Luke 1:3 KJV
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
Luke makes a claim in this verse that is a division maker. The bold assertions compel a person to either accept His account of the Gospel as heavenly truth or to reject it as an outright lie. There is no room for straddling a fence here. We must accept it as from God or we must reject it outright.
Having had perfect understanding
Luke means what he says. We cannot explain away his term. He claims perfection here, something that is impossible unless it is of God.
Of all things
Since he was not present when the Gospel account he is about to give happened, it would be humanly impossible for him to know all things unless they were delivered to him from a perfect source. John said that there was so much concerning Jesus that if it were all written the world could not contain the books. Luke did not receive all things from interview and study.
From the very first
Not meaning the beginning of the Gospel but His source of understanding of all things. It was perfect understanding and it was of all things because
• It came from the first
• It came from heaven
• It came from God himself
I read of a new book, out right now, that intends to expose the Bible as a lie. The author claims to have entered into his study of the Word of God as a believer and, though he also claims to do what no Christians do, and spend his life studying the Word, his studies have led him now to accuse the Bible of not only containing errors and inconsistencies, but intentional lies.
I think he is more honest than the person who says he believes the Bible is a good book, but he doesn't obey it. It must be heavenly and therefore we are obligated to it or it is a lie and we must turn from it. It's an issue of faith in God or not; of heaven or hell.
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
Luke makes a claim in this verse that is a division maker. The bold assertions compel a person to either accept His account of the Gospel as heavenly truth or to reject it as an outright lie. There is no room for straddling a fence here. We must accept it as from God or we must reject it outright.
Having had perfect understanding
Luke means what he says. We cannot explain away his term. He claims perfection here, something that is impossible unless it is of God.
Of all things
Since he was not present when the Gospel account he is about to give happened, it would be humanly impossible for him to know all things unless they were delivered to him from a perfect source. John said that there was so much concerning Jesus that if it were all written the world could not contain the books. Luke did not receive all things from interview and study.
From the very first
Not meaning the beginning of the Gospel but His source of understanding of all things. It was perfect understanding and it was of all things because
• It came from the first
• It came from heaven
• It came from God himself
I read of a new book, out right now, that intends to expose the Bible as a lie. The author claims to have entered into his study of the Word of God as a believer and, though he also claims to do what no Christians do, and spend his life studying the Word, his studies have led him now to accuse the Bible of not only containing errors and inconsistencies, but intentional lies.
I think he is more honest than the person who says he believes the Bible is a good book, but he doesn't obey it. It must be heavenly and therefore we are obligated to it or it is a lie and we must turn from it. It's an issue of faith in God or not; of heaven or hell.
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