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 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

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 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the Word.

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 Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning,

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 it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, Most Excellent Theophilus,

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 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

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 Now if you could turn in your Bibles to 2 Peter, which is on page 1222 in the Church Bibles, 2 Peter chapter 1,

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 starting in verse 16.

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 So 2 Peter chapter 1 verse 16.

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 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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 For he received honour and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the majestic glory,

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 saying,

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 This is my Son, whom I love.

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 With him I am well pleased.

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 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.

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 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain,

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 and you will do well to pay attention to it,

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 as to a light shining in a dark place,

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 until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

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 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.

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 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man,

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 but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, thank you.

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 Thank you for your Son, the Lord Jesus.

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 Thank you for your word.

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 Thank you for your word.

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 Which is a revelation of your Son,

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 teaching us and making us known who you are.

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 Thank you for your Holy Spirit,

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 who teaches us,

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 opens up our minds,

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 so that we can understand your word,

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 not just intellectually,

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 but in a way that it applies to our hearts,

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 changing us,

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 and making us more like you.

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 So, Father, come amongst us by your Spirit,

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 and help us,

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 that we might know you more and more,

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 and come to love you in a deeper way.

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 Thank you for your word.

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 Bless these coming weeks as we look at Luke's Gospel together,

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 that it would be an encouragement,

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 that it would be an encouragement,

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 helping us to understand the God who has come to seek us and save us,

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 so that we in turn can seek others and bring the message of Christ to a needy world.

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 Help us, we pray,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, have your Bibles open in Luke's Gospel.

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 I wonder,

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 do you believe everything that you hear in the news?

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 Did the Russians help Trump secure his political victory?

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 Is climate change the reason for all the flooding across our planet?

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 Well, according to a recent poll on Clareburn Live,

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 54% of people in Ireland don't trust the news they hear,

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 and a further 19% say they are unsure.

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 The news, they say, is,

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 well, it's just stories that have been made up to distort,

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 deceive, and promote a political or moral bias.

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 It's all fake news.

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 And with the influence of social media,

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 it's very difficult for us to know what is fake news and what is true news.

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 Well, Luke, who is the author of Luke's Gospel,

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 has some news for us.

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 Keep your finger in Luke's Gospel, Chapter 1,

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 and flick on to Acts, Chapter 1.

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 So you've got Luke,

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 then John,

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 and then Acts,

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 Acts, Chapter 1.

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 Keep your finger in Luke,

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 and go to Acts, Chapter 1.

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 You may know that Luke is the author of two books,

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 the Gospel of Luke,

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 and also the Book of Acts,

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 sometimes referred to as a two-volumed work.

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 They're together.

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 And this is what Luke,

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 Acts, Chapter 1, Verse 1 says.

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 In my former book,

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 so there he's referring to Luke,

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 my first book.

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 In my former book, Theophilus,

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 I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach.

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 So Luke is all about

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 what Jesus began to do and to teach.

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 And Acts, if we were to read through that,

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 is what Jesus continues to do and teach,

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 ultimately through his church,

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 by his Spirit.

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 Back to Luke's Gospel, Chapter 1.

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 So Luke is all about

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 what Jesus began to do and to teach.

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 But at the beginning of Luke's Gospel,

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 Luke makes this extraordinary claim.

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 Look what he says in Luke 1, Verse 4.

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 He says he writes this,

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 so that you may know the certainty

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 of the things you have been taught.

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 Luke wants us to know,

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 right at the very beginning of his work,

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 of his writings,

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 that the things that he is going to write about,

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 the things that you may have been taught about Jesus,

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 is not fake news,

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 but it's true news.

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 It is reliable.

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 It is dependable.

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 You can believe it and trust it.

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 It is certain truth.

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 These are not made-up stories,

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 but historical facts about a living person

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 called Jesus Christ,

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 who claims to be nothing less

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 than God who has come in human form,

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 with absolute power,

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 and supreme authority,

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 to seek and to save what was lost,

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 to change and transform lives,

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 so that we might be in a relationship with him

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 that is secure and safe for all eternity.

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 Know the certainty of these things.

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 Well, how do we know

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 that all this is not made up?

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 How do we know

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 that what Luke begins to write

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 is not just Luke promoting

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 his own biased views

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 and kind of forcing upon

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 some guy called Jesus

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 all these great things?

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 You see, there are many people

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 who think that the Gospel of Luke

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 is fake news.

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 One author,

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 his name is Dr. Bart Ehrman,

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 has written many books

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 making this claim.

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 His most recent book

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 has this subtitle.

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 It's quite long,

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 so listen.

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 This is the subtitle of the book.

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 How the earliest Christians

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 remembered,

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 changed,

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 and invented

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 the stories of the Saviour.

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 And although he was once

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 a firm Christian,

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 he now makes this claim.

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 He says that the New Testament

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 and the Gospels in particular

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 don't provide a trustworthy account

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 of the historical Jesus.

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 Instead, what we have are books

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 that are forgeries,

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 certain contradictions,

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 have morally questionable teachings,

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 and have been edited

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 and changed through the centuries.

