{"id":522,"date":"2017-06-11T21:26:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T21:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=522"},"modified":"2017-06-13T21:27:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T21:27:58","slug":"18-doctor-luke","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/sermons\/18-doctor-luke\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Doctor Luke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctor Luke<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Acts 16:10-13<\/strong><\/p>\n

This passage begins the series of \u201cwe\u201d found in Acts. Dr Luke at these times is traveling with Paul in his missionary team.<\/p>\n

Some of postulated that Luke was once a slave in the household of Theophilus. Theophilus sent Luke to medical school. Once Luke became a Christian, he told his master and he got saved. Soon afterwards he gave Luke his freedom.<\/p>\n

It was also suggested that Luke and Paul first met each other studying in Tarsus<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Historian<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Imperial Rome there was an accrediting college at Rome that supervised the licensing of medical doctors. Collegium Archiatorum<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Historian of Christ<\/em><\/p>\n

Luke was the only Gentile writer of the Bible.<\/p>\n

While Paul was imprisoned in Caesarea for two years (the Roman capital of Palestine) Luke could have found eye witnesses and interviewed them for his record of Christ.<\/p>\n

He records six miracles of Jesus nobody else mentions<\/p>\n

He records 35 parables, 19 of which he only records<\/p>\n

Good Samaritan, the rich fool, the prodigal son, the rich steward, rich man and Lazarus, the Pharisee and the publican<\/p>\n

Luke had a Pauline view of Calvary and often used words like grace, salvation and Saviour<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Historian of the Church<\/em><\/p>\n

Luke traveled with Paul for much of his missionary journey and imprisonment<\/p>\n

He gave a firsthand account of the activities in Acts<\/p>\n

The book of Acts is an essential link between the Gospel records and the epistles<\/p>\n

Luke carries the story of Acts in three movements: the founding emphasis of the church, the forward emphasis of the church and the foreign emphasis of the church<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Helper<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imagine all the troubles and tribulations that Paul had endured. It was his doctor that allowed him to keep going on physically<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Hero\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

When Paul appealed to Caesar, he was confident that he would receive a fair trial, since he was a Roman citizen.<\/p>\n

Nero at this time seemed to be a good emperor. The first 5 years of his reign he was under the influence of his tutor Seneca, the Stoic philosopher and Afranius Burrus, the honest prefect of the Praetorian Guard<\/p>\n

Paul was kept under house arrest for two years in Rome. During that time the Sanhedrin\u2019s case was allowed to run out. There were severe punishments to those who brought frivolous charges<\/p>\n

Paul was released from prison and he was allowed to resume his missionary journeys.<\/p>\n

In 62 AD there was a change in Nero\u2019s influences. Burrus died and was replaced with a corrupt official. His tutor retired. Nero divorced his wife and married a Jewish woman, who was a friend of the Jews and hated Christianity<\/p>\n

In 64 AD Nero set fire to Rome and blamed the Christians. Paul was rearrested as the ringleader of the Christians and instead of house arrest he was thrown in a dungeon prison called Mammertine prison.<\/p>\n

At this time in his life only Luke stayed with him. Some of Paul\u2019s colleges abandoned him, others he sent away. Luke was willing to stay with him.<\/p>\n

Paul was dependent on Luke for food. Luke had to dress his wounds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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