Luke 1:1-4
The Good News of the Gospel: God’s Care for Ordinary People – Luke 1:1-4
Luke 1:1-4 (NIVUK)
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
Commentary
And in a world which 2000 years later is still stumbling in the dark, there is a need both for the world and for the church to be confronted by the light of the world. This luminous figure, this remarkable figure in history, who is able to cut through the confusion and the noise and remind us of the truth about ourselves, of our humanity and the truth about God.
We call this the gospel, and it means the good news. And it is the greatest news. And Luke is going to tell us a story which has changed the lives of countless people in history. In fact, it changed the world. It’s a story of God who cares for ordinary people like you and me. Who grants dignity to the marginalised and raises up the humble and blesses the poor and sets the captive free and gives us a future and an inheritance.
So here at the beginning of Advent, shall we return to the beginning? Shall we pay careful attention and hear this story again as if for the first time. Shall we set out on this adventure once more and let this gospel, this good news do its work that we might know the truth, that we might know the logos, the word of God, and that the truth might set us free.