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 Quite a claim.

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 Now, you might run into Bart

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 tomorrow when you're at work,

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 and you might ask people in work

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 or school,

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 do you know him?

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 They may never have heard of him.

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 But you can be absolutely sure

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 they've been influenced

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 by his writings

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 as it's filtered out

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 through the media

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 and through other publications.

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 People say you simply

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 can't trust the Gospels.

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 They're forgeries,

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 contradictions.

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 They've been changed

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 and edited

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 to suit the author's

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 particular political

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 or moral bias.

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 So, the question is,

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 is Luke's Gospel fake news

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 or true news?

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 Can we trust it?

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 Well, let's see

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 what Luke has to say.

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 First,

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 Luke wants us to know

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 that what he has written

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 is an orderly account.

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 Look at chapter 1,

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 verse 1.

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 Many have undertaken

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 to draw up an account

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 or write up an account

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 of the things

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 that have been fulfilled

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 among us.

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 End of verse 3.

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 So, he says,

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 it seemed good also to me

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 to write an orderly account

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 for you,

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 most excellent Theophilus.

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 In other words,

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 this is not a random collection

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 of sayings and stories,

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 but a carefully compiled

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 historical account

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 about the person of Jesus.

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 It's an account

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 of the Gospel.

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 We know that

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 from the New Testament

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 we have four Gospels,

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 Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 Luke and John.

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 Sometimes Matthew,

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 Mark and Luke

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 are put together

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 known as the Synoptic Gospels.

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 Now, their material

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 is all quite similar.

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 They're the same

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 almost in style.

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 John's Gospel

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 is different.

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 He seems to have

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 other material.

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 And they're like,

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 together,

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 they're like biographies

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 of the life of Jesus.

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 Now, the fact that

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 we have four Gospels

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 doesn't mean we have

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 four different versions

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 of the Gospel.

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 And we have to try

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 and figure out

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 which is the right one.

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 Now, there's only

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 one Gospel story.

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 There's only one account.

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 But yet,

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 we have different

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 presentations

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 of that same story.

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 Each one

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 has their particular emphasis.

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 So, Mark,

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 for example,

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 has no account

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 of the birth of Jesus.

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 It's the shortest.

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 It's like he jumps

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 straight in,

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 right into the action.

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 He wants to get it all out

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 as quick as possible.

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 Whereas, Luke

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 takes his time.

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 He goes into

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 great detail

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 about the birth

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 of Jesus,

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 listing historical events

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 so that we can know

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 it's true.

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 Matthew,

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 if you were to read

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 through that,

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 is equally long,

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 but seems to be written

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 for those who

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 are from a more

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 religious background,

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 while Luke's account

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 is more suited

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 to those who are

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 from a non-religious

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 background.

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 And many claim

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 that Theophilus

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 was one who was

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 from a non-religious

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 background.

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 John is more theological,

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 whereas Luke is more

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 straightforward and simple.

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 They've all got

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 their own particular

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 emphasis,

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 they've all chosen

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 their particular material,

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 and each one reflects

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 each author's

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 particular presentation.

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 But we must be clear

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 and understand

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 there is only

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 one Gospel.

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 And like all the

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 other Gospel authors,

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 Luke has set about

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 writing an orderly

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 account about the

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 person of Jesus.

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 But more specifically,

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 this orderly account

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 that Luke has put

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 together is not

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 something new.

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 It has actually been

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 planned from

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 eternity past.

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 So again,

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 look at verse 1.

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 He says,

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 many have undertaken

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 to draw up an account

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 of the things

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 that have been

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 fulfilled

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 among us.

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 So the coming

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 of Jesus

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 isn't an accident

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 or a surprise,

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 but something

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 that has been

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 fulfilled.

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 It's been planned

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 by God

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 and purposed

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 by God

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 in eternity past

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 and has now

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 been fulfilled.

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 have a look

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 at what Jesus

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 says about

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 himself,

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 which comes

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 at the very

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 end of Luke's

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 Gospel,

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 Luke chapter 24.

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 Right at the

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 very end of Luke's

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 Gospel,

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 Luke chapter 24,

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 verse 44.

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 So Jesus is

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 speaking to

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 his disciples.

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 It's after

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 his death.

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 It's after

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 his resurrection

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 from the grave.

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 And he's

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 explaining to

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 his disciples

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 who have been

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 completely confused

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 by what has

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 happened.

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 And Jesus

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 seeks to remind

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 them what has

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 happened.

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 Verse 44,

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 he said to

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 them,

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 this is what

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 I told you

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 while I was

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 still with you.

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 Everything,

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 that is

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 everything about

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 the life of

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 Jesus,

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 everything must

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 be fulfilled

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 that is written

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 about me in

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 the law of

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 Moses.

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 The law of

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 Moses is the

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 first five books

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 of the Old

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 Testament,

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 the prophets

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 and the Psalms

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 which is referring

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 to the rest of

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 the Old

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 Testament.

