Yesterday we had a meeting in the morning. Then a lot of E-Mails and phone calls. A little walk in the park with the Kids. Then the students came. Was great. Just enjoyed the time together, talking, playing 'Tabu', then watching 'as good as it gets'. Awesome to be family.
Luk1,1-4 Luk is writing, that many already gave report of what happened among them during the lifetime of Jesus on earth. Eye-witnesses from the beginning gave account as servants of the word.
> What is a servant of the word? Does he write what he wants? Does he write what the word wants?(What wants to word, who is the word?)
So Luk too thought by himself, it would be good, to write it down for Theophilus.
How did Luk come to writing down this things? From the beginning he researched carefully, to write it down in a orderly account - writing for Theophilus - 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
I am moved by the words Luk is using to start his Gospel-Version! Words like:
- 'I am not the only one - many other did the same'
- 'write down the story like it happened'
- 'people who saw it from the beginning shared it'
- 'as servants of the word'
- 'carefully investigated everything from the beginning'
- 'an orderly account'
- 'you may know the certainty'
TO KONW THE CERTAINTY OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT.
Nothing - not one word about Believe ore Faith.
People today all say - i do not believe, i am not a believer, i want to have certainty.
But Luk gives certainty to Theophilus.
I need to give this scripture to the students in the university - they need to see that. We can be certain about what happened in the first century!
Believe - why is their no Believe? Is it because in this days, every thing was so short time ago - that it was not a question of believe but a question of, do i know the details, do i have a full picture, do i know it all?
Where then is believing coming in?
At least this makes very clear, that just to believe, that Jesus lived and died and raised was not to point. Just to say, yes it happened. Because Luk here sais - SO YOU KNOW THE CERTAINTY OF THE THINGS. Believe is something more than acknowledgment of historical facts.
And also,
it is not about a guy sitting in a room writing down things, he thinks they are right. It is about a life. This life is the foundation of the teaching.
Not just words but daily life:
Perfection in interaction with others.
Miracles happened to others.
A revolution with just one man living it and many following him not understanding the hole time what is it really all about.
Connection to God in such a direct and powerful way like never before and after.
Incredible vulnerability - 'come and see!'
Complete obedience
Never sinned
Total honesty
...
It is amazing what a christian is actually doing and why he is a christian.Christ, he was incredible incredible.