{"id":1007,"date":"2016-09-19T02:31:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T02:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2016-09-26T00:32:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T00:32:44","slug":"sermon-september-18-2016-the-gospel-of-luke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-september-18-2016-the-gospel-of-luke\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon &#8211; September 18, 2016: &#8220;The Gospel of Luke&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1007-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/sep18-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/sep18-16.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/sep18-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Introduction to the Gospel According to Luke<br \/>\nLuke 1:1-4<\/p>\n<p>Author<br \/>\n\u00b7 Luke<br \/>\n\u00b7 Not an apostle<br \/>\n\u00b7 Most likely the Luke mentioned by Paul<br \/>\n\u00b7 A physician possibly from Antioch<br \/>\n\u00b7 A traveling companion of Paul<br \/>\n\u00b7 Most likely a Gentile<br \/>\n\u00b7 A meticulous historian<br \/>\n\u00b7 An evangelist<\/p>\n<p>Audience<br \/>\n\u00b7 Theophilus<br \/>\n\u00b7 Most likely the benefactor of Luke\u2019s writing<br \/>\n\u00b7 The target is the Greek speaking world<\/p>\n<p>Date of Composition<br \/>\n\u00b7 Liberal scholars say AD 80<br \/>\n\u00b7 However\u2026<br \/>\n\u00b7 Acts leaves off around AD 62<br \/>\n\u00b7 Luke-Acts does not mention the persecution under Nero (AD 64-65) or the fall of Jerusalem (AD 70)<br \/>\n\u00b7 Therefore a more conservative date of AD 64 (at the latest) needs to be considered<\/p>\n<p>Purpose of Composition<br \/>\n\u2022 Verse 1 \u2013 Luke is aware of other attempts to record events surrounding Jesus\u2019 life.<br \/>\n\u2022 Verse 2 \u2013 Luke seems to have actually spoken directly with people who witnessed the events surrounding Jesus\u2019 life.<br \/>\n\u2022 Verse 3 \u2013 Luke pays special attention to what has gone on and is going on in the Christian world.<br \/>\n\u2022 Verse 4 \u2013 Luke wants his readers to be confident in what they hear about Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Theme<br \/>\n\u2022 Salvation<br \/>\n\u2022 Luke desires to show that Jesus offers salvation to ALL<br \/>\n\u2022 Luke focuses on the grace shown to people outside \u201cperfect\u201d Jewish life.<\/p>\n<p>What can we learn?<br \/>\n\u2022 The communication of the gospel, the means to salvation, has to be a priority for every Christian.<br \/>\n\u2022 We must know the truth about Jesus in order to effectively communicate the gospel to others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to the Gospel According to Luke Luke 1:1-4 Author \u00b7 Luke \u00b7 Not an apostle \u00b7 Most likely the Luke mentioned by Paul \u00b7 A physician possibly from Antioch \u00b7 A traveling companion of Paul \u00b7 Most likely a<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-september-18-2016-the-gospel-of-luke\/\"><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,21,43,10],"tags":[48,57,24,44,13],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies","category-members","category-sermon","category-worship","tag-bible-studies","tag-bible-study","tag-members","tag-sermon","tag-worship"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1012,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}