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 He says

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 everything that

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 has happened,

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 my coming,

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 my birth,

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 my death,

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 my resurrection

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 was all

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 written about

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 in the past

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 and it is

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 now being

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 fulfilled.

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 Verse 45,

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 then he opened

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 their minds

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 so that they

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 could understand

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 the scriptures

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 and he told

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 them,

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 this is what

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 is written.

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 Read through

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 the Old

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 Testament scriptures

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 and you will

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 see that Christ

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 will suffer

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 and he did,

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 he died

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 and he will

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 rise from

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 the dead

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 on the third

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 day and

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 he did

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 and repentance

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 and forgiveness

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 of sins will

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 be preached

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 in his name

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 to all nations

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 beginning at

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 Jerusalem.

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 Back to

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 chapter 1.

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 So Luke's

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 orderly account

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 is not just

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 his ideas

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 and his

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 experience,

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 rather he

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 wants us to

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 know that

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 this is the

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 account of

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 Jesus

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 that was

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 planned and

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 promised by

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:02.139
 God in

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 eternity past

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 and has

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 now been

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 fulfilled

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 with the

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 coming of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So Jesus

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 is not just

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 some invention,

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 it is not

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 just a

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 religious bias,

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 he is the

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 focus and

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 fulfillment

00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:23.460
 of all

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 history.

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 So,

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 Luke wants

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 us to

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 know that

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 it is an

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 orderly

00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:32.680
 account.

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 Second,

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 Luke wants

00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.259
 us to

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.660
 know that

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 this

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 orderly

00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:37.840
 account is

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 the result

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 of careful

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 investigation.

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 Look at

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 verse 3.

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 Therefore,

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 he said,

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 since I

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 myself have

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 carefully

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 investigated

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 everything

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 from the

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 beginning,

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 it seems

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 good also

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.660
 for me to

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 write an

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 orderly

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 account.

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 If you

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 were to

00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.180
 read through

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 Colossians,

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 one of

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 Paul's

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 letters,

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 you'd

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 discover

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 that we

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 read there

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 that Luke

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 was a

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 medical

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 doctor.

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 But he

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 was also

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 very skilled

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 as a

00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.559
 historian.

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 He provides,

00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.220
 you read

00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.640
 through Luke,

00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.339
 he provides

00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:12.940
 accounts of

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 people who

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 were ruling

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 and people

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 who were in

00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:16.660
 charge at

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.460
 certain times

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 and certain

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 months.

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 And he

00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.279
 was also,

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.079
 it appears,

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.880
 an investigative

00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.799
 journalist.

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 And he

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.019
 has,

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.919
 it seems,

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.819
 two main

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:28.480
 sources for

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:29.399
 his material

00:17:29.399 --> 00:17:29.879
 as he

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 carefully

00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:32.159
 investigates

00:17:32.159 --> 00:17:32.740
 everything

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.680
 from the

00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.039
 beginning.

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 First,

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.139
 there's what's

00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:36.740
 called the

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:38.200
 oral tradition.

00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.339
 Luke wasn't

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:40.879
 the first

00:17:40.879 --> 00:17:41.519
 person to

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.259
 start writing

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.720
 an account

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.259
 of Jesus.

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:43.919
 Again,

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.299
 look at

00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:44.879
 verse 1.

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:46.940
 He says,

00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:47.559
 many,

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.140
 there were

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:50.200
 many people

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:51.519
 who have

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.259
 undertaken

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.920
 to draw

00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:53.400
 up an

00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:53.779
 account

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:55.059
 of these

00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.620
 things.

00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:57.500
 So circulating

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.480
 very soon

00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.160
 after the

00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.720
 life of

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.279
 Jesus

00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:01.740
 were these

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.140
 written

00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:02.960
 accounts of

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.259
 Jesus.

00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:03.680
 There were

00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.100
 many

00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:04.680
 accounts.

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:05.940
 And the

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.680
 earliest that

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.360
 we know

00:18:07.360 --> 00:18:08.700
 of is the

00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.340
 Gospel of

00:18:09.340 --> 00:18:09.640
 Mark,

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 which was

00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:10.740
 written about

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:12.059
 40 years

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.860
 after the

00:18:12.860 --> 00:18:13.940
 life of

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.279
 Jesus.

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.360
 Luke was

00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:15.880
 written about

00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.680
 20 years

00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:17.100
 later,

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.200
 but Mark

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.080
 40 years

00:18:19.080 --> 00:18:19.880
 after.

00:18:20.100 --> 00:18:20.620
 This is one

00:18:20.620 --> 00:18:21.040
 of the

00:18:21.040 --> 00:18:22.380
 accounts of

00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:22.940
 the many

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.700
 accounts that

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.180
 were written.

00:18:25.820 --> 00:18:26.600
 But we have

00:18:26.600 --> 00:18:26.960
 to ask the

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.240
 question,

00:18:27.340 --> 00:18:27.620
 where did

00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.320
 these accounts

00:18:28.320 --> 00:18:29.100
 come from?

