"That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed." Luke 1:4
Theophilus was a high ranking Roman officer who had accepted Christ, now, Luke wrote him an orderly account of the things that pertained to Jesus so that he will know the certainty of the things that he had earlier been told about Jesus. Luke's writing, today, still serves the same purpose: to let us know the certainty of the things that we have heard about Jesus.
The accuracy of his record of the life and ministry of Jesus is attested to by the fact that he received it from people who were eyewitnesses of all that happened. So, though he was not a direct eyewitness, he got his account from eyewitnesses. Those who doubt the authenticity of the gospel accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ really have no basis for believing any other historical record because it has been verified by scholars, even those who are opponents of the gospel, that the records of the New Testament are one of the most reliable historical records.
Have you believed
the records of the Bible about Jesus Christ? You have not believed a
cleverly contrived story about His life, death and resurrection, you
have believed in a story that is historical and vastly verified by
scholars on both sides of the divide. Again, we must say that those who
deny the historicity of Jesus Christ must equally deny the historicity
of every historical figure. Jesus is the Son of God, born of the virgin,
lived a life devoid of sin, was crucified, and on the the third day, as
He predicted, rose from the dead and is alive forever. This is the
gospel which is the power of God to save anyone who believes.
Toni
