June 16

<p>Luke 1 We are in the Christ Stream today starting the book of Luke the physician and historian. We are reading from the New American Standard Bible this week. <span style= "font-size: 1rem;">7streamsmethod.com | @7StreamsMethod | @serenatravis | #7Stream | <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YPPA8XGTQ2YHU">Donate</a></span> <span style="font-size: 1rem;">Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis</span></p> <blockquote>Thank you Lord for preparing the way for the Savior.  Thank you for preparing a Savior for us. Thank you for preparing us to be saved. Your ways are perfect.  Blessed be the Name of the Lord. Amen.</blockquote> <div>Luke 1 - Luke's opener tells of his motivation for writing Luke.  [He later wrote Acts.] Luke is a paragon historian that ranks with the best the world has ever seen.  He researched Jesus and got straight stories from those who were there.  Whereas John says in places, "I saw this....I witnessed this..." we do not see this wording in Luke.  There is no record that Luke ever met our Savior.  My husband, who has three degrees in Bible says he has encountered some n'ere-do-wells who falsely comfort themselves saying,"I only want to read about Jesus; the eyewitness accounts of those who were there."  Thus they won't read the Old Testament/Psalms/Prophets. And they won't even read Paul's letters.  Well, friends. Moses, Joshua, Paul met with God/The 'yet-to-be-named' Jesus personally (Paul met Him on the road to Damascus), whereas Luke never met Jesus ---> it isn't recorded anywhere in literature.  Pardon the side note here. One other reminder: Matthew wrote his account to Jews in Israel - the first copy was in Aramaic. Mark wrote to Jews who were throughout the world -the original was in Hebrew. John wrote to The World (for God so loved the...what did he so love?...The World.)  And Luke wrote to the Greeks; including the Romans in the Greek world who spoke Greek -and therefore it was written in Greek.  Luke was a doctor. So we find him noticeable mentioning