00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:30.180
 Where did

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.600
 they get

00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:31.520
 their information

00:18:31.520 --> 00:18:32.100
 to start

00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:32.840
 writing about

00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:33.220
 Jesus?

00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:33.900
 Well,

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.220
 look at

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.820
 verse 2.

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.680
 These

00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:39.180
 accounts

00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:40.020
 came just

00:18:40.020 --> 00:18:40.440
 as they

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:41.280
 were handed

00:18:41.280 --> 00:18:42.240
 down to

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.920
 us by

00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:44.520
 those who

00:18:44.520 --> 00:18:45.040
 from the

00:18:45.040 --> 00:18:45.580
 first were

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.579
 eyewitnesses

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.299
 and servants

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:47.659
 of the

00:18:47.659 --> 00:18:48.039
 word.

00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:49.500
 Handed

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.039
 down is

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.939
 a technical

00:18:50.939 --> 00:18:51.460
 term,

00:18:51.899 --> 00:18:52.500
 and it's

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.199
 what scholars

00:18:53.199 --> 00:18:53.839
 call the

00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:54.980
 oral tradition.

00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.259
 That is,

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:57.199
 the life and

00:18:57.199 --> 00:18:57.819
 teaching of

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:59.000
 Jesus was

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.960
 being passed

00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.980
 on verbally

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:02.419
 to other

00:19:02.419 --> 00:19:02.879
 people.

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.980
 If we want

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.980
 information today

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.799
 about someone

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:07.439
 or something,

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.519
 we would go

00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:10.079
 to a

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.079
 research library

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.819
 or we'd go

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.199
 to the

00:19:12.199 --> 00:19:12.619
 internet.

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:13.759
 Well,

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.220
 in the first

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:14.559
 century,

00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:14.940
 they didn't

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.500
 have these

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.059
 kinds of

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.480
 resources.

00:19:16.620 --> 00:19:17.019
 They weren't

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.500
 available.

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:18.740
 Instead,

00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:20.700
 information and

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:22.019
 history was

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:23.600
 preserved as

00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:24.440
 it was passed

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.480
 on orally.

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.299
 Well,

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 you say,

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 that's all

00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:31.519
 well and

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:31.720
 good,

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 but how do

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.039
 we know

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.880
 that what

00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.940
 people passed

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.640
 on orally

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 and what

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:37.440
 Peter said

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.720
 to Mary

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.140
 and what

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.900
 Mary said

00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:40.539
 to John

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 and what

00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:41.519
 John said,

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 how do

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:42.980
 we know

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.319
 that it

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:43.759
 didn't get

00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.559
 distorted

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:44.980
 as it

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.639
 got passed

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 along?

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 It sounds

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.220
 a bit like

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.700
 Chinese

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.460
 whispers to

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 me.

00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:49.720
 How do

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.019
 we know

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.700
 it's true?

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.579
 Well,

00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:54.019
 the second

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.500
 of these

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.960
 sources were

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:57.359
 the eyewitnesses

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:57.920
 accounts.

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 So again,

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 look at

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 verse 2.

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 They were

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.299
 handed down

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.099
 to us by

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.960
 those who

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 from the

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.519
 first were

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 eyewitnesses

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.599
 and servants

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.019
 of the

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 word.

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 So what

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.160
 Luke has

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:14.139
 access to

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 was handed

00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.559
 down,

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 was passed

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 on orally

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.680
 by those

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 who were

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 eyewitnesses,

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 those who

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:21.240
 were servants

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.720
 of the

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.099
 word.

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.119
 These

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.980
 eyewitnesses

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.819
 and servants

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.160
 of the

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 word were

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 the first

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 apostles,

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 the disciples.

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 Those were

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 the people

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.079
 who were

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.879
 with Jesus.

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.859
 They heard

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.599
 him speak.

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 They ate

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.000
 with him.

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 They saw

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 his deeds.

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 They experienced

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.500
 his resurrection

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 and we'll

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:38.940
 get to

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.460
 meet some

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.740
 of these

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.240
 characters

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.680
 as we

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.180
 go through

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.579
 Luke.

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.740
 But these

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.539
 eyewitnesses

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.059
 not only

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:46.240
 handed these

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.079
 things down

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.819
 orally,

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 but they

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.779
 themselves

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.480
 began to

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.200
 write down

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.880
 and arrange

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:53.000
 material about

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.880
 the life of

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.259
 Jesus.

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.059
 Let me

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.380
 give you

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:57.160
 two examples

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.759
 of these

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.940
 servants of

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.359
 the word

00:20:59.359 --> 00:20:59.940
 who began

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:01.039
 to write

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.700
 down their

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.480
 eyewitness

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.200
 accounts.

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.960
 We read

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.619
 from one

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.000
 earlier.

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.480
 Have a look

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 at 2 Peter

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:10.000
 chapter 1

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:12.380
 verse 16.

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.460
 Somebody got

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.940
 the page

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.299
 for me

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.539
 there.

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.420
 2 Peter

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:17.120
 chapter 1

00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:22.799
 1, 2, 2, 2.

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.960
 2 Peter

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.799
 chapter 1.

