Monday – Gospels

Reading – Luke 3

Highlight Verses:

“One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened, and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form, descended on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.””
‭‭Luke‬ ‭3‬:‭21‬-‭22‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Can you imagine the scene?

The Holy Spirit Descending as a dove.

The voice from Heaven.

John the Baptist’s recent declaration of the coming Messiah.

It would be like standing at the biggest moment of history up until that moment –

Because it was.

Luke shows a definitive beginning of Jesus’ ministry.

He recorded the event within its historical context.

Because of its spiritual focus, secular historians often discredit the Bible as a source of accurate historical information.

While it is true that the purpose of the Bible is to lead people to spiritual truth, Luke’s Gospel was so thoroughly researched that

it rivals or beats the most detailed historical records of the day for accuracy.

What that means to you and me is that we can depend on it.

Yes, we believe by faith, but that faith is founded on truth, and it makes sense that truth should be backed up by facts. And many of those facts are found here in Luke’s Gospel.

How do the facts presented here affect your faith?
Are there questions about your faith for which you would like to find answers in the facts of the Bible?