The book of Luke often refers to Jesus as the Son of Man. There are a few facts about this book.
Written in 60s AD.
Only of the four Gospels written by a Gentile. It is at times called the Gentile Gospel.
Luke was a companion of the Apostle Paul. Wrote the book of Acts.
This book opens with a preface and has the style of a letter addressed to Theophilus “friend of God”. Book of Act also mentions Theophilus.
The longest Gospel with 24 chapters
Only Matthew and Luke provide an account of Jesus’s birth.
Begins with the genealogy of Jesus from Mary, unlike Matthew who traces his lineage from Joseph.
Contains two of the most known parables in the New Testament: the Prodigal Son in chapter 15 and the Good Samaritan in chapter 10.
The focus is on Jesus offering salvation to the Jews and the Gentiles.
The Last Supper is mentioned in Matthew chapter 26, Mark chapter 14, and Luke 22 but not in the Gospel of John.
Jesus is seen as the Saviour see chapter 19 verse 10. A Saviour is a person who saves someone or something from danger. (chapter 1 verse 26 to 38)
Jesus journey to Jerusalem to be sacrificed. Luke reminds the reader Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem.
It is the writer’s way of emphasizing the fact that he is about his father’s business to complete the work the father gave him to do. Chapters 9, 13, 17, 18, 19.
Jesus ascension into Heaven is recounted briefly in Luke but it is given in more detail in Acts.
There are the other two gospels, Mark and Luke not mentioned in the last post but still hold great importance declaring his character in a name.
The gospel of Mark was written between the mid-50s to 60s AD by John Mark. The same John Mark in the book of Acts deserted Paul and Barnabas but came back to work with Barnabas on mission work. Peter later called him his “son”.
Mark presents Jesus as the Servant, a person who performs duties for others. In this book, the Son of God is a lowly man walking this pathway on earth in perfect obedience to the Father. Verse one introduces the entire book by stating this is the good news of Jesus Christ, the gospel, the Son of God. Here too the author calls him Jesus, his earthly name in conjunction with the title Christ, the Messiah, the promised King, the anointed one, and then solidifies the truth that by calling Jesus as the Son of God, his divine person.
The book jumps right into his acts by omitting his birth and leaping straight to his baptism and ministry. He is the Servant of God, doing the work the Father sent him here to do meanwhile, he is also the lowly man performing deeds for his people. He brought himself down, making “himself of no reputation and took upon himself the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of man” to understand us, to feel and be a part of us.
He is touched by the feelings of our infirmities (our weakness)but in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin, meaning he is God and therefore holy. And though, he is the Son of God, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. (reference: Mark 1 verse 1, Hebrews 4 verse 15, Philippians 2 verse 7, and Hebrews 5 verse 8)
Jesus said he that hath seen me hath seen the Father
Day 6 of May
“Who Can Declare God but God.”
Darlington Feddoes
The I AM is introduced in the old testament of the Bible in the book of Genesis and He is worshiped as the true and living God.
In His great love, God sent His only son to die for the world. In the new testament of the Bible, Jesus is the son of God. He is the son of His love, who is in the bosom of the Father. In the four Gospels of the new testament, Jesus is presented differently in each book. The word gospel comes from the Anglo-Saxon term god-spell meaning good story or good news. There are four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Each of these books gives an account of the life of Jesus from different viewpoints, not opposing but different.
Matthew presents Jesus as the Messiah. Mark presents Jesus as the Servant. Luke presents Jesus as the Son of Man. John presents Jesus as the Son of God.
Each representation of Jesus is not an opposing view but shows the characteristics of the Lord. Matthew and John both start with some form of genealogy, Matthew shows his earthly Jewish lineage establishing him as the Messiah or the anointed one. The first verse immediately establishes him as the son of David (the King) and the son of Abraham (the father of nations), Jesus Christ. Earthly name Jesus and his title as the Christ or the anointed one. Christ comes from the Greek word Christos used in the Greek Septuagint to translate the Hebrew Masiah or Messiah, meaning the anointed one. The book of John declares his deity as the Word is in the beginning, before time began the Word was with God and the Word was God. He is coexistent and coeternal, coequal with God and He is God. He declared God while here on earth.
John 14 verse 9 and 10 “Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”
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