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.039
 So Peter,

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.519
 the writer

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:27.880
 of this

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.180
 letter,

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.559
 was a

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.079
 disciple

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.980
 and look

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.240
 what he

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.640
 says.

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.799
 2 Peter

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.480
 1 verse

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.380
 16.

00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:40.380
 We did

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:41.079
 not,

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.839
 underline,

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.299
 we did

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.319
 not follow

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:45.000
 cleverly

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.480
 invented

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.839
 stories when

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.420
 we told

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:47.940
 you about

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.740
 the power

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.880
 and coming

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.259
 of our

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.900
 Lord Jesus

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.500
 Christ.

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.920
 But we

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:54.500
 were eyewitnesses

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:54.900
 of his

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.440
 majesty.

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.420
 And

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.059
 speaking of

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.259
 the,

00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.519
 when they

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.279
 saw Jesus

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.140
 transfigured,

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.900
 verse 18,

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.700
 he said,

00:22:02.800 --> 00:22:03.519
 we ourselves

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:05.620
 heard this

00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.900
 voice that

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.500
 came from

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.580
 heaven when

00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.160
 we were with

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.780
 him on the

00:22:09.780 --> 00:22:10.720
 sacred mountain.

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 Flick over a

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.620
 page,

00:22:14.040 --> 00:22:14.560
 maybe two

00:22:14.560 --> 00:22:14.960
 pages,

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.100
 to 1 John.

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:21.159
 here's

00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:21.480
 another

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.099
 account

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:24.559
 of

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:24.919
 somebody

00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:25.240
 who's

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.899
 writing a

00:22:25.899 --> 00:22:26.399
 letter but

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.919
 wants us

00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:27.419
 to know

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:27.939
 that what

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.139
 he's

00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:28.799
 writing is

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.359
 true.

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.439
 Speaking of

00:22:33.439 --> 00:22:33.779
 Jesus,

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.419
 he says,

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.319
 that which

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.019
 was from

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.539
 the beginning,

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.019
 that's

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.379
 Jesus,

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.179
 he says,

00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:38.959
 which we

00:22:38.959 --> 00:22:39.980
 have heard,

00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:41.379
 which we

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:42.240
 have seen

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.719
 with our

00:22:42.719 --> 00:22:43.279
 eyes,

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:44.179
 which we

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:44.839
 have looked

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.679
 at and

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.400
 our hands

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.200
 have touched.

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.039
 This is a

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.860
 living person,

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.380
 it's not

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.000
 made up.

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:52.120
 This we

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.680
 proclaim

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.400
 concerning

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.900
 the word

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.380
 of life.

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.500
 The life

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.259
 appeared,

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.160
 we have

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.019
 seen it

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:59.220
 and testified

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.840
 to it,

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.560
 and we

00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:01.160
 proclaim

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.900
 to you

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.680
 the eternal

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.340
 life which

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:03.840
 was with

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.440
 the Father

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.900
 and has

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.480
 appeared

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:08.120
 to us.

00:23:10.060 --> 00:23:10.880
 Go back

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.380
 to Luke

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.400
 chapter 1.

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.820
 So you

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.000
 see,

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.660
 Luke goes

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.180
 back to

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:16.380
 the earliest

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:16.960
 sources.

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.820
 These letters

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.900
 were written

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.360
 within 15

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:21.340
 to 25

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:22.220
 years of

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.620
 Jesus'

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.940
 resurrection.

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.660
 So Luke

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.080
 is going

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.560
 back to

00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:26.560
 the earliest

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.120
 sources,

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.440
 those eyewitness

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.519
 servants of

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.080
 the word

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.960
 accounts.

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.140
 A scholar,

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.460
 one of the

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.080
 good guys,

00:23:37.300 --> 00:23:37.700
 Richard

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.340
 Bochum,

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:38.820
 wrote a

00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.340
 book called

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:40.680
 Jesus and

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.680
 the Eyewitnesses,

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.259
 and he

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.800
 says this

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.319
 about the

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.879
 writing of

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.619
 the Gospels.

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.539
 Many of

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.839
 the eyewitnesses

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.480
 to Jesus,

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.299
 life,

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:49.779
 death,

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.639
 and resurrection

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.960
 were still

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.759
 in wide

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:54.119
 active circulation

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:55.159
 during these

00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:55.700
 years,

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.059
 able to

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.940
 function as

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.619
 trusted,

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.879
 authoritative

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.799
 sources and

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.000
 guardians of

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.619
 the tradition,

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.980
 a commonly

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.720
 revered

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.919
 practice and

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:07.180
 presence in

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.639
 oral

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.480
 societies.

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:10.380
 So you

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:10.819
 see, Luke

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.400
 not only

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.779
 consulted with

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.460
 what people

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.960
 wrote and

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.559
 what people

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.380
 had said,

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.620
 but he

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.279
 was able to

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.880
 check it

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.559
 all out with

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.960
 the eyewitnesses

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:22.200
 and servants

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.599
 of the word.

