Looking At Luke

Evidence: 1.5-25,26-38, 9.28-36, 24.1-12

b. Jesus: The author reveals a pattern of ministry that Jesus seems to follow and His miracles also follow a distinct pattern that shows something of His method and mission. These miracles fall into three areas of life; power over spiritual forces, power over natural forces and healings

i. Spiritual Forces: Jesus shows that He has both power and authority over the dark powers of the demonic forces. He often displays this power through the casting demons out of people.

Evidence: 4.31-37, 8.26-39, 9.37-43

ii. Natural Forces: Jesus displays His power over creation through His ability to control the forces of nature.

Evidence: 5.1-11, 8.22-25, 9.10-17, 24.1-12,13-35,36-49,50-53

iii. Healings: One of the largest areas of miracles for Jesus was the aspect of healing those who were sick and even raising some people from the dead. It is clear why the author makes such great use of these narratives in the text because they were such an important part of Jesus’ ministry.

Evidence: 4.38-44, 5.12-16,17-26, 7.1-10, 8.40-56, 13.10-17, 14.1-14, 17.11-19, 18.35-43

2. Teachings: Luke makes some very important collections of the most crucial of Jesus’ teachings and it is these teaching that shapes the way that the church has grown and matured. The teachings of Jesus shape the church and the foundations of Christianity.

a. Discipleship: Jesus was active in the teaching and discipling of those who followed Him and this was a part of all of His teaching material but there are those times that Jesus did His teaching without the prophetic sense of warnings and the teaching mode of the parables. Thus, this category takes into account those teachings which do not fall into either of those categories.

Evidence: 5.32-39, 6.17-26,27-36.37-42,43-45, 8.19-21, 9.57-62, 11.1-13, 13.18-21,22-30, 14.25-35, 16.16-18,19-31, 17.1-10,20-37

b. Warnings: Jesus gives many strong warnings that show how the people are not entirely righteous but rather are fooling themselves. The basis of faith is found in the person of God and those who choose to find their won basis of faith are foolish and unwise.

Evidence: 4.14-30, 11.29-32, 12.22-34,35-48,49-53, 21.5-24,25-33,34-38

c. Parables: Jesus makes use of many colorful and illustrative stories that bring the truth of God’s message to bear on the lives of His people.

Evidence: 6.46-49, 8.1-15, 10.25-37, 12.13-21, 14.15-24, 15.1-7,8-10,11-31, 16.1-15, 18.1-8,9-14, 19.4-27

3. Messiah Terms: The hope of Israel was the coming of the great king from God and this messiah would set the people free from their bondage. However, the hope was for a political and social freedom from the Roman authority.

a. Christ: This is the Greek for messiah and it is used regularly by the author and by a select few individuals. It is important to note that Jesus does not use this term to describe Himself.

Evidence: 2.11,26, 3.15, 4.41, 9.20, 22.67, 23.2,35,39, 24.26,46

b. Son of Man: This is a specific term that Jesus uses to describe Himself and His role as the Messiah. It is not directly linked to the messiah by the religious leaders.