecies about which
Luke writes were about the life of Jesus Christ. The references were not always about Jesus
Himself but the events surrounding His time on earth (sometimes the prophecies
were fulfilled by His friends or His enemies).
2. While on earth Jesus Christ often quoted Scriptures in reference to
Himself. 3. The Apostle Paul told us the
Scriptures present many shadows of things to come but the reality is found in
Jesus Christ (Colossians 2:17).
Summary
of Christ in Luke’s Historical Account ~ Luke presents Jesus Christ as Man—the Son of Man. His emphasis is on what He felt, His ministry,
and the way of wisdom.
Luke’s
writing appeals to the Greek mind.
Luke’s account of Jesus Christ’s life on earth ends with the Holy
Spirit—a promised Comforter for man.
Compare
the Following Passages:
Luke
1:60 with 1 Samuel 2:1-10
Luke
3:4-6 with Isaiah 40:3-5 (see above)
Luke
4:4 with Deuteronomy 8:3
Luke
4:8 with Deuteronomy 6:13 and 10:20
Luke
4:10-11 with Psalm 90:11-12
Luke
4:12 with Deuteronomy 6:16
Luke
7:27 with Malachi 3:1
Luke
8:10 with Isaiah 6:9-10
Luke 10:27 with Deuteronomy 6:5, 10:12 and 30:6
Luke 10:27 with Deuteronomy 6:5, 10:12 and 30:6
Luke
13:35 with Psalm 117:26
Luke
19:38 with Psalm 117:26
Luke
20:17 with Psalm 117:22-23
Luke
20:42-43 with Psalm 109:1
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