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.480
 So,

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:28.740
 he wants us

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.460
 to know that

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.240
 this, what

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.759
 he's written,

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.299
 is an

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.819
 orderly

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.360
 account.

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.319
 This

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.980
 orderly

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.640
 account has

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.220
 come after

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.480
 careful and

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.019
 thorough

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:38.119
 investigation,

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.779
 and he

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.359
 does all

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:42.119
 this so

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.500
 that we

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.920
 can be

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.960
 absolutely

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.480
 certain

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:47.180
 about the

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:48.559
 truth of

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.519
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.900
 Let me

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.440
 read verses

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.279
 3 and 4,

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.519
 Luke chapter

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:53.839
 1.

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.940
 Therefore,

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.819
 since I

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.619
 myself have

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.180
 carefully

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.039
 investigated

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.879
 everything from

00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.359
 the beginning,

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.660
 it seemed

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.460
 good also to

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.900
 me to

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.359
 write an

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:02.859
 orderly

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.279
 account,

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.180
 most

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.019
 excellent

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.220
 Theophilus.

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.920
 so that

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.539
 you may

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.119
 know the

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.940
 certainty

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.400
 of the

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.940
 things you

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.519
 have been

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.079
 taught.

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.639
 So,

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:15.980
 first,

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.440
 we can

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.920
 know the

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 certainty

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.420
 of Luke.

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 This is

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.460
 true news,

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.519
 not

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:24.099
 fake news.

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 And this

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.539
 little phrase

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.160
 that we have

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.619
 here in

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.220
 verse 4,

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.240
 that you

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.799
 may know

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.819
 the certainty,

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.480
 has the

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.839
 meaning of

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 security and

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.099
 stability.

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.319
 One writer

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:39.299
 and speaker,

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.200
 John Piper,

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.779
 has pointed

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.720
 out that

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.339
 that same

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.920
 word or

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.460
 phrase is

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 only used

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.579
 in two

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.339
 other places

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.599
 in the

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.279
 New Testament.

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 And in

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:49.019
 both cases,

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.899
 it refers to

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.619
 security,

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 something that

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.420
 is locked

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 up,

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.920
 something that

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.899
 is absolutely

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:56.319
 secure and

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.240
 unchangeable.

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 So,

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.819
 Luke is

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.399
 saying that

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:01.180
 his message,

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.980
 this message

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.899
 about Jesus,

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.220
 the things that

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.720
 you have been

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.019
 heard,

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.480
 the things

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.839
 that you

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.180
 have been

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.539
 taught,

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:08.200
 is absolutely

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.380
 secure.

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.360
 It is

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.620
 reliable and

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.420
 dependable.

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 It is

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 unshakable and

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.539
 immovable.

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 This is

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.600
 true news,

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:19.140
 not fake

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.600
 news.

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.319
 It is

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.180
 something that

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.819
 is rock

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.299
 solid,

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.460
 foundational.

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.500
 You can

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.240
 build your

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.180
 life upon

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.420
 it.

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.180
 You can

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.100
 entrust your

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.839
 life to the

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.740
 very words

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.339
 that are

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.660
 spoken in

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.059
 Luke's

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.400
 gospel.

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:36.700
 people will

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.140
 tell you

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.700
 that all

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.300
 this stuff

00:26:38.300 --> 00:26:39.000
 about Jesus

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.560
 is not

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:39.960
 true,

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:41.000
 that we're

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.660
 all wasting

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.280
 our time

00:26:42.280 --> 00:26:43.019
 reading these

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.200
 gospel accounts.

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.560
 You can't

00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:46.140
 believe the

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.460
 Bible.

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.580
 It's made

00:26:47.580 --> 00:26:47.800
 up,

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.200
 it's a

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.660
 forgery,

00:26:48.780 --> 00:26:49.180
 it's full

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.140
 of contradictions.

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.720
 But Luke

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.660
 has done all

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.500
 the hard work

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.420
 for us so

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.080
 that we can

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:56.140
 be absolutely

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:57.060
 certain that

00:26:57.060 --> 00:26:58.080
 what we read

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:59.259
 about Jesus

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:01.839
 is certain

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.200
 rock

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.819
 solid,

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.740
 unshakable,

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.200
 immovable

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.339
 truth.

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.640
 But

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.039
 second,

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.420
 this

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.140
 certain

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.859
 truth

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:18.440
 is

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.319
 extremely

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.420
 personal.

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.339
 We're not

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.819
 just to

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.539
 stand back

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.140
 and admire

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.559
 this and

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.759
 say,

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.660
 what a

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.079
 wonderful

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.660
 piece of

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.079
 writing.

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:28.539
 How clever

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.259
 Luke must

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.679
 have been

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.059
 to have

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.419
 done all

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:30.599
 this

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.480
 investigation

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.500
 and checking

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.960
 out with

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.799
 eyewitnesses

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.619
 and putting

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.379
 together his

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:35.879
 material.

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.579
 What a

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:36.980
 wonderful

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.559
 author he

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:37.699
 is.

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.220
 What a

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.000
 great piece

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:40.000
 of writing.

