In Luke 1.1-4, the author tells us the what, how and why of writing this Gospel. Today, on this first day of the Advent season, we consider an important concept regarding the Good News about Jesus—it is a credible record of events. We can rely on Luke as a trustworthy source to learn about Jesus.
Luke was not some isolated crackpot who was making up a strange new religion. He says that he was one of many who had set out to write about “the events that have been fulfilled among us"—events that were part of the great history of God's work among the Jewish people and the nations. The accounts of these events had been passed along by “eyewitnesses and servants of the word,” who had seen them transpire. Luke and his community understood these events as public “fulfillments” of God’s plan and promises that took place openly in real space-time history. They were “not done in a corner” (Acts 26.26).
The Christian faith is not an esoteric mystery religion, where only the initiated may learn its secrets. It is based on events that took place publicly, and is communicated to us in the Bible by eyewitnesses and those who carefully investigated its claims.
Check it out! The Good News about the Jesus who came at Christmas is credible.
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