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.519
 No,

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:42.919
 this is

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.439
 personal.

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.879
 We're to

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.639
 act on

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:47.220
 it and

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.119
 believe it.

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.259
 Look at

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.919
 verse 3

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.279
 again.

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.119
 Therefore,

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.139
 since I

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.980
 myself

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.099
 have

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.759
 carefully

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.779
 investigated

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.440
 everything

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.920
 from the

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.279
 beginning,

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.019
 it

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.460
 seemed

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.779
 good

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.180
 also

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.740
 to

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.039
 me

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.559
 to

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.899
 write

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.139
 an

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.700
 orderly

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.160
 account

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.500
 for

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.200
 you,

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.660
 most

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.440
 excellent

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.539
 Theophilus.

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.519
 It's a

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.339
 wonderful name,

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.859
 isn't it?

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.859
 He's

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.440
 written to

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.220
 this person,

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.319
 a guy

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.680
 named

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.579
 Theophilus.

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.019
 It's

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.579
 personal.

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.680
 We don't

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.099
 know much

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.619
 about him

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.099
 other than

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.500
 the fact

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.779
 that he

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.079
 must have

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.220
 been

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.639
 somebody

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.500
 of high

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.059
 position

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.399
 and

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:23.180
 influence

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.299
 because

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.759
 nobody

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.220
 gets to

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.639
 be called

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.040
 most

00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:26.700
 excellent

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.420
 for

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.740
 nothing.

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.020
 He's a

00:28:29.020 --> 00:28:29.600
 mover and

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.200
 shaker in

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.680
 his world,

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.280
 a wealthy

00:28:31.280 --> 00:28:31.759
 man.

00:28:33.280 --> 00:28:33.840
 And Luke

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.320
 is saying

00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:35.440
 to Theophilus,

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.780
 this gospel

00:28:36.780 --> 00:28:37.400
 that I am

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.040
 writing for

00:28:38.040 --> 00:28:38.900
 you is

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.440
 not only

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.080
 true,

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.240
 but it's

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.840
 for you,

00:28:43.020 --> 00:28:43.240
 it's

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.759
 personal.

00:28:46.020 --> 00:28:46.560
 We're not

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:47.000
 just to

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.820
 admire it

00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:48.180
 as a

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.140
 wonderful

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.740
 piece of

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.060
 writing,

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.520
 we're to

00:28:50.520 --> 00:28:51.160
 act on

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.500
 it and

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.120
 believe it.

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:52.759
 And it's

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.300
 as if we

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:53.680
 are to

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.200
 read this

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.620
 as Luke

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.340
 speaking to

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:56.519
 us,

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.039
 what I

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.220
 am

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.660
 writing

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.539
 is for

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.220
 you,

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.759
 Johnny.

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.860
 And you

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.480
 insert your

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.940
 own name,

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.400
 this is

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.180
 personal to

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.519
 you,

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.120
 it's

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.799
 truth for

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.900
 my life

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.259
 and for

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.180
 your life.

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.480
 Let me

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.980
 show you

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.500
 briefly

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.640
 four ways

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.920
 this touches

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.720
 on us

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.539
 personally

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:20.319
 and how we

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.980
 can build

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.759
 our life

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:23.119
 upon this

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.700
 truth.

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.200
 First,

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:29.079
 when you

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.940
 are struggling

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:31.539
 to make

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.180
 sense of

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:34.059
 life and

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.980
 the foundations

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.879
 on which

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.660
 you build

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.279
 your life

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.039
 are shaken

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.019
 to the

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.420
 core and

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.059
 people are

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.700
 telling you

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.480
 that all

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.319
 this is all

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.920
 made up and

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.400
 what you

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.099
 believe is a

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.740
 nonsense and

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.259
 you can't

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.960
 trust it,

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.720
 I guarantee

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.859
 you need to

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.559
 know that

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.259
 the God

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.619
 who has

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.519
 existed from

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.559
 all time

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.319
 and who

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.099
 sent his

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.639
 son, the

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.299
 God, man,

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.740
 the Lord

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.599
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.419
 the God

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:59.220
 who loves

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.980
 you, who

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.619
 came down

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.339
 to seek

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.720
 you and

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.440
 save you

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.480
 through his

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:05.119
 incarnation and

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.919
 to bring you

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.379
 into an

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.879
 eternal

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.879
 relationship that

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.399
 is safe

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.980
 and secure,

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:10.299
 it is

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.259
 true.

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.619
 And you

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.139
 need to

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:17.000
 know that

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:18.639
 when you

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:19.159
 go into

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:19.919
 your workplace

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.660
 tomorrow or

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.120
 go into

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.980
 school tomorrow

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.820
 and people

00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.560
 completely

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.580
 undermine it,

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.860
 you need to

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.980
 be sure what

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.560
 you believe

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:29.180
 and why you

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.820
 believe it.

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.660
 Second, when

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.279
 you are weighed

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:36.279
 down with

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.380
 past failure

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.920
 and you're

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.820
 broken by

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.920
 present shame

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.259
 and you're

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.300
 conscious of

00:30:42.300 --> 00:30:42.820
 sinful

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.759
 behaviours,

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.800
 you need to

00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:46.500
 know that

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.340
 when Jesus

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.440
 Christ died

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.160
 on the cross,

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.980
 he was

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.600
 dying for

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.400
 your sin,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.400
 when Luke

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.259
 writes about

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.480
 Jesus crying

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.880
 out,

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.700
 Father

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.400
 forgive,

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 he was

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.759
 taking the

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.420
 judgement for

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.460
 you and

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.920
 he was

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.460
 providing

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.040
 forgiveness

00:31:03.040 --> 00:31:04.120
 for you so

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.500
 that you

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.860
 could be

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.660
 set free

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.180
 from your

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.740
 guilt.

00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:08.680
 You need

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.220
 to know

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.500
 that when

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.880
 you are

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.640
 weighed down

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.040
 with your

00:31:12.040 --> 00:31:12.980
 past failures

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:14.080
 that this

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:15.259
 gospel of

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.680
 freedom is

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.580
 absolutely

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:18.299
 certain.

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.720
 Third,

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:25.000
 when you

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.580
 are walking

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:25.940
 through

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.660
 suffering

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:28.940
 and when

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.299
 you are

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:30.019
 facing the

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.140
 dark reality

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.880
 of death

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.400
 itself

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:34.740
 and the

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.720
 grave only

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.240
 awaits,

00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:38.360
 you need

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.880
 to know

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:40.220
 that the

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.820
 resurrection

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.660
 of Jesus

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.160
 Christ,

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:43.640
 defeating

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.360
 death and

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.340
 destroying the

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.220
 grave and

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.879
 when Luke

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.740
 records his

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.779
 account that

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.779
 Christ rose

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.159
 from the

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:50.959
 grave and

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:51.939
 appeared bodily

00:31:51.939 --> 00:31:52.740
 to his

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.379
 disciples,

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.720
 you need to

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.480
 know that he

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.379
 destroyed the

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:57.179
 grave and

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:58.059
 was securing

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:59.240
 salvation for

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.039
 you and

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.759
 this is a

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.099
 rock solid

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.259
 dependable

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.220
 truth for

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.980
 your life

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:07.419
 when you

00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:08.099
 are suffering

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:10.079
 and facing

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.639
 certain

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.059
 death.

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.200
 death.

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.960
 And

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.480
 fourth,

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.240
 as we

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.799
 look out

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.339
 into our

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.819
 broken

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.299
 world,

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.359
 we see

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.639
 power hungry

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.440
 leaders,

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.720
 threatening

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.559
 nations,

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.159
 devastating

00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:27.919
 floods,

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.039
 terrorists

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.919
 blowing up

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.379
 at will.

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.579
 We need

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.079
 to know

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.579
 that when

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.480
 Luke tells

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.940
 us that

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.500
 the risen

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.379
 Lord Jesus

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:38.200
 ascended to

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.819
 be at the

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.379
 Father's

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.079
 right hand,

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:41.859
 is now

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:43.639
 ruling with

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.539
 all power,

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.399
 with all

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:47.099
 authority,

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.939
 and is one

00:32:48.939 --> 00:32:49.759
 day going to

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.639
 come back

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:52.279
 again and

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.159
 make all

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:54.279
 things new

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.379
 and put this

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:56.379
 broken world

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:57.159
 back together

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.639
 again,

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:58.960
 is an

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.839
 unshakable

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.460
 and immovable

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.859
 reality for

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:04.119
 your life.

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.919
 The

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.799
 incarnation,

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.220
 the

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.180
 crucifixion,

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.400
 the

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:11.160
 resurrection,

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:11.900
 the

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.620
 ascension

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.200
 that Luke

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.680
 will tell

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.120
 us all

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.559
 about,

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:16.240
 is true.

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.559
 And he

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.779
 says,

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.259
 I have

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.620
 written

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:19.960
 this

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.420
 gospel

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.799
 that you

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:23.259
 and that

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.779
 you

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:25.120
 and that

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.600
 you

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.480
 and that

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.019
 I

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:28.100
 may know

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.400
 the

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.140
 certainty

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.660
 of the

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.319
 things that

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.000
 we have

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.700
 been taught.

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.720
 This,

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:34.019
 this

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.579
 gospel

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:36.299
 is the

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.859
 foundation

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.419
 for our

00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:37.819
 life.

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.699
 This is

00:33:39.699 --> 00:33:40.099
 what we

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.740
 rest in

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.000
 and this

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.339
 is what

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.519
 we

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.019
 believe.

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.240
 Do you

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.000
 trust your

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.460
 life

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:52.220
 with the

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.819
 words of

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.159
 Luke

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:54.419
 about the

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:55.019
 person of

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.899
 Jesus Christ?

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.040
 Christ?

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.700
 I hope

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.100
 you do.

00:34:00.820 --> 00:34:01.340
 Let's

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:01.620
 pray.

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:01.940
 Let's

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.620
 pray.